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Launching a new product “SMACOM”
We are pleased to announce the release of our new service "SMACOM" on 19th March,an investment decision support information distribution service that pursues the active
utilization of alternative data from NIKKEI group.
SMACOM is designed to specifically target professional institutional investors, such as
hedge funds and asset management companies. 19 MAR 2021
Announcement of Corporate Name Change
Effective on 1 April 2019, Financial Technology Research Institute, Inc. has changed its corporate name to Nikkei Financial Technology Research Institute, Inc.27 MAR 2019
News
- Developments in FinTech and Implications for Financial Inclusion Tomoyuki Miyagi (Executive Managing Director) presented the title of “Developments in FinTech and Implications for Financial Inclusion” at the ADBI-SBV workshop. 04 APR 2017
- Default Estimation Models Focusing on Net-Interest-Bearing-Debts at Default Tomoyuki Miyagi (Executive Managing Director) presented the title of “Default Estimation Models Focusing on Net-Interest-Bearing-Debts at Default” at the ADBI-NCB workshop “Empowering SMEs through Improved Financial Access". 14 MAR 2017
Products & Services
Investment Decision
							   Support Information
							   Services
						     
							- AI/Big Data analysis and
- Sophisticated UI/APIs
- Nikkei News Sentiment
- Fraud Accounting Risk
Credit Risk Management Tools
Early credit risk warning & monitoring of portfolio credit risk
Read moreFinancial statement simulation to forecast credit and business risk
Read moreCredit risk model validation to check and improve performance
Read moreCredit Risk Monitoring Tool :
							   SMACOM provides 5 integral scores including credit score
							   based on Merton type variables for listed companies 
							   in 51 major countries including most of OECD countries.
							   
 
						Credit Risk Simulating Tool :
AERIS
AERIS is a financial statements simulating tool. The tool can be useful for credit risk simulation and financial strategy planning.
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						Credit Ratings Estimation Tool :
RADAR
RADAR is a credit rating estimation tool. The tool is equipped by annually adjusted models to keep consistency with R&I (the largest credit rating agency in Japan) ratings. The tool is suitable for internal credit rating system for financial institutions.
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						Model Validation Tool : 
							Model Checker
Model Checker is a model validation tool. The tool enables users to get necessary statistics for evaluating accuracy of the quantitative models easily. Financial Institutions can use the tool for complying with regulations.
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						Investment Decision Support Information Services
AI/Big Data analysis
							  SMACOM provides unique information making
							  full use of our AI/big data analysis technology
							  for various information useful for investment
							
NIKKEI News Sentiment
							  News Dolphin is a Japanese news 
classification engine
							   powered 
 by the Nikkei R&D project.
						   
Fraud Accounting Risk
							   Fraud Risk Assessment tool is 
							   for accounring frim 
							   to detect fraud accounting risk level
						   
An investment decision support information distribution service:
							   SMACOM provides unique information making
							   full use of our AI/big data analysis technology
							   for various information useful for investment
							   evaluation for listed companies in 51 major countries
							   including most of OECD countries. 
							   SMACOM rapidly improve the efficiency of the 
							   investment stock selection process for 
							   institutional investors.
							   SMACOM provides various types of information and
							   scores which can support you to develop better
							   investment strategies. SMACOM’s characteristic
							   output features the 5 integral scores.
							   The key total score, the credit score, 
							   the rating change score, the accrual score and 
							   the news sentiment score.
							   
Japanese News Classification Tool :
News Dolphin
							   Responsible for R&D within Nikkei group companies,
							   NIKKEI FTRI has been instrumental in the development of
							   the Japanese language news analyzer "News Dolphin".
							   "News Dolphin(FTRI NEWS DOLPHIN)" is a Japanese news classification engine 
 powered by the Nikkei news articles.
							   The tool is suitable for investors seeking timely investment opportunities in Japanese market. 
							
Fraud Risk Assessment Tool:
Fraud Risk Detector
							   NIKKEI FTRI developed a statistical fraud detection model. 
								Accounting firms and investment companies can easily monitor fraud accounting risk. 
								NIKKEI FTRI is the research fellow in fraud accounting detection for the Japanese FSA (Financial Services Agency).
							
Advisory Services
Risk management solution
compliant with
Basel Ⅱ & Ⅲ regulation
Model evaluation and 
								   optimization 
								   by our data science experts
Risk simulation with
								   forward looking and 
								   macro prudence 
								   scenario
Our Competency
ACCURACY
Continuously validated and adjusted model using the dataset of 600,000 companies for over 15 years from reliable sources.
CONSISTENCY
Estimated credit ratings of our models are consistent with the ratings given by accounting experts in rating agencies.
EXPERIENCE
NIKKEI FTRI has 15 years of experience specifically in credit risk management model building. This can be observed from our range of products.
R&D
Research Papers
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								May 2017 AKINOBU SYUTO, NAOTO OSHIRO, MINGZI.. Fraud Accounting Risk and Future Return 
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								May 2015 NAOTO OSHIRO Structural Modelling Using Relationship between Currency Crisis and Debt Default 
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								April 2015 TOMOYUKI MIYAGI Impact of Revisions in Standardized Approach for Credit Risk on Prediction of Risk Assets and Stress Tests 
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								March 2015 MINGZI SONG Sample Selection Bias in Ratings Prediction.. 
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								March 2015 NAOTO OSHIRO Early Detection of Fraudulent Accounting Companies - Accounting Conservatism.. 
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								December 2014 NAOTO OSHIRO Features of Fraudulent Accounting Companies - Digital Analysis Perspective 
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								December 2014 NAOTO OSHIRO Characteristics of Fraud Accounting and.. 
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								September 2014 EIJI HIRASAWA Default Prediction by Non-Financial Information - Utilization of Timely.. 
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								June 2014 TAKAO HOTTA Proposal of New Quantitative Evaluation Method for Sovereign Risk 
About NIKKEI FTRI
Nikkei Financial Technology Research Institute, Inc.
					NIKKEI FTRI was established in April 1999 as a subsidiary of R&I, the largest rating agent in Japan, 
					specializing in providing risk management software and consulting services. 
					Currently, NIKKEI FTRI is a wholly owned company by Nikkei Inc., 
					and has a good reputations in credit risk management societies within Japan with a number of clients
					including financial institutions, asset management companies, and government agencies.
				 
NIKKEI FTRI History
Our Clients
 
							Commercial 
								                   Banks
- Governmental Financial Institutions
- Investment Banks
- Trust Banks
70+
 
							Financial 
								                   Companiese
- Asset Management Companies
- Insurance Companies
- Security Companies
- Leasing Companies
20+
 
							Government 
								                   Agencies
- FSA: 
 Japanese Government Financial Services Agency
- Regional Banks Association of Japan (the association of
 64 Regional Banks)
									
								
 
							Global Firms/
								                   Organization
- Big Accounting Firms
- Global Investment Banks
									
								
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