NRI FT India proudly announces its certification as a Great Place to Work, marking a significant milestone in the company's journey towards excellence.

With a steadfast commitment to employee development, transparent communication, and collaborative teamwork, NRI FT India has cultivated a positive workplace culture where innovation thrives and every individual feels valued.

The certification serves as a testament to the collective efforts of all employees, reflecting the organization's dedication to continuous feedback, open communication, and a relentless pursuit of excellence.

As NRI FT India celebrates this achievement, it reaffirms its commitment to prioritizing employee well-being and professional growth, while upholding core values of integrity, diversity, and excellence in all aspects of operations.



About NRI FT India: Nomura Research Institute Financial Technologies India Pvt. Ltd. (NRI FT India) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Japan’s leading technology solutions and consultancy firm Nomura Research Institute (NRI). It provides a range of IT Solutions and services, to capital market participants, around the world.

I-STAR/GV is the flagship post-trade platform of Nomura Research Institute (NRI) - a leading think-tank and systems integrator in Japan, with a strong focus and commitment to capital markets in Australia.

BT implemented NRI’s I-STAR/GV platform for Settlement Participants. Hosted in Amazon cloud, NRI offers the I-STAR/GV platform as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) to BT. The platform connects to CHESS (Clearing House Electronic Sub-register System) and with the wealth management platform of BT through a standard set of APIs, which supports end-to-end business requirements, in a Straight-Through Processing (STP) mode. Apart from facilitating HIN administration, Trade Settlements, Transfers & Conversions, the I-STAR/GV platform enables automation and STP based processing of Corporate Action event lifecycle, thereby optimising operations.

NRI believes I-STAR/GV’s platform compatibility and ease of integration maximises operational efficiency for BT’s rapidly expanding business needs and is forward compatible with the new DLT (Distributed Ledger Technology) based Clearing & Settlement Platform of ASX.

NRI FT India’s Future Roadmap in Australia
Since 2016, NRI FT India has been bringing the best financial IT expertise to Australia. NRI FT India works with leading banks in Australia to help them implement individual HIN solutions and Custody HIN solutions over wealth management platforms. During the second stage of the program, NRI FT India will upgrade the individual HIN solution to connect to the Clearing & Settlement platform of ASX, using Direct Ledger API.

Mr. Masato Yuasa, President and Chief Executive Officer of NRI FT India said, “As the industry demands more of scalable and adaptive solutions with near zero-downtime, NRI FT India has been committed toward bringing in sophisticated, robust and mission-critical platforms that can scale-up and adapt to new & changing business environments. NRI FT India is also dedicated to providing holistic support with timely updates for changing market requirements, for clients in Australia and around the world. At NRI FT India our mission is to build client trust and establish relationships for mutual growth. Implementation of the I-STAR/GV platform for a prestigious client like BT is a great step toward establishing the value of our I-STAR/GV platform in the Australian market. Choosing NRI FT India to provide time critical connectivity & functions for BT’s core business processing is a manifestation of their trust of the NRI brand.”

About Nomura Research Institute (NRI)
Founded in 1965, NRI is a leading global provider of system solutions and consulting services, including management consulting, system integration, and IT management and solutions for the financial, manufacturing, retail and service industries. Clients from all layers of these individual industries partner with NRI to tap NRI’s research expertise and innovative solutions across the organization to expand businesses, design corporate structures and create new business strategies. NRI has more than 13,000 employees in more than 50 offices globally including New York, London, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Australia. NRI reports annual sales above $4.6 billion. NRI is rated “A” by S&P Global Ratings Japan. For more information, visit www.nri.com/en

About NRI FT India
Founded in 2001, Nomura Research Institute Financial Technologies India Pvt. Ltd. (NRI FT India) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nomura Research Institute (NRI). NRI FT India provides a range of reliable, scalable and adaptable IT Solutions to capital market entities around the world and has established the technical excellence and successful implementation track records in developed markets like Japan, Australia, USA, UK, Hong Kong, Singapore, as well as emerging markets like Thailand, Sri Lanka and Mongolia. To learn more about NRI FT India, please visit www.nrifintech.com

DAML is used to model business processes using smart contracts, capturing the rights and obligations associated with any asset class, business transaction or complex multi-party workflow to drive automation and efficiency. DAML is a core component of a number of Digital Asset projects and proofs of concept, including those with the ASX, HKEX and other market infrastructure providers.

