FTF NEWS | FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGIES FORUMNEWSEVENTSAWARDSBUYER’S GUIDEFTF SERVICESABOUT Financial Technologies Forum (FTF) is the place to learn from, market to and interact with the people and companies that are driving the post-trade processing THE FTF NEWS TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AWARDS 2021 Welcome to the FTF News Technology Innovation Awards 2021 presented by Financial Technologies Forum and FTF News. Join FTF as we celebrate and recognize the professionals, financial technology vendors, service providers, industry bodies and regulators that have made significant strides and noteworthy achievements in operational excellence during

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Interested in sponsorship? Explore FTF's many sponsorship opportunities and learn how we can help you generate leads, promote thought leadership and increase brand awareness. FNZ TOLD FOR A SECOND TIME TO UNDO GBST ACQUISITION FNZ may have to undo its acquisition of GBST because a regulator in the U.K. — the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) — has again determined that the union of FNZ and GBST would “substantially lessen competition” and is reviewing “different remedy options to address these concerns,” CMA officials say. CME GROUP & IHS MARKIT TO FORM POST-TRADE JV Joint Venture to Launch in Summer 2021 . CME Group, an operator of derivatives trading venues, and IHS Markit, an information and analytics vendor, are forming a joint venture of post-trade processing and risk mitigation services that will bring together CME Group’s Traiana, TriOptima, and Reset companies with IHS Markit’s

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FTF NEWS | FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGIES FORUMNEWSEVENTSAWARDSBUYER’S GUIDEFTF SERVICESABOUT Financial Technologies Forum (FTF) is the place to learn from, market to and interact with the people and companies that are driving the post-trade processing THE FTF NEWS TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AWARDS 2021 Welcome to the FTF News Technology Innovation Awards 2021 presented by Financial Technologies Forum and FTF News. Join FTF as we celebrate and recognize the professionals, financial technology vendors, service providers, industry bodies and regulators that have made significant strides and noteworthy achievements in operational excellence during

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Interested in sponsorship? Explore FTF's many sponsorship opportunities and learn how we can help you generate leads, promote thought leadership and increase brand awareness. FNZ TOLD FOR A SECOND TIME TO UNDO GBST ACQUISITION FNZ may have to undo its acquisition of GBST because a regulator in the U.K. — the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) — has again determined that the union of FNZ and GBST would “substantially lessen competition” and is reviewing “different remedy options to address these concerns,” CMA officials say. CME GROUP & IHS MARKIT TO FORM POST-TRADE JV Joint Venture to Launch in Summer 2021 . CME Group, an operator of derivatives trading venues, and IHS Markit, an information and analytics vendor, are forming a joint venture of post-trade processing and risk mitigation services that will bring together CME Group’s Traiana, TriOptima, and Reset companies with IHS Markit’s

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NEW CTO FOR FINOS FEATURED ON FTF NEWS LIVE 19 hours ago · Some of the key concerns of middle and back-office operations such as data modeling, regulatory compliance, and interoperability are on Jane Gavronsky’s agenda in her new role as the first chief technology officer (CTO) at the Fintech Open Source Foundation, also known as FINOS. GRESHAM WILL GLOBALIZE CLARETI & ELECTRA: Q&A (Editor’s Note: Late last month, Gresham Technologies announced that it was acquiring Electra Information Systems for $38.6 million. The two now-former post-trade services competitors will be combining into one provider officially on June 22. FNZ CAN HAVE GBST’S POST-TRADE WARES: CMA The FNZ-GBST acquisition saga may be entering its final act as the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in the U.K. has reaffirmed its initial findings that their continued merger would reduce competition in the retail investment platform solutions space. LJM DISPUTES FRAUD CHARGES FROM SEC & CFTC The Securities & Exchange Commission has filed a civil action against two related investment advisories and two portfolio managers. The commission alleges that LJM Funds Management Ltd. and LJM Partners Ltd. “fraudulently misled investors and the board of directors of a fund they advised about LJM’s risk management practices and the

level of risk in

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Interested in sponsorship? Explore FTF's many sponsorship opportunities and learn how we can help you generate leads, promote thought leadership and increase brand awareness. CFTC MULLS SOFR START DATE FOR INTERDEALER BROKERS 19 hours ago · MRAC Subcommittee Urges July 26 Start Date. A key CFTC subcommittee is recommending that interdealer brokers replace the trading of U.S. Dollar linear interest rate swaps (IRS) based upon the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR) with the trading of IRS based upon the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) starting July 26, 2021, and to continue to do so thereafter. GENSLER LAUNCHES PCAOB SHAKE-UP BY OUSTING CHAIRMAN 19 hours ago · SEC Chair Gary Gensler startled the U.S. securities industry last week when he ousted William D. Duhnke III from his chairmanship of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), and then began a board overhaul. GRESHAM TECHNOLOGIES TO ACQUIRE ELECTRA FOR $38.6M Two major reconciliation services competitors — Gresham Technologies plc and Electra Information Systems — will be combining into one provider via Gresham’s NORTHERN TRUST LAUNCHES PERFORMANCE ANALYTICS TOOL Northern Trust’s ‘Radar’ Helps with Performance Insight. Northern Trust has launched a proprietary reporting tool to help institutional investors gain insights as they track and analyze risk and performance across their portfolios, officials say. CLEARWATER ANALYTICS Clearwater Analytics is a global SaaS solution for automated investment data aggregation, reconciliation, accounting, and reporting. Clearwater helps thousands of organizations make the most of their investment portfolio data with a world-class product and client-centric servicing. FTF NEWS | FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGIES FORUMNEWSEVENTSAWARDSBUYER’S GUIDEFTF SERVICESABOUT FTF NEWSTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AWARDS 2020. For the tenth year in a row, the FTF News Technology Innovation Awards 2020 honors the outstanding individuals and the leaders among financial technology product and service providers working to advance THE FTF NEWS TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AWARDS 2021 Welcome to the FTF News Technology Innovation Awards 2021 presented by Financial Technologies Forum and FTF News. Join FTF as we celebrate and recognize the professionals, financial technology vendors, service providers, industry bodies and regulators that have made significant strides and noteworthy achievements in operational excellence during

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FNZ TOLD FOR A SECOND TIME TO UNDO GBST ACQUISITION FNZ Told for a Second Time to Undo GBST Acquisition. April 20, 2021 by Eugene Grygo. The FNZ-GBST union is under threat because a regulator has again determined that the union lessens competition. FNZ may have to undo its acquisition of GBST because a regulator in the U.K. — the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) — has again determined FIS BOLSTERS PRODUCT LINES VIA VIRTUS PARTNERS FIS Bolsters Product Lines via Virtus Partners Acquisition. The acquisition was finalized via FIS’s purchase of a majority interest in Virtus Partners on Jan. 2, 2020. Financial solutions vendor FIS has acquired managed services provider Virtus Partners and will use its offerings to fill “critical gaps” in the FIS line-up for capital CME GROUP & IHS MARKIT TO FORM POST-TRADE JV Joint Venture to Launch in Summer 2021 . CME Group, an operator of derivatives trading venues, and IHS Markit, an information and analytics vendor, are forming a joint venture of post-trade processing and risk mitigation services that will bring together CME Group’s Traiana, TriOptima, and Reset companies with IHS Markit’s

MarkitSERV.

