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John Fildes of Instinet Elected as Co-Chair of the FPL Global Steering Committee
FPL is proud to announce that John Fildes, Managing Director of Instinet Pacific, has been elected as Co-Chair of the FIX Protocol Global Steering Committee.
[16 December 2008]

FPL Global Technical Committee Co-Chair Election Results
Following the recent FPL Global Technical Committee elections, we are proud to announce that Kevin Houstoun, Consultant to HSBC has been re-elected to this position. Within this role he will continue to work along-side co-chair Matt Simpson of the CME Group.
[2 October 2008]

FPL Encourages Greater Participation from Emerging Markets
FPL is proud to announce the launch of a new membership category that aims to encourage firms located within emerging markets to join and become active participants within FPL. To find out more about this initiative please click here
[14 July 2008]

FPL Announces the Launch of the Investment Roadmap
FPL is proud to announce the launch of a financial messaging investment roadmap. The roadmap was created in collaboration with FPL, FpML/ISDA, SWIFT and ISITC.
[5 May 2008]

FPL Announces the Release of FIX 5.0 Service Pack 1
FPL is proud to announce that the FIX Protocol version 5.0 Service Pack 1 is now publicly available for download
from the FPL website at www.fixprotocol.org/fix5.0sp1spec
[8 April 2008]

FIX Functionality Matrix
The members of the Europe Business Practices subcommittee created a matrix to show coverage of FIX functionality by FIX version across distinct asset classes.
[28 April 2005]

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