Mr. Maulindu Chatterjee, Head of Global Delivery at NRI FT India said, “Our rich domain expertise in capital markets and years of experience delivering mission-critical solutions has helped us rapidly establish competencies with DAML, a technology we find is getting adopted by major markets in the APAC region such as ASX and HKEX.”

“Importantly,” Chatterjee added, “DAML has significantly enriched our capabilities as we build out complex enterprise workflows for a range of financial products. NRI FT India was able to develop multiple Proof of Concepts with DAML Smart Contracts within a short span of just five months. NRI FT India is looking forward to expanding the work we’re doing with Digital Asset in the Australian, Hong Kong and Japanese markets. Our collaboration with Digital Asset is a major strategic business opportunity for us.”

“We are delighted to partner with NRI FT India - its deep expertise and global delivery capability will help us scale our solutions and meet the rigorous needs of systemically consequential capital market infrastructures and financial institutions in APAC,” said Jon Rout, Business Development Director Asia Pacific for Digital Asset. We look forward to expanding the work we are doing with NRI FT India on significant client engagements and exploring new business opportunities together in the future.”

About DAML
DAML is an open source functional programming language designed specifically for use in multi-party business processes. DAML abstracts away the underlying complexities of blockchains and database technologies, allowing developers to focus on the logic of the applications they are building. For more information about DAML, please visit daml.com

About Digital Asset
Founded in 2014, Digital Asset is a leading provider of distributed ledger technology (DLT) solutions that solve real-world business challenges. The company combines deep industry expertise with advanced technologies, including DAML, an intuitive smart contract language, to help clients streamline multi-party business processes on distributed platforms. To learn more about Digital Asset, please visit https://www.digitalasset.com

About Nomura Research Institute Financial Technologies India Pvt. Ltd
Founded in 2001, Nomura Research Institute Financial Technologies India Pvt. Ltd. (NRI FT India) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nomura Research Institute (NRI). NRI FT India provides a range of reliable, scalable and adaptable IT Solutions to capital market entities around the world and has established the technical excellence and successful implementation track records in developed markets like Japan, Australia, USA, UK, Hong Kong, Singapore, as well as emerging markets like Thailand, Sri Lanka and Mongolia. To learn more about NRI FT India, please visit www.nrifintech.com.

About Nomura Research Institute (NRI)
Founded in 1965, NRI is a leading global provider of system solutions and consulting services, including management consulting, system integration, and IT management and solutions for financial, manufacturing, retail and service industries. Clients partner with NRI to expand businesses, design corporate structures and create new business strategies. NRI has about 13,000 employees in more than 50 offices globally including New York, London, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Australia. NRI reports annual sales above $4.2 billion. For more information, visit www.nri.com/en

NRI has provided hosted broker back-office solutions in Japan since the mid-1970s. In 2017, NRI was awarded ‘Best Clearing and Settlement Solution’ for the company’s I-STAR product, at the TF News Technology Innovation Awards 2017.
We have now implemented the modern, re-written and re-architected global version for Australian market participants. We look forward to seeing you at next year’s SAFAA conference!

I-STAR has been adapted by hundreds of financial institutions, and has become a de facto standard for the wholesale securities industry, particularly in Japan. NRI was also awarded ‘Best New Post-Trade Solution’ for its Visualized OTC Products and Liquidity Control System (VOLCS), a leading solution providing due date management for structured bonds and OTC derivatives, cash management and foreign exchange management that can be broken down independently or used in conjunction with each other. The solution is popular among financial institutions looking to reduce operational risk and boost efficiency by decreasing the burden on broker dealers.

“We’re very proud of our suite of solutions, and we are committed to partnering with financial institutions across the world to develop their systems to peak optimization,” said Masaaki Yamazaki, Managing Director of NRI. “The day-to-day challenges financial institutions face with their system integration are impacting their bottom lines, and NRI has built our line of products to address these key challenges. We are honored to be recognized for this contribution.”
The FTF News Technology Innovation Awards recognize the professionals, vendors, service providers, industry bodies and regulators that have demonstrated exceptional achievement in financial services operations technology during the previous year.

NRI has provided hosted broker back-office solutions in Japan since the mid-1970s and has now implemented the modern, re-written and re-architected global version for Australian market participants. NRI’s mission is to continue providing high-quality, cutting-edge technology solutions and services to the Australian securities firms that underpin all the aspects of securities operations, and offer holistic local support with timely updates for changing market requirements.