CAN LISTED DERIVATIVES GIVE SUSTAINABILITY A BOOST? In case anyone thought otherwise, exchanges for derivative instruments do have a big role to play in facilitating sustainability, according to a joint report recently released by the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) and the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges

Initiative (SSE).

CITI COMBINES TWO WEALTH MANAGEMENT GROUPS INTO ONE ‘Citi Global Wealth’ Launches . Citi officials report that they have spliced together the bank’s Global Consumer Banking (GCB) and the Institutional Clients Group (ICG) and formed a “unified wealth management organization” dubbed Citi Global Wealth, that will yield one streamlined, integrated platform to serve clients ranging from those in affluent segments to ultra-high net worth THE 7 DATA EXTRACTION PROBLEMS THAT PLAGUE CORPORATE Guest Contributor: Adam Devine, VP Product Marketing & Strategic Partnerships, WorkFusion Whether you provide a corporate actions feed or integrate them at an institution, you know that the gold standards for data accuracy, speed, and efficiency are rising. ROTHSCHILD GROUP, CACEIS SIGN PARTNERSHIP The Luxembourg arm of the private banker Edmond de Rothschild Group will be develop “a high value-added service,” that will incorporate the fund accounting, bookkeeping, custody and transfer agent services of CACEIS, an asset service provider, according to a new partnership that is subject to the approval of the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier. NORTHERN TRUST LAUNCHES PERFORMANCE ANALYTICS TOOL Northern Trust has launched a proprietary reporting tool to help institutional investors gain insights as they track and analyze risk and performance across their portfolios, officials say. The Performance Radar offering is the latest addition to Northern Trust’s Investment Risk and Analytical Services (IRAS) group, and is

intended to help

FTF NEWS | FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGIES FORUMNEWSEVENTSAWARDSBUYER’S GUIDEFTF SERVICESABOUT FTF NEWSTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AWARDS 2020. For the tenth year in a row, the FTF News Technology Innovation Awards 2020 honors the outstanding individuals and the leaders among financial technology product and service providers working to advance THE FTF NEWS TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AWARDS 2021 Welcome to the FTF News Technology Innovation Awards 2021 presented by Financial Technologies Forum and FTF News. Join FTF as we celebrate and recognize the professionals, financial technology vendors, service providers, industry bodies and regulators that have made significant strides and noteworthy achievements in operational excellence during

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FNZ TOLD FOR A SECOND TIME TO UNDO GBST ACQUISITION FNZ Told for a Second Time to Undo GBST Acquisition. April 20, 2021 by Eugene Grygo. The FNZ-GBST union is under threat because a regulator has again determined that the union lessens competition. FNZ may have to undo its acquisition of GBST because a regulator in the U.K. — the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) — has again determined FIS BOLSTERS PRODUCT LINES VIA VIRTUS PARTNERS FIS Bolsters Product Lines via Virtus Partners Acquisition. The acquisition was finalized via FIS’s purchase of a majority interest in Virtus Partners on Jan. 2, 2020. Financial solutions vendor FIS has acquired managed services provider Virtus Partners and will use its offerings to fill “critical gaps” in the FIS line-up for capital CME GROUP & IHS MARKIT TO FORM POST-TRADE JV Joint Venture to Launch in Summer 2021 . CME Group, an operator of derivatives trading venues, and IHS Markit, an information and analytics vendor, are forming a joint venture of post-trade processing and risk mitigation services that will bring together CME Group’s Traiana, TriOptima, and Reset companies with IHS Markit’s

MarkitSERV.

CAN LISTED DERIVATIVES GIVE SUSTAINABILITY A BOOST? In case anyone thought otherwise, exchanges for derivative instruments do have a big role to play in facilitating sustainability, according to a joint report recently released by the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) and the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges

Initiative (SSE).

CITI COMBINES TWO WEALTH MANAGEMENT GROUPS INTO ONE ‘Citi Global Wealth’ Launches . Citi officials report that they have spliced together the bank’s Global Consumer Banking (GCB) and the Institutional Clients Group (ICG) and formed a “unified wealth management organization” dubbed Citi Global Wealth, that will yield one streamlined, integrated platform to serve clients ranging from those in affluent segments to ultra-high net worth THE 7 DATA EXTRACTION PROBLEMS THAT PLAGUE CORPORATE Guest Contributor: Adam Devine, VP Product Marketing & Strategic Partnerships, WorkFusion Whether you provide a corporate actions feed or integrate them at an institution, you know that the gold standards for data accuracy, speed, and efficiency are rising. ROTHSCHILD GROUP, CACEIS SIGN PARTNERSHIP The Luxembourg arm of the private banker Edmond de Rothschild Group will be develop “a high value-added service,” that will incorporate the fund accounting, bookkeeping, custody and transfer agent services of CACEIS, an asset service provider, according to a new partnership that is subject to the approval of the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier. NORTHERN TRUST LAUNCHES PERFORMANCE ANALYTICS TOOL Northern Trust has launched a proprietary reporting tool to help institutional investors gain insights as they track and analyze risk and performance across their portfolios, officials say. The Performance Radar offering is the latest addition to Northern Trust’s Investment Risk and Analytical Services (IRAS) group, and is

intended to help

THE 2021 FTF AWARDS WINNERS UNVEILED! In another first, the Editor’s Choice Award will be given to an industry organization, the Fintech B2B Marketing Community, a new group for marketers who specialize in financial technology industry.The award honors the enduring spirit of innovation. The Fintech B2B Marketing Community was founded by Payal Raina, the global head of marketing at Torstone Technology, and it launched in REVAMPING RECON FOR A POST-PANDEMIC WORLD June 15, 2021 • 11 AM ET/4 PM BST. Beyond the typical pain points tied to trade breaks, exceptions, and failed transactions caused by manual systems and processes bottlenecks, new business disruptions as a result of the pandemic have thoroughly tested operations managers, their teams, and technology. And while businesses may be resistant to DERIVOPS NORTH AMERICA 2020 DERIVOPS NORTH AMERICA 2020 HAS BEEN POSTPONED. A new date will be announced soon. For further information please visit our Coronavirus Health & Updates Page. Click Here to Read More. What attendees, speakers and sponsors had to say about. our past FTF DerivOps North America conferences: YouTube. FTFNews06. 53 subscribers. GRESHAM TECHNOLOGIES TO ACQUIRE ELECTRA FOR $38.6M Gresham Technologies to Acquire Electra. May 31, 2021 by Eugene Grygo. The recs vendors hope the unified company to come will transform the post-trade vendor landscape. Two major reconciliation services competitors — Gresham Technologies plc and Electra Information Systems — will be combining into one provider via Gresham’s

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FTF NEWS | FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGIES FORUMNEWSEVENTSAWARDSBUYER’S GUIDEFTF SERVICESABOUT Financial Technologies Forum (FTF) is the place to learn from, market to and interact with the people and companies that are driving the post-trade processing THE FTF NEWS TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AWARDS 2021 Welcome to the FTF News Technology Innovation Awards 2021 presented by Financial Technologies Forum and FTF News. Join FTF as we celebrate and recognize the professionals, financial technology vendors, service providers, industry bodies and regulators that have made significant strides and noteworthy achievements in operational excellence during

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FNZ TOLD FOR A SECOND TIME TO UNDO GBST ACQUISITION FNZ may have to undo its acquisition of GBST because a regulator in the U.K. — the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) — has again determined that the union of FNZ and GBST would “substantially lessen competition” and is reviewing “different remedy options to address these concerns,” CMA officials say. FIS BOLSTERS PRODUCT LINES VIA VIRTUS PARTNERS Financial solutions vendor FIS has acquired managed services provider Virtus Partners and will use its offerings to fill “critical gaps” in the FIS line-up for capital markets, particularly for alternative asset managers, according to FIS. CME GROUP & IHS MARKIT TO FORM POST-TRADE JV Joint Venture to Launch in Summer 2021 . CME Group, an operator of derivatives trading venues, and IHS Markit, an information and analytics vendor, are forming a joint venture of post-trade processing and risk mitigation services that will bring together CME Group’s Traiana, TriOptima, and Reset companies with IHS Markit’s

MarkitSERV.

