NOMURA RESEARCH INSTITUTE RANKED IN TOP 10 IN AMERICAN BANKER AND BAI FINTECH FORWARD RANKINGS FOR 3RD CONSECUTIVE YEAR

NEW YORK, Oct 6 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. (NRI, TOKYO:4307), a leading provider of consulting services and system solutions, today announced that it has been ranked tenth on the American Banker and BAI FinTech Forward Rankings. The Top 100 Technology Providers represents the largest FinTech focused companies in the world, those that derive at least one-third of their revenue from banking, capital markets, payments or the insurance industries.

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.

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​NASDAQ HOLDS THIRD QUARTER 2016 INVESTOR CONFERENCE CALL

NEW YORK, Oct 6 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nasdaq (NASDAQ:NDAQ) has scheduled its Third Quarter 2016 results announcement.   Who:    Nasdaq’s CEO, CFO, and additional members of its management team       What:    Review Nasdaq’s Third Quarter 2016 Financial Results       When:   Wednesday, October 26, 2016           Results Call: 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time.   Senior management will be available for questions from the investment community following prepared remarks via the following telephone numbers: 866.302.4765 (U.S.) http://mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=27676

FISH & CO. LAUNCHES SALTED EGG FISH & CHIPS

Brand New Salted Egg Fish & Chips recently launched by Fish & Co. is available at all Fish & Co. outlets for RM 21.95

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 6 (Bernama) -- Fish & Co. launched their first promotion of Golden Deluxe Salted Egg Premium Fish & Chips set earlier this month.

A fusion of East meets West, Fish & Co.'s famous crispy batter coats the flaky and fresh fish with a tasty salted egg paste, topped off with a generous drizzle of rich and golden salted egg sauce. A surprise of salted egg core is buried in the signature fish and chips meal, served in a pan.

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NEUSTAR RESEARCH : DDOS ATTACKS CONSISTENT, RELENTLESS AND COSTLY

DDoS Research Report Reveals 73 Percent of Surveyed Organizations Suffered a DDoS Attack;

 

The Majority of DDoS Attacks (53 Percent) Resulted in Additional Compromise, Including Viruses and Ransomware 
 

SINGAPORE, Oct 5 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Neustar, Inc. (NYSE: NSR), a trusted, neutral provider of real-time information services, today published its “October 2016 Worldwide DDoS Attacks & Protection Report: A Steady Threat in the Connected World,” a research report focused on DDoS attack and protection trends. The report highlights that DDoS attack volume has remained consistently high and these attacks cause real damage to organizations. The global response also affirms the prevalent use of DDoS attacks to distract as “smokescreens” in concert with other malicious activities that result in additional compromise, such as viruses and ransomware.

“Distributed denial-of-service attacks are no longer isolated events limited to large, highly visible, targets. Sophisticated attacks hit companies of all sizes, in all industries,” said Rob Ayoub, research director, Security Products, IDC. (Source: “Worldwide DDoS Prevention Products and Services Forecast, 2016–2020,” August 2016)

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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY EXPANDS TO MACAU, MAKES LOCAL OFFICE APPOINTMENTS

BOSTON, Oct 6 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (BHSI) today announced that it has received a license to provide insurance and reinsurance in Macau and filled key positions in its newly established Macau office.

 
“It is a very interesting time in Macau, with continued diversification of the territory’s economic profile,” said Marc Breuil, President, Asia, BHSI. “We are pleased to expand our Asian footprint and bring to Macau local knowledge and expertise along with BHSI’s unique balance sheet and financial strength.”

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MOBILE INTERNET SUBSCRIPTIONS GREW SIXFOLD IN EMERGING MARKETS IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS

SANTIAGO, Chile, Oct 5 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Global market research company Euromonitor International released today a new white paper: "Strategies for Expanding into Emerging Markets with E-commerce," highlighting key strategic considerations for assessing and expanding into emerging countries through internet retailing.

According to the white paper, the number of mobile internet subscriptions grew in emerging countries over the last years, increasing from 299 million in 2010 to two billion in 2015. China represents the biggest market with 660 million subscribers, while Brazil, Indonesia and Russia collectively represent a total market of over 397 million in 2015.

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FINANCE MINISTRY APPROVES KER1M AS GLC/GLIC INSURANCE ADVISOR

 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 6 (Bernama) -- The 1Malaysia People's Welfare Association
(KER1M) has obtained approval and support from the Finance Ministry (MoF) to
provide insurance-related advisory services to government-linked companies
(GLCs) and government-linked investment companies (GLICs). 
    In a statement today, KER1M said its involvement was to ensure the insurance
flows between insurance firms and GLCs/GLICs were reported in accordance with
the agreement. 
    "This is to enable the government to receive optimum returns from the MoF
Incorporated companies, as well as profit from a more effective and efficient
insurance management," it said. 
    The broadly experienced KER1M consultants would provide their services to
the GLCs and GLICs without any charge, it said. 
    It also said that KER1M consultants would monitor the cost savings together
with the GLCs and GLICs' respective insurance and financial departments to
ensure the insurance policy requirements were abided by. 
    "KER1M has been instructed to contact the GLCs and GLICs to enable the
appointment to be made to enable our insurance consultants to assist them in
their insurance coverage," it added. 

    -- BERNAMA