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Northern Trust acquires technology resources from Citadel
12 January 2018 Chicago
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Citadel has agreed to give Northern Trust the software development rights for Omnium, a software solution, along with an undisclosed number of development staff

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

PineBridge Investments appoints new COO
12 January 2018 New York
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Karpik will be responsible for global operations, finance, compliance, risk management, product management, funds, and technology functions

Central Bank of Lithuania selects SIA to access RT1
11 January 2018 Milan
Reporter: Becky Butcher

The Bank of Lithuania has selected SIA to access RT1, the pan-European instant payments infrastructure, which come into effect as of 21 November last year

SETL and OFI AM being to process blockchain transactions on IZNES
11 January 2018 Paris
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

IZNES, which is powered by SETL’s blockchain technology, has used the IZNES system in a series of trials with selected clients

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

BNP Paribas completes first fund transaction test using blockchain
11 January 2018 Paris
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The test was conducted using BNP Securities Services’s blockchain programme, Fund Link, and FundsDLT, a blockchain-based platform for fund transaction processing

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

KPMG Switzerland and SIX to bundle tax services
10 January 2018 Zurich
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

KPMG Switzerland and SIX Securities Services are offering a combined package for tax services

DTCC launches new trade processing platform
10 January 2018 New York
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

DTCC Exception Manager is DTCC’s latest addition to its trade processing product suite, supporting and securities transactions globally

Synechron: Innovation will remain key in 2018
09 January 2018 New York
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Innovation will be the driving force in advancing key priorities such as compliance, risk and automation in 2018, according to Synechron