CITI COMBINES TWO WEALTH MANAGEMENT GROUPS INTO ONE ‘Citi Global Wealth’ Launches . Citi officials report that they have spliced together the bank’s Global Consumer Banking (GCB) and the Institutional Clients Group (ICG) and formed a “unified wealth management organization” dubbed Citi Global Wealth, that will yield one streamlined, integrated platform to serve clients ranging from those in affluent segments to ultra-high net worth THE 7 DATA EXTRACTION PROBLEMS THAT PLAGUE CORPORATE Guest Contributor: Adam Devine, VP Product Marketing & Strategic Partnerships, WorkFusion Whether you provide a corporate actions feed or integrate them at an institution, you know that the gold standards for data accuracy, speed, and efficiency are rising. ANALYSIS: SS&C BUYS PORTIA The Portia middle-to-back office investment operations platform has found a new home with SS&C Technologies, which will soon have to decide whether or not to integrate the mature product with SS&C’s related offerings, say industry observers. ROTHSCHILD GROUP, CACEIS SIGN PARTNERSHIP The Luxembourg arm of the private banker Edmond de Rothschild Group will be develop “a high value-added service,” that will incorporate the fund accounting, bookkeeping, custody and transfer agent services of CACEIS, an asset service provider, according to a new partnership that is subject to the approval of the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier. NORTHERN TRUST LAUNCHES PERFORMANCE ANALYTICS TOOL Northern Trust’s ‘Radar’ Helps with Performance Insight. Northern Trust has launched a proprietary reporting tool to help institutional investors gain insights as they track and analyze risk and performance across their portfolios, officials say. FTF NEWS | FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGIES FORUMNEWSEVENTSAWARDSBUYER’S GUIDEFTF SERVICESABOUT Financial Technologies Forum (FTF) is the place to learn from, market to and interact with the people and companies that are driving the post-trade processing THE FTF NEWS TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AWARDS 2021 Welcome to the FTF News Technology Innovation Awards 2021 presented by Financial Technologies Forum and FTF News. Join FTF as we celebrate and recognize the professionals, financial technology vendors, service providers, industry bodies and regulators that have made significant strides and noteworthy achievements in operational excellence during

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FNZ TOLD FOR A SECOND TIME TO UNDO GBST ACQUISITION FNZ may have to undo its acquisition of GBST because a regulator in the U.K. — the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) — has again determined that the union of FNZ and GBST would “substantially lessen competition” and is reviewing “different remedy options to address these concerns,” CMA officials say. FIS BOLSTERS PRODUCT LINES VIA VIRTUS PARTNERS Financial solutions vendor FIS has acquired managed services provider Virtus Partners and will use its offerings to fill “critical gaps” in the FIS line-up for capital markets, particularly for alternative asset managers, according to FIS. CME GROUP & IHS MARKIT TO FORM POST-TRADE JV Joint Venture to Launch in Summer 2021 . CME Group, an operator of derivatives trading venues, and IHS Markit, an information and analytics vendor, are forming a joint venture of post-trade processing and risk mitigation services that will bring together CME Group’s Traiana, TriOptima, and Reset companies with IHS Markit’s

MarkitSERV.

CITI COMBINES TWO WEALTH MANAGEMENT GROUPS INTO ONE ‘Citi Global Wealth’ Launches . Citi officials report that they have spliced together the bank’s Global Consumer Banking (GCB) and the Institutional Clients Group (ICG) and formed a “unified wealth management organization” dubbed Citi Global Wealth, that will yield one streamlined, integrated platform to serve clients ranging from those in affluent segments to ultra-high net worth THE 7 DATA EXTRACTION PROBLEMS THAT PLAGUE CORPORATE Guest Contributor: Adam Devine, VP Product Marketing & Strategic Partnerships, WorkFusion Whether you provide a corporate actions feed or integrate them at an institution, you know that the gold standards for data accuracy, speed, and efficiency are rising. ANALYSIS: SS&C BUYS PORTIA The Portia middle-to-back office investment operations platform has found a new home with SS&C Technologies, which will soon have to decide whether or not to integrate the mature product with SS&C’s related offerings, say industry observers. ROTHSCHILD GROUP, CACEIS SIGN PARTNERSHIP The Luxembourg arm of the private banker Edmond de Rothschild Group will be develop “a high value-added service,” that will incorporate the fund accounting, bookkeeping, custody and transfer agent services of CACEIS, an asset service provider, according to a new partnership that is subject to the approval of the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier. NORTHERN TRUST LAUNCHES PERFORMANCE ANALYTICS TOOL Northern Trust’s ‘Radar’ Helps with Performance Insight. Northern Trust has launched a proprietary reporting tool to help institutional investors gain insights as they track and analyze risk and performance across their portfolios, officials say. THE 2021 FTF AWARDS WINNERS UNVEILED! In another first, the Editor’s Choice Award will be given to an industry organization, the Fintech B2B Marketing Community, a new group for marketers who specialize in financial technology industry.The award honors the enduring spirit of innovation. The Fintech B2B Marketing Community was founded by Payal Raina, the global head of marketing at Torstone Technology, and it launched in VOTING HAS BEGUN FOR THE FTF AWARDS! It’s awards season for Hollywood and, by the way, for the securities operations industry as FTF has just unveiled the nominees for the 2021 FTF News Technology Innovation Awards.. This is the 11 th year for the FTF Awards, and our categories and honors have evolved along with the many shifts in financial markets and across the globe. In keeping with this tradition, we launched a new category REVAMPING RECON FOR A POST-PANDEMIC WORLD June 15, 2021 • 11 AM ET/4 PM BST. Beyond the typical pain points tied to trade breaks, exceptions, and failed transactions caused by manual systems and processes bottlenecks, new business disruptions as a result of the pandemic have thoroughly tested LJM DISPUTES FRAUD CHARGES FROM SEC & CFTC 4 hours ago · The Securities & Exchange Commission has filed a civil action against two related investment advisories and two portfolio managers. The commission alleges that LJM Funds Management Ltd. and LJM Partners Ltd. “fraudulently misled investors and the board of directors of a fund they advised about LJM’s risk management practices and the level of risk in DERIVOPS NORTH AMERICA 2020 FTF DerivOps North America brings together 180+ derivatives ops, investment ops, treasury ops, technology, and compliance professionals and FinTech innovators FNZ CAN HAVE GBST’S POST-TRADE WARES: CMA 4 hours ago · The FNZ-GBST acquisition saga may be entering its final act as the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in the U.K. has reaffirmed its initial findings that their continued merger would reduce competition in the retail investment platform solutions space. GRESHAM WILL GLOBALIZE CLARETI & ELECTRA: Q&A 4 hours ago · (Editor’s Note: Late last month, Gresham Technologies announced that it was acquiring Electra Information Systems for $38.6 million. The two now-former post-trade services competitors will be combining into one provider officially on June 22. CLEARWATER ANALYTICS Clearwater Analytics is a global SaaS solution for automated investment data aggregation, reconciliation, accounting, and reporting. Clearwater helps thousands of organizations make the most of their investment portfolio data with a world-class product and client-centric servicing. CITI COMBINES TWO WEALTH MANAGEMENT GROUPS INTO ONE ‘Citi Global Wealth’ Launches . Citi officials report that they have spliced together the bank’s Global Consumer Banking (GCB) and the Institutional Clients Group (ICG) and formed a “unified wealth management organization” dubbed Citi Global Wealth, that will yield one streamlined, integrated platform to serve clients ranging from those in affluent segments to ultra-high net worth

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2020.