This year we have Mr. Hiroyuki Suzuki, member of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Committee and Vice chairman, Members of the Board of NRI speak at the 2017 SAFAA conference. Apart from NRI’s plans in Australia, Mr. Suzuki will also highlight how Australia has been playing an important part in APEC and how Australian brokers including the smaller ones can look forward to expanding business as a result of financial market integration across APEC counties.

To learn more about NRI and our cloud-based solution, visit our website or stop by NRI’s booth (No. #2), at SAFAA 2017 on 24th and 25th May.

This ranking marks the seventh consecutive year that NRI has been named a top 10 global financial technology firm by IDC Financial Insights.

In 2015, NRI has been focused on ensuring that its market leading systems are continually innovating with the rapid changes in the financial marketplace for their clients specifically around regulatory issues and IT cost reductions.

This includes their PSS solution, a utility service for financial institutions, which integrates both Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and Information Technology Outsourcing (ITO) services to improve the efficiency of back-office post-trade processes. By integrating BPO and ITO services, PSS enables its financial institution partners to standardize their business processes, improve back-office efficiency and flexibly adapt to regulatory and infrastructural changes. UBS Securities Japan Co., Ltd. became the first adopter of NRI’s PSS last year.

Another prominent achievement undertaken this year is the expansion and investment into the exploration of new technologies in FinTech including blockchain. NRI worked with the Japan Exchange group as well as Nomura Securities, SBI Securities, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and others to lead two proof-of-concept initiatives to examine the applicability of blockchain. NRI keeps exploring the applicability of new technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and Application Programming Interface to lead the industry’s innovation.

NRI’s global expansion has also continued into 2016 with the recent acquisition of Cutter Associates, the leader in investment operations consulting and research.

“NRI has always kept an eye toward the future, anticipating new market changes and challenges for financial services firms and tailoring our solutions to fit these needs, while also working on how we can apply new and innovative technologies for increased efficiency within the industry,” says Hajime Ueda, Senior Corporate Managing Director of NRI. “We are honored to be recognized by IDC again this year for our continued commitment to excellence, and we look forward to serving our clients with the tools and solutions necessary to capitalize and innovate in this global market.”

Now in its 13th year, the IDC Financial Insights FinTech Rankings categorize and evaluate the top global providers of financial technology based on calendar year revenues from financial institutions for hardware, software and/or services. These providers supply the technological backbone of the financial services industry, an industry in which IDC Financial Insights forecasts worldwide spending on IT across the globe to reach half a trillion dollars by 2018.

The annual IDC Financial Insights FinTech Rankings has become an important measure of the health and direction of technology in the industry and the emergence of innovative solutions from new players. In addition, the IDC Financial Insights FinTech Rankings serve as a critical tool for financial services institutions to use during strategic planning and to review in considering new investments in 3rd party solutions. IDC Financial Insights publishes a comprehensive report about the year's findings that is available to view or download HERE.

About IDC Financial Insights
IDC Financial Insights assists financial service businesses and IT leaders, as well as the suppliers who serve them, in making more effective technology decisions by providing accurate, timely, and insightful fact-based research and consulting services. Staffed by senior analysts with decades of industry experience, our global research analyzes and advises on business and technology issues facing the banking, insurance, and securities and investments industries. International Data Corporation (IDC) is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the information technology market. IDC is a subsidiary of IDG, the world’s leading technology, media, research, and events company. For more information, please visit www.idc.com/financial , email info@idc-fi.com , or call 508-620-5533. Visit the IDC Financial Insights Community at http://idc-community.com/financial.

Our aim is to provide Australian securities firms with solutions that underpin all the aspects of securities operations, while offering holistic support locally, and timely updates for changing market requirements. Our post-trade processing solution is well-established in various countries, and has now been tailored to the needs of our Australian clients.

To learn more about our cloud-based solution, visit our website.

The NRI Financial Solutions for Custodians has enabled the bank to establish a fully equipped custodian service offering tailored for a wide spectrum of financial activities with a comprehensive suite of products, services and tools.
"We went through a careful process of evaluation of all the solution offerings by various vendors before deciding on the NRI Financial Solutions for Custodians," said Zorig Gongorjav, Executive Vice President and Head of Custody Division at Golomt Bank. "We chose NRI for its robust, scalable, flexible and future-ready architecture as well as functionalities that include safekeeping of assets, securities settlement, corporate actions, client communication, cash and treasury management and many others. We are very pleased with the domain experts and experienced IT engineers from NRI Financial Technologies India. They made it possible to launch the solution within only three months by working closely with Golomt Bank personnel."

