Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
The British financial institution London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has announced plans to create 100 new positions at its IT service centre in Bucharest. LSEG Romania continues to develop its local hub, and it is looking to hire IT specialists as well as quantitative analysis and data science specialists. LSEG plans to reach 700 employees in 2023.
The centre, which was inaugurated in February 2019, has 600 employees. The company delivers infrastructure for financial markets and is focused on providing IT services, market surveillance and post-trading services for its clients. In 2020, the company advertised 100 new jobs.
The London Stock Exchange Group is headquartered in London and employs more than 25,000 people worldwide.
Updated, 6 March 2023:
The company announced that other 100 new positions will be created by the end of 2023.
Eurofound (2022), London Stock Exchange, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 107895, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/107895.
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