FNZ TOLD FOR A SECOND TIME TO UNDO GBST ACQUISITION FNZ Told for a Second Time to Undo GBST Acquisition. April 20, 2021 by Eugene Grygo. The FNZ-GBST union is under threat because a regulator has again determined that the union lessens competition. FNZ may have to undo its acquisition of GBST because a regulator in the U.K. — the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) — has again determined FIS BOLSTERS PRODUCT LINES VIA VIRTUS PARTNERS FIS Bolsters Product Lines via Virtus Partners Acquisition. The acquisition was finalized via FIS’s purchase of a majority interest in Virtus Partners on Jan. 2, 2020. Financial solutions vendor FIS has acquired managed services provider Virtus Partners and will use its offerings to fill “critical gaps” in the FIS line-up for capital CME GROUP & IHS MARKIT TO FORM POST-TRADE JV Joint Venture to Launch in Summer 2021 . CME Group, an operator of derivatives trading venues, and IHS Markit, an information and analytics vendor, are forming a joint venture of post-trade processing and risk mitigation services that will bring together CME Group’s Traiana, TriOptima, and Reset companies with IHS Markit’s

MarkitSERV.

CAN LISTED DERIVATIVES GIVE SUSTAINABILITY A BOOST? In case anyone thought otherwise, exchanges for derivative instruments do have a big role to play in facilitating sustainability, according to a joint report recently released by the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) and the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges

Initiative (SSE).

CITI COMBINES TWO WEALTH MANAGEMENT GROUPS INTO ONE ‘Citi Global Wealth’ Launches . Citi officials report that they have spliced together the bank’s Global Consumer Banking (GCB) and the Institutional Clients Group (ICG) and formed a “unified wealth management organization” dubbed Citi Global Wealth, that will yield one streamlined, integrated platform to serve clients ranging from those in affluent segments to ultra-high net worth THE 7 DATA EXTRACTION PROBLEMS THAT PLAGUE CORPORATE Guest Contributor: Adam Devine, VP Product Marketing & Strategic Partnerships, WorkFusion Whether you provide a corporate actions feed or integrate them at an institution, you know that the gold standards for data accuracy, speed, and efficiency are rising. ROTHSCHILD GROUP, CACEIS SIGN PARTNERSHIP The Luxembourg arm of the private banker Edmond de Rothschild Group will be develop “a high value-added service,” that will incorporate the fund accounting, bookkeeping, custody and transfer agent services of CACEIS, an asset service provider, according to a new partnership that is subject to the approval of the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier. NORTHERN TRUST LAUNCHES PERFORMANCE ANALYTICS TOOL Northern Trust has launched a proprietary reporting tool to help institutional investors gain insights as they track and analyze risk and performance across their portfolios, officials say. The Performance Radar offering is the latest addition to Northern Trust’s Investment Risk and Analytical Services (IRAS) group, and is

intended to help

FTF NEWS | FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGIES FORUMNEWSEVENTSAWARDSBUYER’S GUIDEFTF SERVICESABOUT FTF NEWSTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AWARDS 2020. For the tenth year in a row, the FTF News Technology Innovation Awards 2020 honors the outstanding individuals and the leaders among financial technology product and service providers working to advance THE FTF NEWS TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AWARDS 2021 Welcome to the FTF News Technology Innovation Awards 2021 presented by Financial Technologies Forum and FTF News. Join FTF as we celebrate and recognize the professionals, financial technology vendors, service providers, industry bodies and regulators that have made significant strides and noteworthy achievements in operational excellence during

2020.

FNZ TOLD FOR A SECOND TIME TO UNDO GBST ACQUISITION FNZ Told for a Second Time to Undo GBST Acquisition. April 20, 2021 by Eugene Grygo. The FNZ-GBST union is under threat because a regulator has again determined that the union lessens competition. FNZ may have to undo its acquisition of GBST because a regulator in the U.K. — the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) — has again determined FIS BOLSTERS PRODUCT LINES VIA VIRTUS PARTNERS FIS Bolsters Product Lines via Virtus Partners Acquisition. The acquisition was finalized via FIS’s purchase of a majority interest in Virtus Partners on Jan. 2, 2020. Financial solutions vendor FIS has acquired managed services provider Virtus Partners and will use its offerings to fill “critical gaps” in the FIS line-up for capital CME GROUP & IHS MARKIT TO FORM POST-TRADE JV Joint Venture to Launch in Summer 2021 . CME Group, an operator of derivatives trading venues, and IHS Markit, an information and analytics vendor, are forming a joint venture of post-trade processing and risk mitigation services that will bring together CME Group’s Traiana, TriOptima, and Reset companies with IHS Markit’s

MarkitSERV.

CAN LISTED DERIVATIVES GIVE SUSTAINABILITY A BOOST? In case anyone thought otherwise, exchanges for derivative instruments do have a big role to play in facilitating sustainability, according to a joint report recently released by the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) and the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges

Initiative (SSE).

CITI COMBINES TWO WEALTH MANAGEMENT GROUPS INTO ONE ‘Citi Global Wealth’ Launches . Citi officials report that they have spliced together the bank’s Global Consumer Banking (GCB) and the Institutional Clients Group (ICG) and formed a “unified wealth management organization” dubbed Citi Global Wealth, that will yield one streamlined, integrated platform to serve clients ranging from those in affluent segments to ultra-high net worth THE 7 DATA EXTRACTION PROBLEMS THAT PLAGUE CORPORATE Guest Contributor: Adam Devine, VP Product Marketing & Strategic Partnerships, WorkFusion Whether you provide a corporate actions feed or integrate them at an institution, you know that the gold standards for data accuracy, speed, and efficiency are rising. ROTHSCHILD GROUP, CACEIS SIGN PARTNERSHIP The Luxembourg arm of the private banker Edmond de Rothschild Group will be develop “a high value-added service,” that will incorporate the fund accounting, bookkeeping, custody and transfer agent services of CACEIS, an asset service provider, according to a new partnership that is subject to the approval of the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier. NORTHERN TRUST LAUNCHES PERFORMANCE ANALYTICS TOOL Northern Trust has launched a proprietary reporting tool to help institutional investors gain insights as they track and analyze risk and performance across their portfolios, officials say. The Performance Radar offering is the latest addition to Northern Trust’s Investment Risk and Analytical Services (IRAS) group, and is

