(Editor’s note: Nomura Research Institute (NRI) won two major honors — Best Collateral Management Solution for NRI GX Margins, and Best OTC Derivatives Solutions for NRI GX Derivatives — as a result of the 2019 FTF News Technology Innovation awards competition. FTF News was able to get time with Hiro Hamada, the global head of… Read More >>
FTF News Unveils Winners of 2018 FTF Awards
Providers of established and cutting-edge technologies such as blockchain ledgers and artificial intelligence are getting the spotlight in the winners’ circle of the annual FTF News Technology Innovation Awards for 2018, the eighth time that Financial Technologies Forum (FTF) has recognized achievements in the securities operations industry. Other than the Editor’s Choice award, qualified industry… Read More >>
Thomson Reuters & NRI Expand Reach of BETA Platform
BETA Platform Gets Automated Settlement & STP via Partnership Market data, news and systems provider Thomson Reuters has added international post-trade processing for multi-market and multi-currency securities to its North American wealth management brokerage processing platform, BETA, via the I-STAR/GX platform from Nomura Research Institute (NRI), a system solutions vendor and consultancy. The BETA expansion… Read More >>
Steve Goswell to Receive ISITC Excellence Award
Goswell to Be Honored on March 19 ISITC is honoring industry veteran Steve Goswell, currently vice president of Bank of the West, with the ISITC Standard of Excellence Award at the industry standards group’s 24th Annual Securities Operations Summit in Boston next week. Goswell, who will receive his award on Monday, March 19, was picked… Read More >>
NRI to Use Robotics from a U.K. Provider
Nomura Research Institute (NRI) is embracing robotics for a key function of its settlement service in Japan and has plans to expand this advanced utility globally, NRI officials tell FTF News. Starting this month, NRI’s Prime Settlement Service (PSS), a utility offering for investment banks, will be incorporating Robotic Process Automation (RPA) in order to… Read More >>
FTF Awards Spotlights Ops Providers and Individuals
Financial Technologies Forum (FTF), owner of FTF News, has just announced the winners of the 2016 FTF News Technology Innovation Awards, noting that it had a record-breaking response with approximately 27,000 votes cast for 25 awards categories. Except for the Editor’s Choice award, the nominees and ultimate winners of the awards are selected by FTF… Read More >>
More Global Banks Test or Explore Blockchain
The bandwagon for blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) is getting crowded as four major global banks have just completed a battery of tests in which the cutting-edge technology played a key role in credit default swap (CDS) processing. At the same time, key players in Japan led by Nomura Research Institute (NRI) officials are… Read More >>
Nomura Securities Overhauls Back-Office Systems
Nomura Securities, Japan’s largest securities firm, has successfully overhauled its back-office IT systems by implementing two platforms from consultancy and IT systems vendor Nomura Research Institute (NRI). Nomura Securities, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc., has gone live with NRI’s THE STAR accounting system, and the I-STAR trade management system, the culmination of a… Read More >>
Industry Vet to Lead NRI India Expansion
Nomura Research Institute, Ltd., a provider of consulting services and system solutions, reports that its NRI Financial Technologies India Pvt. Ltd (NRI FinTech) is establishing a new Mumbai-based group, which will be headed by Dr. Chiragra Chakrabarty. Chakrabarty, who has “more than 15 years of experience providing consultancy services for market development, financial and commodity… Read More >>
Nomura Research Targets Japanese Firms via Cloud Service
Financial consultancy and systems provider Nomura Research Institute (NRI) is launching T-Monolix Arena Private Cloud Service (Arena Private), a solution aimed tailored specifically to the needs of Japanese asset managers that will host numerous IT applications, according to a company statement. Arena Private is part of the NRI T-Star product suite, which offers complete front-to-back… Read More >>
