Product Changes

NewConfirmation of New Zealand Business Day Calendar 2026 - This Week

Effective this Sunday, December 14, 2025 (trade date Monday, December 15, 2025), EBS will follow the New Zealand Business Day calendar provided by the New Zealand Financial Markets Association for all New Zealand dollar currency pairs.

The Wellington Anniversary Day of Monday, January 19, 2026, and the Auckland Provincial Anniversary Day of Monday, January 26, 2026, will be treated as good business days for the New Zealand dollar.

For further details on this market convention, please refer to the New Zealand Financial Markets Association website.

These changes are currently available for customer testing in New Release.

Post-Trade

Disabling of New Release On-Prem CME STP FIX Service - December 31

Effective Wednesday, December 31 (trade date Thursday, January 1), CME Group will disable the New Release On-Prem CME STP FIX service. To avoid disruption to development efforts, CME STP FIX clients must connect to the Google Cloud service hostname.

New Release CME STP FIX Service Hostnames
On-Prem Hostname	Google Cloud Hostname
fixstpnr.cmegroup.com	stpfix.api.uat.cmegroup.com

This change does not affect CME STP FIX Production connectivity.

Additional information on CME STP FIX service migration to Google Cloud is available in the client impact assessment.

UpdateCME STP FIX on Google Cloud - Production Internet Connectivity - April 26

† Denotes update to the article

As part of a phased migration of CME Straight Through Processing APIs to Google Cloud, Production internet connectivity options for CME STP FIX API are now available.

†By Sunday, April 26, all clients must complete migration and connect to CME STP FIX API Production using only the Google Cloud hostnames.

CME STP FIX on Google Cloud is available in parallel to the current on-prem instance. When connecting in parallel to Google Cloud and on-prem instances, clients should ensure trades are not double-booked.

†A mandatory supplemental certification for message recovery is now available for CME STP FIX on Google Cloud. 

Please contact Certification Support for Electronic Trading (CSET) with any questions in the U.S. at +1 312 930 2322, in Europe at +44 20 3379 3803, or in Asia at +65 6593 5593.

NewCME STP FIX on Google Cloud - Production Dedicated Connectivity - April 26

As part of a phased migration of CME Straight Through Processing APIs to Google Cloud, Production dedicated connectivity options for CME STP FIX API are now available.

By Sunday, April 26, all clients must complete migration and connect to CME STP FIX API Production using only the Google Cloud hostnames.

CME STP FIX on Google Cloud is available in parallel to the current on-prem instance. When connecting in parallel to Google Cloud and on-prem instances, clients should ensure trades are not double-booked.

A mandatory supplemental certification for message recovery is now available for CME STP FIX on Google Cloud. 

Please contact Certification Support for Electronic Trading (CSET) with any questions in the U.S. at +1 312 930 2322, in Europe at +44 20 3379 3803, or in Asia at +65 6593 5593.