intended to help

THE 2021 FTF AWARDS WINNERS UNVEILED! In another first, the Editor’s Choice Award will be given to an industry organization, the Fintech B2B Marketing Community, a new group for marketers who specialize in financial technology industry.The award honors the enduring spirit of innovation. The Fintech B2B Marketing Community was founded by Payal Raina, the global head of marketing at Torstone Technology, and it launched in CLEARWATER ANALYTICS Clearwater Analytics is a global SaaS solution for automated investment data aggregation, reconciliation, accounting, and reporting. Clearwater helps thousands of organizations make the most of their investment portfolio data with a world-class product and client-centric servicing. REVAMPING RECON FOR A POST-PANDEMIC WORLD June 15, 2021 • 11 AM ET/4 PM BST. Beyond the typical pain points tied to trade breaks, exceptions, and failed transactions caused by manual systems and processes bottlenecks, new business disruptions as a result of the pandemic have thoroughly tested operations managers, their teams, and technology. And while businesses may be resistant to DERIVOPS NORTH AMERICA 2020 DERIVOPS NORTH AMERICA 2020 HAS BEEN POSTPONED. A new date will be announced soon. For further information please visit our Coronavirus Health & Updates Page. Click Here to Read More. What attendees, speakers and sponsors had to say about. our past FTF DerivOps North America conferences: YouTube. FTFNews06. 53 subscribers. VOTING HAS BEGUN FOR THE FTF AWARDS! It’s awards season for Hollywood and, by the way, for the securities operations industry as FTF has just unveiled the nominees for the 2021 FTF News Technology Innovation Awards.. This is the 11 th year for the FTF Awards, and our categories and honors have evolved along with the many shifts in financial markets and across the globe. In keeping with this tradition, we launched a new category TOP BANKS TEST DRIVE INTRADAY FX SWAPS PLATFORM Tests Involve DLT & Non-DLT Technology. NatWest Group, Deutsche Bank, Bank of Ireland, and Banca Mediolanum have been working with treasury teams at other large banks to test a platform for intraday foreign exchange (FX) swaps trading that involves distributed ledger technology (DLT) and non-DLT systems, officials at Finteum say.

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acquisition of

CITI COMBINES TWO WEALTH MANAGEMENT GROUPS INTO ONE ‘Citi Global Wealth’ Launches . Citi officials report that they have spliced together the bank’s Global Consumer Banking (GCB) and the Institutional Clients Group (ICG) and formed a “unified wealth management organization” dubbed Citi Global Wealth, that will yield one streamlined, integrated platform to serve clients ranging from those in affluent segments to ultra-high net worth NORTHERN TRUST LAUNCHES PERFORMANCE ANALYTICS TOOL Northern Trust has launched a proprietary reporting tool to help institutional investors gain insights as they track and analyze risk and performance across their portfolios, officials say. The Performance Radar offering is the latest addition to Northern Trust’s Investment Risk and Analytical Services (IRAS) group, and is

intended to help

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The events cover specific topics relevant to mission critical workflow and operations within the financial industry. I strongly recommend attending FTF's events. FTF always provides content rich conferences, with leading industry experts, with great networking. The FNZ TOLD FOR A SECOND TIME TO UNDO GBST ACQUISITION FNZ Told for a Second Time to Undo GBST Acquisition. April 20, 2021 by Eugene Grygo. The FNZ-GBST union is under threat because a regulator has again determined that the union lessens competition. FNZ may have to undo its acquisition of GBST because a regulator in the U.K. — the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) — has again determined DERIVOPS NORTH AMERICA 2020 DERIVOPS NORTH AMERICA 2020 HAS BEEN POSTPONED. A new date will be announced soon. For further information please visit our Coronavirus Health & Updates Page. Click Here to Read More. What attendees, speakers and sponsors had to say about. our past FTF DerivOps North America conferences: YouTube. FTFNews06. 53 subscribers. PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT AMERICAS About the Event. More Information on FTF's 2021 Performance Measurement Americas (PMA) 2021 virtual conference will be announced soon! FTF's Performance Measurement virtual event will be a forum for performance teams to the explore in depth the current challenges

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FIS BOLSTERS PRODUCT LINES VIA VIRTUS PARTNERS FIS Bolsters Product Lines via Virtus Partners Acquisition. The acquisition was finalized via FIS’s purchase of a majority interest in Virtus Partners on Jan. 2, 2020. Financial solutions vendor FIS has acquired managed services provider Virtus Partners and will use its offerings to fill “critical gaps” in the FIS line-up for capital CITI COMBINES TWO WEALTH MANAGEMENT GROUPS INTO ONE ‘Citi Global Wealth’ Launches . Citi officials report that they have spliced together the bank’s Global Consumer Banking (GCB) and the Institutional Clients Group (ICG) and formed a “unified wealth management organization” dubbed Citi Global Wealth, that will yield one streamlined, integrated platform to serve clients ranging from those in affluent segments to ultra-high net worth MERRILL LYNCH FINED $26M ON AML DEFICIENCY CHARGES Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. has been fined a total of $26 million — $13 million by the SEC and another $13 million by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) — for mismanaging its anti-money laundering (AML) responsibilities, especially after becoming part of Bank of America in 2009. ROTHSCHILD GROUP, CACEIS SIGN PARTNERSHIP The Luxembourg arm of the private banker Edmond de Rothschild Group will be develop “a high value-added service,” that will incorporate the fund accounting, bookkeeping, custody and transfer agent services of CACEIS, an asset service provider, according to a new partnership that is subject to the approval of the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier. FTF NEWS | FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGIES FORUMNEWSEVENTSAWARDSBUYER’S GUIDEFTF SERVICESABOUTBEST FINANCIAL FORUMSFINANCIAL FORUM ONLINEFINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY DEGREEFINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY SALARYFORUM FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FTF NEWSTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AWARDS 2020. For the tenth year in a row, the FTF News Technology Innovation Awards 2020 honors the outstanding individuals and the leaders among financial technology product and service providers working to advance THE FTF NEWS TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AWARDS 2021 Welcome to the FTF News Technology Innovation Awards 2021 presented by Financial Technologies Forum and FTF News. Join FTF as we celebrate and recognize the professionals, financial technology vendors, service providers, industry bodies and regulators that have made significant strides and noteworthy achievements in operational excellence during

2020.

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The events cover specific topics relevant to mission critical workflow and operations within the financial industry. I strongly recommend attending FTF's events. FTF always provides content rich conferences, with leading industry experts, with great networking. The FNZ TOLD FOR A SECOND TIME TO UNDO GBST ACQUISITION FNZ Told for a Second Time to Undo GBST Acquisition. April 20, 2021 by Eugene Grygo. The FNZ-GBST union is under threat because a regulator has again determined that the union lessens competition. FNZ may have to undo its acquisition of GBST because a regulator in the U.K. — the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) — has again determined DERIVOPS NORTH AMERICA 2020 DERIVOPS NORTH AMERICA 2020 HAS BEEN POSTPONED. A new date will be announced soon. For further information please visit our Coronavirus Health & Updates Page. Click Here to Read More. What attendees, speakers and sponsors had to say about. our past FTF DerivOps North America conferences: YouTube. FTFNews06. 53 subscribers. PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT AMERICAS About the Event. More Information on FTF's 2021 Performance Measurement Americas (PMA) 2021 virtual conference will be announced soon! FTF's Performance Measurement virtual event will be a forum for performance teams to the explore in depth the current challenges

confronting them.