The NRI Financial Solutions for Custodians, customized for the Mongolian market, combines the mature market sophistication of functionality and design with the flexibility required for emerging markets. Some of the salient features of the solution include:

• Straight-through processing for trade capture
• Real-time communication capability with Clearing Corporation, Depository & Clearing Banks for settlement processing
• Real-time balance updates
• Auto matching & notifications
• Supports SWIFT, XML, XLS and various other data formats
• High-quality report generation
• Support for a wide spectrum of both mandatory and voluntary corporate actions, with generation of notifications for entitlements and fail tracking
• Configurable multi-level authorization of reference data and transaction data
• Robust and scalable infrastructure to handle high volumes and failovers

"We are thrilled to have been selected by such a leading progressive institution as Golomt Bank," said Toru Watanabe, President, NRI Financial Technologies India. "NRI is committed to bring sophisticated technology solutions to emerging markets to provide robust and highly scalable platforms with the view that establishing world class IT infrastructure can boost investor confidence and fuel market growth."

About Golomt Bank
Golomt Bank was established in 1995 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Bodi International L.L.C., the premier diversified conglomerate recognized for its seminal contribution to economic and social development in Mongolia. Golomt Bank offers the complete spectrum of commercial and investment banking services to both domestic and international enterprises active in or trading and investing in Mongolia. It has long been the pioneer among Mongolian banks introducing card services, E-banking, adherence to IFRS, appointment of Big 4 external auditors and in the combined fields of transparency and corporate governance. Golomt Bank's exclusive focus as a customer-centric bank has led to its constantly expanding market share within the overall banking and financial sector. Golomt Bank remains the only Mongolian bank to attract direct equity related investment from any of the world's major international commercial financial institutions including: Credit Suisse, Abu Dhabi Investment Council, Swiss-MO Investment AG and Trafigura Beheer B.V. Golomt Bank was the first Mongolian commercial bank admitted to the S.W.I.F.T network to execute its customers' international money transfers. Golomt Bank enjoys correspondent banking relationships with many of the world's leading banks in the major international and regional trading economies and plays a predominant role in international remittances to and from Mongolia. As further recognition of its leading reputation among international counterparties, Golomt Bank was selected by American Express as an exclusive acquirer bank in Mongolia and by IATA (The International Air Transport Association) as an exclusive Billing and Settlement Plan bank in Mongolia. For more information about Golomt Bank, visit www.golomtbank.com

About Nomura Research Institute
Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. ("NRI", TYO: 4307) established in 1965, is an independent, global IT solutions and consulting services provider with annual sales of 405.9 billion yen as of FY ended March 2015. With front-to-back support for the buy- and sell-side, NRI's tradition of innovation has positioned them as a trusted international market leader. Leveraging NRI's global consulting business, NRI is able to provide innovative financial IT solutions for investment banks, asset managers, banks and insurance providers. For more information, visit www.nri.com

NRI has contributed greatly to the development of the global marketplace through proprietary research and continued developments of innovative financial services technology.
The SIFMA Operations conference will take place at the Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego , April 13th- April 16th, 2015. Stop by our booth No. 612, where we will be exhibiting our offerings including the FTF award nominated solutions - Enterprise Integration Gateway (EIG) and Reconciliation for broker-dealers, investment managers, custodians and hedge funds.
We look forward to seeing you there!

Nomura Research Institute is committed to bringing this advanced technology to emerging markets in an affordable 'pay-as-they-go'' software-as-a-service mode." Mr. Mitra also said that the company was very aware of how important it was for NRI to guarantee its commitment to the local broking community by 'globalizing' its offerings through adapting its global best practices to local requirements.

Mr. Mitra added: "This is our mantra for our approach in Mongolia, Vietnam and now Sri Lanka, and in Thomson Reuters we have a likeminded partner who is also committed to the same long term vision for the Sri Lankan capital market."

NRI FT India's President and CEO, Mr. Tohru Watanabe, Omnesys Technologies Managing Director Mr. Shrikant Pandit, Thomson Reuters Head of Solutions Mr. Burgess Ghyara, Omnesys Technologies Product Manager - Algorithmic Trading Mr. PrabhakarKadva and NRI FT India's Principal Business Analyst Mr. Partha Chowdhary also addressed the gathering.

