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[ original email was from Annie Walsh - aw@cameronsystems.com ]
FIX Protocol Expands in Commodities Exchange Space: IntercontinentalExchange Selects CameronFIX Platform
New York — Thursday June 23, 2005: Cameron Systems, the leading global provider of FIX protocol messaging solutions today announced that IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) and its subsidiary International Petroleum Exchange (IPE), global electronic marketplaces for trading energy commodities, have implemented the FIX Protocol with the high performance CameronFIX Platform for fast, efficient trade execution. ICE will use CameronFIX to provide FIX compliant access to its suite of cleared futures and OTC contracts traded on ICE’s internet based electronic platform.
Cameron Systems Sales Director, George Wishart, says: “Cameron Systems is very pleased to welcome ICE as a client. The FIX protocol continues to be implemented by Exchanges around the world as the common standard to support electronic trading. The adoption of FIXml by the futures, options, and derivatives industry for post-trade reporting provides a foundation for straight-through processing and reduced cost. Cameron Systems meets the FIX requirements of this growing segment of the Capital Markets by offering modules for Direct Market Access, Compliance, Workflow Management, Validation and our FIXml Adapter.”
Today’s announcement follows Cameron’s recent successful FIX Direct Market Access implementations with major Exchanges including Singapore Exchange, Deutsche Bourse, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Australian Stock Exchange, TOCOM and Osaka Securities Exchange.
Cameron Systems this week also announced new CameronFIX trading enhancements with its latest product release. CameronFIX Version 6.2 provides solutions for risk and compliance, workflow management, advanced execution and networks/hubs.
CameronFIX provides support for all versions of the FIX protocol (v4.0 to v4.4), all supported instrument types and message types across the trade life cycle.
Cameron Systems is currently exhibiting at the SIA Technology Management Conference in New York, booth # 1518, exhibit level 1, and will be exhibiting at FPL’s FIX Conference in Shanghai June 24 and Trade Tech Fixed Income in Paris, June 28 – July 1.
About IntercontinentalExchange®
IntercontinentalExchange (ICE®) operates global marketplaces for trading energy commodity futures and OTC contracts on its Internet-based trading platform. These contracts principally include oil, natural gas and power. ICE conducts its markets for futures trading through its subsidiary, the International Petroleum Exchange (IPE). Europe’s leading energy futures and options exchange, the IPE provides regulated marketplaces in which participants use futures and options to manage their price risk exposure. The company also offers services to support the broader trading and risk management infrastructure, including cleared OTC products, electronic trade confirmations and market data. ICE is based in Atlanta, Georgia, with offices in Calgary, Chicago, Houston, London, New York and Singapore. For more information, please see www.theinterchange.com.
About Cameron Systems
Cameron Systems is the only globally proven Financial Information Exchange protocol [FIX] trading solutions provider for worldwide Brokers, Fund Managers, Exchanges, Transaction Networks and Software Vendors across the securities and financial industry. Celebrating 8 years of success in 2005 with more connections, more customers and more products, Cameron Systems continues to help grow financial markets worldwide by actively supporting and playing a leading role in the expansion of the FIX protocol.
With offices located in New York, London, Sydney and Shanghai*, Cameron Systems works with its sales and support Partners and its worldwide client base to deliver greater efficiencies for all FIX trading globally across Equities, Commodities, Fixed Income, Futures & Options and Foreign Exchange.
The world’s leading securities and financial firms have selected the CameronFIX platform. These include Fidelity Management and Research, Knight Securities, UBS, CSFB, Citigroup, Barclays Capital, Charles River Development, CIBC World Markets, MarketAxess, Gartmore Investment Management, MFS Investment Management, Nomura Securities, Standard Chartered Bank, Macquarie Securities and Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein.
*Shanghai mid 2005
www.cameronsystems.com
Media Contacts:
Annie Walsh, Cameron Systems
annie.walsh@cameronsystems.com, +61.412.867.068
Martin Koopman, Cameron Systems
martin.koopman@cameronsystems.com, +1.212.981.6993, +1.917.213.9582
Kelly Loeffler, VP Investor & Public Relations, ICE
kelly.loeffler@theice.com, +1.770.857.4726