FIS BOLSTERS PRODUCT LINES VIA VIRTUS PARTNERS FIS Bolsters Product Lines via Virtus Partners Acquisition. The acquisition was finalized via FIS’s purchase of a majority interest in Virtus Partners on Jan. 2, 2020. Financial solutions vendor FIS has acquired managed services provider Virtus Partners and will use its offerings to fill “critical gaps” in the FIS line-up for capital CITI COMBINES TWO WEALTH MANAGEMENT GROUPS INTO ONE ‘Citi Global Wealth’ Launches . Citi officials report that they have spliced together the bank’s Global Consumer Banking (GCB) and the Institutional Clients Group (ICG) and formed a “unified wealth management organization” dubbed Citi Global Wealth, that will yield one streamlined, integrated platform to serve clients ranging from those in affluent segments to ultra-high net worth MERRILL LYNCH FINED $26M ON AML DEFICIENCY CHARGES Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. has been fined a total of $26 million — $13 million by the SEC and another $13 million by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) — for mismanaging its anti-money laundering (AML) responsibilities, especially after becoming part of Bank of America in 2009. ROTHSCHILD GROUP, CACEIS SIGN PARTNERSHIP The Luxembourg arm of the private banker Edmond de Rothschild Group will be develop “a high value-added service,” that will incorporate the fund accounting, bookkeeping, custody and transfer agent services of CACEIS, an asset service provider, according to a new partnership that is subject to the approval of the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier.

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SecOps Online. Join SecOps Online, a virtual community built for middle – and back-office, operations, compliance, IT and technology professionals in capital markets along with the companies that service them. Gain access to exclusive content covering all things securities operations processing from compliance and regulations that affect THE 2021 FTF AWARDS WINNERS UNVEILED! 1 day ago · In another first, the Editor’s Choice Award will be given to an industry organization, the Fintech B2B Marketing Community, a new group for marketers who specialize in financial technology industry.The award honors the enduring spirit of innovation. The Fintech B2B Marketing Community was founded by Payal Raina, the global head of marketing at Torstone Technology, and it

launched in

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The events cover specific topics relevant to mission critical workflow and operations within the financial industry. I strongly recommend attending FTF's events. FTF always provides content rich conferences, with leading industry experts, with great networking. The CLEARWATER ANALYTICS Clearwater Analytics is a global SaaS solution for automated investment data aggregation, reconciliation, accounting, and reporting. Clearwater helps thousands of organizations make the most of their investment portfolio data with a world-class product and client-centric servicing. DERIVOPS NORTH AMERICA 2020 DERIVOPS NORTH AMERICA 2020 HAS BEEN POSTPONED. A new date will be announced soon. For further information please visit our Coronavirus Health & Updates Page. Click Here to Read More. What attendees, speakers and sponsors had to say about. our past FTF DerivOps North America conferences: YouTube. FTFNews06. 53 subscribers. TOP BANKS TEST DRIVE INTRADAY FX SWAPS PLATFORM Tests Involve DLT & Non-DLT Technology. NatWest Group, Deutsche Bank, Bank of Ireland, and Banca Mediolanum have been working with treasury teams at other large banks to test a platform for intraday foreign exchange (FX) swaps trading that involves distributed ledger technology (DLT) and non-DLT systems, officials at Finteum say. GRESHAM-ELECTRA IS ‘ALREADY SHAKING THINGS UP’: Q&A (Editor’s Note: Last week, two major reconciliation services competitors — Gresham Technologies plc and Electra Information Systems — announced that will be combining into one provider via Gresham’s $38.6 million acquisition of Electra. BROADRIDGE ACQUIRES ITIVITI FOR $2.5 BILLION Broadridge Acquires Itiviti for $2.5 Billion. March 29, 2021 by Eugene Grygo. The acquisition is intended to help clients streamline their front-to-back technology stacks and widen Broadridge’s global reach. Post-trade provider Broadridge Financial Solutions will be able to offer front-to-back-office systems and networking via its acquisition NORTHERN TRUST LAUNCHES ANOTHER UMBRELLA TRUST Northern Trust has launched an umbrella trust, dubbed the Datum One Series Trust, that it will offer to asset managers that would prefer to focus on distribution and investment goals, and let the custodian manage the infrastructure and back-office services. CME GROUP & IHS MARKIT TO FORM POST-TRADE JV Joint Venture to Launch in Summer 2021 . CME Group, an operator of derivatives trading venues, and IHS Markit, an information and analytics vendor, are forming a joint venture of post-trade processing and risk mitigation services that will bring together CME Group’s Traiana, TriOptima, and Reset companies with IHS Markit’s

MarkitSERV.

FTF NEWS | FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGIES FORUMNEWSEVENTSAWARDSBUYER’S GUIDEFTF SERVICESABOUTBEST FINANCIAL FORUMSFINANCIAL FORUM ONLINEFINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY DEGREEFINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY SALARYFORUM FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FTF NEWSTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AWARDS 2020. For the tenth year in a row, the FTF News Technology Innovation Awards 2020 honors the outstanding individuals and the leaders among financial technology product and service providers working to advance THE FTF NEWS TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AWARDS 2021 Welcome to the FTF News Technology Innovation Awards 2021 presented by Financial Technologies Forum and FTF News. Join FTF as we celebrate and recognize the professionals, financial technology vendors, service providers, industry bodies and regulators that have made significant strides and noteworthy achievements in operational excellence during

2020.

FNZ TOLD FOR A SECOND TIME TO UNDO GBST ACQUISITION FNZ Told for a Second Time to Undo GBST Acquisition. April 20, 2021 by Eugene Grygo. The FNZ-GBST union is under threat because a regulator has again determined that the union lessens competition. FNZ may have to undo its acquisition of GBST because a regulator in the U.K. — the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) — has again determined FIS BOLSTERS PRODUCT LINES VIA VIRTUS PARTNERS FIS Bolsters Product Lines via Virtus Partners Acquisition. The acquisition was finalized via FIS’s purchase of a majority interest in Virtus Partners on Jan. 2, 2020. Financial solutions vendor FIS has acquired managed services provider Virtus Partners and will use its offerings to fill “critical gaps” in the FIS line-up for capital CME GROUP & IHS MARKIT TO FORM POST-TRADE JV Joint Venture to Launch in Summer 2021 . CME Group, an operator of derivatives trading venues, and IHS Markit, an information and analytics vendor, are forming a joint venture of post-trade processing and risk mitigation services that will bring together CME Group’s Traiana, TriOptima, and Reset companies with IHS Markit’s

MarkitSERV.

CAN LISTED DERIVATIVES GIVE SUSTAINABILITY A BOOST? In case anyone thought otherwise, exchanges for derivative instruments do have a big role to play in facilitating sustainability, according to a joint report recently released by the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) and the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges

Initiative (SSE).

