Nomura Asset Management expands its relationship with Charles River to include fixed income, FX and derivatives strategies.

Nomura Asset Management, the Tokyo-headquartered international investment management firm, has enhanced its fixed income, foreign exchange and derivatives operations with new technology.

In the deal signed with Charles River, the front and middle-office investment management solutions provider, Nomura will migrate its Japanese equity business into the Charles River IMS and expanding its use across the domestic and international units. Nomura has been a client since 2008. 

In a statement, Nomura said that improving its front-office system will help it better meet regulatory audit requirements across the entire trade life cycle.

The company records around ¥33 trillion ($322.5 billion) in assets under management as at September 2013.