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SWIFT and CSDs join forces on proxy voting DLT

15 January 2018 Brussels
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

SWIFT and seven CSDs have partnered to explore how distributed ledger technology could be implemented in proxy voting and for digital assets

Lombard Risk share prices soars after Vermeg takeover offer

12 January 2018 London
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

Dutch financial software provider Vermeg has set its sights on acquiring Lombard Risk with a £52.08 million cash for shares offer

SS&C Technologies snaps up DST

11 January 2018 Connecticut
Reporter: Becky Butcher

SS&C Technologies Holdings has entered into an agreement to acquire DST

ESMA delays publication of DVC data

10 January 2018 Paris
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

ESMA has delayed the publication of the data on the DVC mechanism for January to avoid creating an unlevel playing field

MiFID II has shrunk equity research by $300 million, says study

10 January 2018 Connecticut
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Greenwich Associates estimated that the 2017 European research/advisory pool currently stands at $1.35 billion

Apex snaps up M.M.Warburg & Co

09 January 2018 Bermuda
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Apex Group have acquired M.M.Warburg & Co’s asset management and servicing business in Luxembourg

LCH hits record highs volumes in 2017

08 January 2018 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

LCH reported that during 2017 its interest rate derivatives clearing service, SwapClear, processed over $873 trillion in notional

New MiFID II derivatives rules stalled in major markets

04 January 2018 London
Reporter: Zsuzsa Szabo

Several EU supervisory authorities are allowing a transitional arrangement for derivatives rules under MiFID II

European real estate firms create think tank

20 December 2017 Milan
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The entity aims to act as a framework for research projects to strengthen innovation and the sustainability of best practices across the firms

Beta Capital chooses Broadridge for self-clearing shift

15 December 2017 Miami
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Broadridge has been selected to provide a front-to-back office operations solution for broker-dealer Beta Capital Wealth Management, to support its move to self-clearing

Firms remain open to exposures from manual processes

13 December 2017 New York
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Only 2 percent of capital markets companies have a fully automated compliance support programme, leaving firms open to risk from manual processes, according to a survey by Aite Group and Cordium

Cyber attacks and Brexit among concerns for 2018, according to DTCC survey

12 December 2017 New York
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Cyber risk remains the number one threat to financial stability in 2018, according to a new survey published by the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation

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