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[ original email was from David N.W. Sawyer - david.sawyer@radianz.com ]
Radianz Expands FPL Involvement
Chris Pickles Appointed Chairman of FIX Committee
LONDON (December 3, 2004) – Radianz, the leading global provider of financial connectivity services, today announced Industry Relations Manager Chris Pickles has been appointed Chairman of the Europe Education & Marketing Committee of FIX Protocol Ltd (FPL), the trade association for the FIX (Financial Information eXchange) community.
As Chairman of the Europe Education & Marketing Committee, Chris will act as a coordinator and catalyst for FPL activities within Europe and to coordinate European activities with the overall activities of FPL internationally. FPL’s mission is to improve the global trading process by defining, managing, and promoting an open protocol for real-time electronic communication between industry participants while complementing industry standards. The FIX Protocol Ltd member community has more than 125 member firms globally, including buy-side and sell-side firms, exchanges, and vendors.
“Chris combines commitment, professionalism and humour with a deep understanding of the relevant technical issues and the boundaries of the volunteer culture that has made FIX the dominant protocol it is today,” said Peter Randall, Executive Director of FIX Protocol Ltd.
Radianz, an active member of FPL since it opened up its membership to vendors in 2003, has a large customer community of FIX users and FIX-related service providers. Radianz offers the largest FIX network in Europe for securities traffic, with more than 1000 FIX connections.
“With more than 30 years of experience in the financial services and technology industries, Chris brings tremendous knowledge to both Radianz and FPL,” said Chris Church, Radianz’s EVP of strategic client development.
About the Companies
About Radianz
Radianz (www.radianz.com) is the leading provider of secure, reliable, and scalable connectivity to the global financial community. The Company’s shared market infrastructure is a neutral platform that provides turnkey access to a broad array of pre-trade, trade, and post-trade applications from leading content and service providers across the straight-through processing (STP) chain. In 2004, the readers of WATERS magazine named Radianz “Best Network Provider.”
Radianz and the lighthouse logo are trademarks of the Radianz group of companies worldwide.
About FIX Protocol Ltd.
FIX Protocol Ltd. is a non-profit organisation that owns the intellectual property rights of the Financial Information eXchange protocol (FIX), which is provided free in the public domain. FIX is a globally-recognized messaging standard enabling the electronic communication of pre-trade and trade messages between financial institutions, primarily investment managers, broker/dealers, ECNs, and stock exchanges. For more information, see www.fixprotocol.org.
CONTACT:
For Radianz:
Patrick Kilhaney
Intermarket Communications
212-888-6115 Ext. 223
Patrick@intermarket.com
Kelly O’Brien
Intermarket Communications
212-888-6115 Ext. 256
Kelly@intermarket.com
For FPL:
Tom Jordan
(212) 652-4460
Courtney Doyle
(212) 652-4469