Post-trade & ops

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London Stock Exchange acquires stake in AcadiaSoft

The London Stock Exchange has acquired a 16% stake in AcadiaSoft in a bid to further streamline margin calculations and processing in the non-cleared derivatives market.

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Deutsche Bank shifts reconciliations burden to SmartStream utility

Deutsche Bank has moved its reconciliation operations offsite to a managed utility provided by SmartStream as part of an initiative to simplify its IT operations.

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Competition watchdog probes Ion takeover of Fidessa

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an investigation into Ion Investment Group's proposed £1.5 billion takeover of trading technology firm Fidessa.

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Live: EBAday2018, day two

Payments professionals from across Europe are gathering in Munich this week for EBAday 2018, hosted by the Euro Banking Association and Finextra. We're liveblogging events here.

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10,000 jobs could be lost to robots says Citi

US bank Citi has warned that it could shed half of its 20,000 tech and ops staff in the next five years due to the rise of robotics and automation.

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Live: EBAday2018, day one

Payments professionals from across Europe are gathering in Munich this week for EBAday 2018, hosted by the Euro Banking Association and Finextra. We're liveblogging events here.

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Northern Trust applies for blockchain patents

Northern Trust, one of the few financial firms in the world to have a implemented a live distributed ledger application, has applied for two new blockchain-related patents in digital identity and meeting management.

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Thai CB to issue digital currency for interbank settlement: Sarb reports back on Project Khokha

The Central Bank of Thailand is initiating a project to use a Bank-issued digital currency for interbank settlements.

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Italian banks test blockchain for interbank reconciliations

The Italian Banking Association (ABI) has opened a pilot project on blockchain-based interbank reconciliations to a first group of 14 lenders.

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CLS invests $5 million in R3; Paxos scores $65 million funding round

Blockchain consortium R3 has banked a $5 million investment from FX risk platform CLS.

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350 jobs to go as Deutsche Bourse allocates investment in new tech

Deutsche Bourse plans to spend EUR270 million on blockchain, big data analytics, cloud computing, as well as robotics and artificial intelligence, as part of a 2020 roadmap that will see 350 jobs cut to increase scope for new tech investments.

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Gmex and Digital Asset Group form blockchain JV

Trading and post-trade technology vendor Gmex Group is forming a joint venture with upstart blockchain outfit Digital Asset Group in an effort to bridge the gap between mainstream finance and the emerging DLT and crypto economy.

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Commerzbank FX transaction has big implications for blockchain in post-trade

The deployment of blockchain technology to streamline foreign exchange post-trade confirmation and matching has moved a step closer with the replication of an FX forward trade conducted by Commerzbank on behalf of thyssenkrupp across R3 Corda.

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Live: Temenos Community Forum (TCF), Dublin, day one

Key banking decision makers to the tune of 1200 have descended on Dublin to discuss the future of Fintech and digital banking for Temenos' annual conference. We're live-blogging proceedings here.

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IHS Markit to acquire Ipreo, sell off MarkitServ

IHS Markit is to acquire rival financial data firm Ipreo for $1.855 billion from private equity funds managed by Blackstone and the Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division.

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Cinnober plans cost reductions as diversification saps profits

Swedish capital markets software house Cinnober is planning costs reductions and a stake sale of one of its operating subsidiaries after reporting a slow start to the year and full-year 2017 losses of Skr97.6 million.

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Fed governor: Digital tokens for financial settlement hold promise for central banks

Federal Reserve governor Lael Brainard believes special-purpose digital tokens for wholesale payments and some aspects of distributed ledger technology may hold promise for strengthening traditional financial instruments and markets.

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Sberbank and MTS issue first Russian bonds on a blockchain

Sberbank and telco MTS have implemented the first Russian issue of commercial bonds via smart contracts utilising a blockchain platform developed by National Settlement Depository.

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Nomura bids to create institutional-grade custody offering for digital assets

Japanese merchant bank Nomura has set up a new venture to provide safekeeping and custody services for cryptocurrency-denominated assets managed by institutional investors.

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TMX and Bank of Canada conclude blockchain 'feasible' for securities settlement

Using distributed ledger technology for instantaneous clearing and settlement of securities is "feasible", Canada's central bank and biggest exchange operator have concluded in the wake of a proof-of-concept test.