About NRI
Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. ("NRI", TYO: 4307) is an independent, global IT solutions and consulting services provider with annual sales of 363.8 billion yen as of FY ended March 2013. With front-to-back support for the buy- and sell-side, NRI's tradition of innovation has positioned them as a trusted international market leader. Leveraging NRI's global consulting business, NRI is able to provide innovative financial IT solutions for investment banks, asset managers, banks and insurance providers. For more information visit www.nri.com.

Nomura Research Institute Financial Technologies India Pvt. Ltd. (NRI FT India), is a wholly owned subsidiary of NRI.

The three-way agreement among NRI FT India, Omnesys and GII, creates an integrated front-to-back system for brokerage operations. Omnesys has expertise in order and settlement management and GII is a local financial IT services provider and system integrator. In the collaboration, NRI FT India will provide its NRI Financial Solutions suite, including the trade processing module. The partnership will help clients increase operational efficiency and keep operations more stable.
As the first brokerage client to take advantage of the new offering, ResCap Securities, LLC (ResCap Securities), an innovative corporate finance advisor based in Mongolia, will be able to streamline operations, from the front to back office, and provide its wholesale and retail clients with the highest level of service.
"It was necessary for us to find a solution that could comprehensively support our brokerage business," said Enkhbayar Davaatseren, Head of ResCap Securities. "This unique venture between these three market-leading experts will help us achieve operational efficiencies. We are seeking to improve our business and assist the entire region in moving the local financial marketplace to a new position in the global field."

"As we continue modernizing the Mongolian capital market and improving its standards by adopting international best practices we are delighted to see global capital market solution provider Nomura Research Institute bring its advanced solutions to the market for broker-dealers as well as custodians," confirmed Khangai Altai, CEO of the Mongolian Stock Exchange (MSE).

"We are extremely honored to be partnering with such distinctive organizations to drive the development of the capital markets industry in Mongolia and the surrounding regions," commented Toru Watanabe, President and CEO, NRI FT India. "By working together, we hope to create a wealth of high-skill employment opportunities and to continue building a strong relationship among Mongolia, India and Japan."

Commenting on the partnership, Shrikant Pandit, Managing Director, Omnesys Technologies Pvt. Ltd. said, "We are delighted to work with our partners and the Mongolian stock exchange (MSE) to facilitate the development of financial markets in Mongolia. This collaboration is another example of our commitment to delivering customers in high growth markets with solutions to help them increase efficiencies and streamline operations." NRI will continue contributing to the development of not only Mongolia, but other emerging regions' capital markets, as well.

About NRI
Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. ("NRI", TYO: 4307) is an independent, global IT solutions and consulting services provider with annual sales of 363.8 billion yen as of FY ended March 2013. With front-to-back support for the buy- and sell-side, NRI's tradition of innovation has positioned them as a trusted international market leader. Leveraging NRI's global consulting business, NRI is able to provide innovative financial IT solutions for investment banks, asset managers, banks and insurance providers. For more information visit www.nri.com.

Nomura Research Institute Financial Technologies India Pvt. Ltd. (NRI FT India), is a wholly owned subsidiary of NRI.

Kolkata, West Bengal, India-based NRI FT India will look to effectively utilize the strong local IT employee base to support NRI's ongoing global expansion. The cost of the acquisition was 5.7 million Indian rupees ($100,202 USD).

"We are pleased to complete the purchase of Anshin Software," said Shin Kusunoki, Corporate Senior Vice President and Asset Management Systems Division Manager, NRI. "By accelerated recruit high caliber IT persons locally and looks to continue to implement these global expansion efforts effectively." Toru Watanabe, NRI FT India CEO, will take the role of president of the new office, which opened in July 2012 with 180 employees.

* Change in corporate name "Nomura Research Institute Financial Technologies India Pvt. Ltd." is under application for approval. [About NRI]

Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. (NRI), [TOKYO:4307] is an independent, global IT solutions and consulting services provider with annual sales of 335.5 billion yen as of FY ended March 2012. With front-to-back support for the buy- and sell-side, NRI's tradition of innovation has positioned them as a trusted international market leader. Leveraging NRI's global consulting business, NRI is able to provide innovative financial IT solutions for investment banks, asset managers, banks and insurance providers. For more information, visit www.nri.co.jp/english.