CITI COMBINES TWO WEALTH MANAGEMENT GROUPS INTO ONE ‘Citi Global Wealth’ Launches . Citi officials report that they have spliced together the bank’s Global Consumer Banking (GCB) and the Institutional Clients Group (ICG) and formed a “unified wealth management organization” dubbed Citi Global Wealth, that will yield one streamlined, integrated platform to serve clients ranging from those in affluent segments to ultra-high net worth MERRILL LYNCH FINED $26M ON AML DEFICIENCY CHARGES Merrill Lynch Fined $26M on AML Deficiency Charges. The Bank of America subsidiary is paying $13 million to the SEC and another $13 million to FINRA on allegations that it mismanaged its anti-money laundering (AML) responsibilities. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. has been fined a total of $26 million — $13 million by

the SEC and

NORTHERN TRUST LAUNCHES PERFORMANCE ANALYTICS TOOL Northern Trust has launched a proprietary reporting tool to help institutional investors gain insights as they track and analyze risk and performance across their portfolios, officials say. The Performance Radar offering is the latest addition to Northern Trust’s Investment Risk and Analytical Services (IRAS) group, and is

intended to help

ROTHSCHILD GROUP, CACEIS SIGN PARTNERSHIP The Luxembourg arm of the private banker Edmond de Rothschild Group will be develop “a high value-added service,” that will incorporate the fund accounting, bookkeeping, custody and transfer agent services of CACEIS, an asset service provider, according to a new partnership that is subject to the approval of the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier. FTF NEWS | FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGIES FORUMNEWSEVENTSAWARDSBUYER’S GUIDEFTF SERVICESABOUTBEST FINANCIAL FORUMSFINANCIAL FORUM ONLINEFINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY DEGREEFINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY SALARYFORUM FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FTF NEWSTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AWARDS 2020. For the tenth year in a row, the FTF News Technology Innovation Awards 2020 honors the outstanding individuals and the leaders among financial technology product and service providers working to advance THE FTF NEWS TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AWARDS 2021 Welcome to the FTF News Technology Innovation Awards 2021 presented by Financial Technologies Forum and FTF News. Join FTF as we celebrate and recognize the professionals, financial technology vendors, service providers, industry bodies and regulators that have made significant strides and noteworthy achievements in operational excellence during

2020.

FNZ TOLD FOR A SECOND TIME TO UNDO GBST ACQUISITION FNZ Told for a Second Time to Undo GBST Acquisition. April 20, 2021 by Eugene Grygo. The FNZ-GBST union is under threat because a regulator has again determined that the union lessens competition. FNZ may have to undo its acquisition of GBST because a regulator in the U.K. — the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) — has again determined FIS BOLSTERS PRODUCT LINES VIA VIRTUS PARTNERS FIS Bolsters Product Lines via Virtus Partners Acquisition. The acquisition was finalized via FIS’s purchase of a majority interest in Virtus Partners on Jan. 2, 2020. Financial solutions vendor FIS has acquired managed services provider Virtus Partners and will use its offerings to fill “critical gaps” in the FIS line-up for capital CME GROUP & IHS MARKIT TO FORM POST-TRADE JV Joint Venture to Launch in Summer 2021 . CME Group, an operator of derivatives trading venues, and IHS Markit, an information and analytics vendor, are forming a joint venture of post-trade processing and risk mitigation services that will bring together CME Group’s Traiana, TriOptima, and Reset companies with IHS Markit’s

MarkitSERV.

CAN LISTED DERIVATIVES GIVE SUSTAINABILITY A BOOST? In case anyone thought otherwise, exchanges for derivative instruments do have a big role to play in facilitating sustainability, according to a joint report recently released by the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) and the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges

Initiative (SSE).

CITI COMBINES TWO WEALTH MANAGEMENT GROUPS INTO ONE ‘Citi Global Wealth’ Launches . Citi officials report that they have spliced together the bank’s Global Consumer Banking (GCB) and the Institutional Clients Group (ICG) and formed a “unified wealth management organization” dubbed Citi Global Wealth, that will yield one streamlined, integrated platform to serve clients ranging from those in affluent segments to ultra-high net worth MERRILL LYNCH FINED $26M ON AML DEFICIENCY CHARGES Merrill Lynch Fined $26M on AML Deficiency Charges. The Bank of America subsidiary is paying $13 million to the SEC and another $13 million to FINRA on allegations that it mismanaged its anti-money laundering (AML) responsibilities. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. has been fined a total of $26 million — $13 million by

the SEC and

NORTHERN TRUST LAUNCHES PERFORMANCE ANALYTICS TOOL Northern Trust has launched a proprietary reporting tool to help institutional investors gain insights as they track and analyze risk and performance across their portfolios, officials say. The Performance Radar offering is the latest addition to Northern Trust’s Investment Risk and Analytical Services (IRAS) group, and is

intended to help

ROTHSCHILD GROUP, CACEIS SIGN PARTNERSHIP The Luxembourg arm of the private banker Edmond de Rothschild Group will be develop “a high value-added service,” that will incorporate the fund accounting, bookkeeping, custody and transfer agent services of CACEIS, an asset service provider, according to a new partnership that is subject to the approval of the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier. THE 2021 FTF AWARDS WINNERS UNVEILED! 1 day ago · In another first, the Editor’s Choice Award will be given to an industry organization, the Fintech B2B Marketing Community, a new group for marketers who specialize in financial technology industry.The award honors the enduring spirit of innovation. The Fintech B2B Marketing Community was founded by Payal Raina, the global head of marketing at Torstone Technology, and it

launched in

CLEARWATER ANALYTICS Clearwater Analytics is a global SaaS solution for automated investment data aggregation, reconciliation, accounting, and reporting. Clearwater helps thousands of organizations make the most of their investment portfolio data with a world-class product and client-centric servicing. REVAMPING RECON FOR A POST-PANDEMIC WORLD June 15, 2021 • 11 AM ET/4 PM BST. Beyond the typical pain points tied to trade breaks, exceptions, and failed transactions caused by manual systems and processes bottlenecks, new business disruptions as a result of the pandemic have thoroughly tested operations managers, their teams, and technology. And while businesses may be resistant to DERIVOPS NORTH AMERICA 2020 DERIVOPS NORTH AMERICA 2020 HAS BEEN POSTPONED. A new date will be announced soon. For further information please visit our Coronavirus Health & Updates Page. Click Here to Read More. What attendees, speakers and sponsors had to say about. our past FTF DerivOps North America conferences: YouTube. FTFNews06. 53 subscribers. TOP BANKS TEST DRIVE INTRADAY FX SWAPS PLATFORM Tests Involve DLT & Non-DLT Technology. NatWest Group, Deutsche Bank, Bank of Ireland, and Banca Mediolanum have been working with treasury teams at other large banks to test a platform for intraday foreign exchange (FX) swaps trading that involves distributed ledger technology (DLT) and non-DLT systems, officials at Finteum say. VOTING HAS BEGUN FOR THE FTF AWARDS! It’s awards season for Hollywood and, by the way, for the securities operations industry as FTF has just unveiled the nominees for the 2021 FTF News Technology Innovation Awards.. This is the 11 th year for the FTF Awards, and our categories and honors have evolved along with the many shifts in financial markets and across the globe. In keeping with this tradition, we launched a new category

AWARDS | FTF NEWS

Explore FTF's many sponsorship opportunities and learn how we can help you generate leads, promote thought leadership and increase brand awareness. Let us help you connect with COOs, CTOs, CFOs, and other senior operations, compliance and technology professionals today! Get

Started. Awards.

