Public FIX Course - Jan 19th in the City of London

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Half-day FIX Overview course and a full-day FIX Detail course in the City of London on Wednesday 19th January 2005

Overview course

When: Wednesday 19th January 2005, 9.00 – 12.00

Objective : To provide a general understanding of FIX, how it is used and how it can be implemented.

Presenter : Leon Doherty ex-head of FIX IT at Barclays Capital and UBS. FIX global technical committee member for 5+ years. Experience of all aspects of FIX; engine selection, system design, implementation and production system management.

Who should attend : Managers and business/IT practitioners considering the implementation of FIX.

Topics :
• Catalysts driving the financial world to electronic data interchange
• What is FIX ?
• History of FIX
• What is FIX used for ?
• Why use FIX rather other electronic standards ?
• Example of a FIX order sent from a client to a broker
• How do two firms interconnect using FIX ?
• FIX Protocol Web Site as a source of information
• Benefits of FPL membership
• Future direction for the FIX protocol

Price : £300 + VAT (includes Tea/Coffee with lunch an additional £40)

Detail course

When: Wednesday 19th January 2005, 9.00 – 17.00

Objective : To provide a detailed understanding of FIX, how it is used and how it can be implemented by drawing on actual experience.

Presenter : Leon Doherty.

Who should attend : Business and IT practitioners considering the implementation of FIX.

Topics : All topics from the FIX Overview course +
• Issues and strategies for implementing FIX
• FIX Session Level
• FIX Business Messages compared with FIX specification version
• FIX Business Messages interactions by business type
• Use of non-standard fields and messages
• FIX Vendor Selection
• Ambiguous FIX interactions and appendix D of the FIX spec
• Steps to connect to another FIX party (FIX Rules of engagement)
• Production FIX (How to keep your clients)
• How long will a new client connection take ?
• FIX Organisational Strategies

Price : £550 + VAT (includes Tea/Coffee and lunch)

Bookings made before 21st November receive a 10% discount. Group discounts are available.

For more detail see http://www.dohertyitconsultants.co.uk.
To book or to discuss the course please email leon@dohertyitconsultants.co.uk or call 01298 871994.

Leon Doherty
http://www.dohertyitconsultants.co.uk