The Global Technical Committee has reviewed and preliminarily approved the proposal submitted by the FIX Securities Lending Working Group. This document covers extensions of the FIX Protocol related to securities lending to provide support for US Equities and US Corporate DTCC eligible DVP US Cash Collateral contracts.
The draft document now enters a public comment period in which public review and feedback is encouraged. Once the public comment period closes, the GTC will review public comments and amend the document accordingly before publishing the final version.
The working group has further provided a final draft version of a recommended practice document that defines how to use the FIX Protocol for securities lending (trade). This document is made available here for public comment:
Please post feedback, comments, and questions as replies to this discussion thread. The public comment period ended on December 19, 2025. An additional public comment period after the holidays has been requested. The public comment period now ends on January 30, 2026.
A link to the proposal can be found here.