GRESHAM TECHNOLOGIES TO ACQUIRE ELECTRA FOR $38.6M Gresham Technologies to Acquire Electra. May 31, 2021 by Eugene Grygo. The recs vendors hope the unified company to come will transform the post-trade vendor landscape. Two major reconciliation services competitors — Gresham Technologies plc and Electra Information Systems — will be combining into one provider via Gresham’s

acquisition of

CITI COMBINES TWO WEALTH MANAGEMENT GROUPS INTO ONE ‘Citi Global Wealth’ Launches . Citi officials report that they have spliced together the bank’s Global Consumer Banking (GCB) and the Institutional Clients Group (ICG) and formed a “unified wealth management organization” dubbed Citi Global Wealth, that will yield one streamlined, integrated platform to serve clients ranging from those in affluent segments to ultra-high net worth NORTHERN TRUST LAUNCHES PERFORMANCE ANALYTICS TOOL Northern Trust has launched a proprietary reporting tool to help institutional investors gain insights as they track and analyze risk and performance across their portfolios, officials say. The Performance Radar offering is the latest addition to Northern Trust’s Investment Risk and Analytical Services (IRAS) group, and is

intended to help

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Speakers were numerous and great. All highly qualified to speak and provided excellent insight into our industry.

- SecOps Attendee

The SecOps conference is a valuable forum for peers to network and discuss the real issues operations professionals face in their business. Our session discussing the reality vs. ideal world scenarios was well received and sparked ongoing discussions beyond the session

itself.

- Bob Leaper, PanoVista.Co LLC (SecOps Attendee) The conference was very informative and relevant for the current state of derivative regulations. - Michael Daley, Director of Fixed Income Operations, Loomis Sayles

(DerivOps Attendee)

You always have insightful subject matter experts on your panels. - David Gallagher, VP, Collateral Management, Lombard Risk (DerivOps

Attendee)

The conference provides relevant industry insights from practitioners

for practitioners.

- Björn Schumburg, Senior Business Consultant, Derivatives Implementation, SimCorp Canada (DerivOps Attendee) The event is essential for anyone who has a portfolio of derivatives or supports clients who have exposure to derivatives. - Frank Lupica, Director, DTCC (DerivOps Attendee)

Excellent.

- Robert Boese, Director, Debt and Derivative Operations, Freddie Mac

(DerivOps Attendee)

I thought the conference was very useful and provided its participants with ideas for how to address some of the challenges that Dodd-Frank regulations present. - Shannon Pacheco, Head of Operations, MEAG New York Corporation

(DerivOps Attendee)

The speakers and topics covered were timely and very relevant to the current market environment. - Robert Ferryman, Director of Operations, Mizuho Capital Markets

(DerivOps Attendee)

The conference gave a very informative overview of the challenges faced by the industry currently.  It targeted at specific initiatives and regulations which are critical to derivative operations. - Jessica Lua, Senior Vice President, Head, Trade Operations, GIC

(DerivOps Attendee)

This was one of the best DerivOps conferences that has been put

together.

- Kathryn Landuyt, Securities Analyst, OTC Derivatives, PPM America

(DerivOps Attendee)

The mix of presentations and panel discussions was great. Thank you! - Sandy MacLean, Senior Operations Analyst, Reconciliation, CPP Investment Board (ReCon Attendee) Great experience. Thank you! - Beth Vogel, Director, Investment Management Operations, Federated Investors (ReCon Attendee) The speakers were great and the program was organized. - Liliana Ferreira, Director, CSA Negotiations, Portfolio Reconciliation and Collateral Controls, Societe Generale (ReCon

Attendee)

The content was very relevant and engaging, and the attendees were fully engaged in the lively panel discussions. - Paul Clapis, Director, Professional Services, SunGard (ReCon

Attendee)

It’s a great opportunity to network with both vendors and peers while identifying the latest trends in the industry. - Rodney Hulslander, AVP Asset Control, Reconciliation, MFS Investment Management (ReCon Attendee) Great forum. Knowledgeable and well-versed speakers. Would love to attend future events. - Ken Helmrich, AVP, BSA Supervisor, Hudson City Savings Bank (Financial Crime & AML Forum Attendee) Very impressive conference.  The format provides unique access to industry thought leaders. The knowledge and ideas I gained will help me better adapt to changing trends. - Matthew Lyberg, Vice President, Acadian Asset Management (Performance Measurement Attendee) Great Job. The FTF staff were great! - Bert Melchner, Program Manager, Enterprise Solutions, General Electric Asset Management (ReCon Attendee) Excellent overall event. Thank you! - Robert Perdock, COO, Macquarie Group Excellent event with the right level of participants to add the most value to firms trading products requiring collateralization. - Joseph Streeter, VP, Collateral Product Manager, State Street (Collateral Management Forum Attendee) The Forum format provides a great networking opportunity since there is a very focused topic and group of delegates. - Deborah Bonfield, VP, Senior Sales, Lombard Risk (Collateral Management Forum Attendee) A good opportunity for networking with peers in the industry. - Joyce Lim, Vice President, Credit Agricole CIB (Collateral Management Forum Attendee) One of the most informative conferences I've attended. Great progression from basic content to practical significance. Quite

enjoyable.

- Bill Elwell, AVP/Senior Tax Counsel, Hartford Financial Services (FATCA Breakfast Attendee) FTF continually proves its commitment to organizing and delivering content rich, educational events. The events cover specific topics relevant to mission critical workflow and operations within the financial industry. I strongly recommend attending FTF's events. - Marc Caccavale, Client Relations, SS&C Technologies (Performance Measurement Attendee) FTF always provides content rich conferences, with leading industry experts, with great networking.  The conference administration and amenities are always flawless.   - Andrew Clipper, Principal, Knickerbocker Advisory Services (Performance Measurement Attendee) FTF has provided a very thoughtful and relevant discussion of the changes currently impacting the industry. - Matt Kuznacic, Sr. Project Manager, William Blair (DerivOps

Attendee)

I would highly recommend FTF’s Derivatives Operations conference. I come to the annual Chicago Conference and they also have a New York conference that’s great. It’s a great time to hear from both buy side peers in my case, vendors that offer solutions to some derivatives challenges that you may be facing and also meet with clearing house representatives and FCMs and it’s just a great place to network with peers and to hear what’s going on in derivatives

operations.

- Kevin Walker, Vice President, Manager of Derivatives Administration, Nuveen Investments (DerivOps Attendee) Great course--as someone with very little SM knowledge, this course was really insightful and provided clarity on key industry topics, specifically securities lending and derivatives. I would definitely

recommend it.

- Diana Gialo, SunGard (Understanding the Securities Industry

Attendee)

Great conference. Certainly learned a lot and enjoyed the facilitator. - Kelly Wallace, Assistant Marketing and Client Service, Westfield Capital Management (Understanding the Securities Industry Attendee) Very helpful and insightful conference. Thank you. - Lenny Bambina, Vice President, Derivatives, AQR Capital Management

(DerivOps Attendee)

Well organized and put-together. Impressive speakers and panelists. - Tatyana Yegorova, Audit Director, MetLife (HedgeOps Attendee) I liked the varied areas that were represented on each panel. - Karla McKenna, Director, Citi (CAPCon Attendee) Am always glad to participate in an FTF event. - Sue Mayham, Corporate Actions Expert (CAPCon Attendee) Excellent forum. Very much enjoyed the more informal talks as it engaged the audience more. - Katie O’Connor, Senior Product Specialist, Information Mosaic

(CAPCon Attendee)

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