ScoutAsia partners with Singapore Exchange
to provide real-time translated content fromThe Nikkei on SGX⒢s platform
22 December 2020 - Nikkei-Financial Times joint venture and operator of ScoutAsia, Nikkei FTScoutAsia Limited, has reached an agreement today with Singapore Exchange (SGX) on thedevelopment of a new service to provide real-time machine-translated Nikkei content on SGX⒢sover-the-counter (OTC) trade registration platform, Titan OTC. The service will use AI technology
to translate Nikkei.com content from Japanese into English for Titan OTC users trading equityindex, FX, interest rate and commodity derivative products.
Nikkei FT ScoutAsia Limited will enable the integration of selected Nikkei.com news onto theTitan OTC platform. Headlines and excerpts from news articles will be displayed on the Titan
OTC homepage, allowing market participants to seamlessly access the latest Nikkei news in
English within the trading platform.

The service will initially provide English translations of news articles on Japanese companies
and sectors, stocks, share price indices, foreign exchange, interest rates and dividend indices.
The intention is to gradually expand the scope of content to include news on other asset classes
including commodities.
⒤This project with SGX is our first full-scale attempt to provide machine-translated Nikkei content
to an English-language financial platform. Nikkei⒢s expertise in machine translation has made it
possible for us to offer swift, high-quality translation in specialized areas of finance. I hope that
our new service will eliminate the language barrier and information time lag, making it easier forforeign investors and their clients to access the Japanese market,⒥ said Toshio Machida,
Executive Officer of Nikkei Inc. and Managing Director of Nikkei FT ScoutAsia Limited.
Michael Syn, Senior Managing Director and Head of Equities, Singapore Exchange, commented:⒤SGX and Nikkei have a long-standing relationship since we pioneered the world⒢s first futurescontract based on the Japanese stock market more than 30 years ago. Besides developing
complementary derivative products, we are delighted to now partner with Nikkei in a new way,with the common goal of supporting global investors⒢ access to the world⒢s second largest

developed economy. Having timely Nikkei.com news on Titan OTC⒢s platform will be a welcomefeature for our clients and further enhance their user experience.⒥Nikkei FT ScoutAsia Limited and SGX plan to launch the service in spring of 2021.

About ScoutAsia
ScoutAsia is an Asia-focused news & company data platform, jointly developed by Nikkei andthe Financial Times in 2018, with the ultimate aim of making Asia more accessible to foreignbusinesses.
Combining quality content and technology, ScoutAsia provides AI-driven insights on what ischanging in Asia. Singapore-based Handshakes came on board in 2019 to power the platform
with its award-winning AI and data analytics technologies. In 2020, ScoutAsia launched apremium feature called Connections+, a powerful investigative research tool for visualising
relationships between people and companies across Asia.
www.scout.asia
About Singapore Exchange
Singapore Exchange is Asia⒢s leading and trusted market infrastructure, operating equity, fixedincome and derivatives markets to the highest regulatory standards. It also operates Asia⒢s only
multi-partner, multi-asset exchange-led sustainability platform (sgx.com/first).
As Asia⒢s most international, multi-asset exchange, SGX provides listing, trading, clearing,
settlement, depository and data services, with about 40% of listed companies and over 80% oflisted bonds originating outside of Singapore. SGX is the world⒢s most liquid international
market for the benchmark equity indices of China, India, Japan and ASEAN and offers
commodities and currency derivatives products. Headquartered in AAA-rated Singapore, SGX is
globally recognised for its risk management and clearing capabilities.
www.sgx.com

For enquiries
Nikkei FT ScoutAsia Limited
info@scout.asia

About Nikkei
Nikkei Inc. is a world-renowned media brand for Asian news, respected for quality journalism and for being a trusted
provider of business news and information.

Founded as a market news media in Japan in 1876, Nikkei has grown into

one of the world⒢s largest media corporations, with 36 foreign editorial bureaus and approximately 1500 journalists
worldwide. Nikkei acquired the U. K.-based Financial Times in 2015. Our combined digital and print circulation totals
over 3 million, and we are continually deploying new technologies to increase our readership.
Press Contact:Public Relations Office, Nikkei Inc.
pr@nex.nikkei.co.jp