Recognition highlights Cognizant’s Neuro® AI-driven capital markets operations practice, Meritsoft post-trade IP and top ratings in Practice Maturity and Future Proofing

November 12, 2026 – Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) today announced it has been named a Leader in Avasant’s Capital Markets Business Process Transformation 2026 RadarView™ report. The recognition, part of Avasant’s annual assessment of business process transformation providers serving the capital markets industry, positions Cognizant among the top-performing providers evaluated on practice maturity and future proofing.

The Avasant RadarView™ evaluates providers across practice maturity — including client base, proprietary and outsourced tools, and talent and execution capabilities — and future proofing, which combines domain and partner ecosystem strength with investment and innovation. Cognizant received a five-star rating in both dimensions and was positioned as a Leader, the RadarView’s highest classification, reserved for providers that demonstrate consistent excellence across all key dimensions of the assessment and have had a superior impact on the marketplace.

According to the report, Cognizant runs a verticalized capital markets operations practice built on a maturing Neuro AI stack, its Meritsoft post-trade IP, and long-tenured buy-side and sell-side client relationships, delivered from delivery centers across APAC, Europe, North America and LATAM. Client case studies cited in the assessment include a money-movement workflow redesign for an independent broker-dealer that cut manual intervention by roughly half and a managed-services engagement for a global wealth management and investment banking client that combined Cognizant reconciliation specialists with AI-driven break resolution, improving straight-through processing and reducing total cost of ownership.

The report also points to Cognizant’s expanding ecosystem and innovation investments and its 2026 acquisitions of 3Cloud and Astreya, which the report notes strengthen Cognizant’s Azure, data, AI operations and managed-services capabilities for capital markets clients.

"Capital markets operations are entering an exciting new chapter. Where teams once managed individual processes and resolved breaks and exceptions after the fact, we’re building a smarter, more connected model. By bringing AI, deep domain expertise and platforms such as Meritsoft directly into the flow of work, we can interpret transactions in context, resolve exceptions earlier and coordinate actions seamlessly across the trade lifecycle. The result goes beyond automation: a continuously improving operation with stronger straight-through processing, lower costs and greater resilience. We’re proud that Avasant has recognized this progress, and we’re energized by what lies ahead.” said Sandeep Bhasin, Global Head of IOA, Cognizant.

“As settlement cycles compress and capital markets shift toward always-on, tokenized trading, enterprises are leaning toward AI-governed, rules-based straight-through processing. The surging private fund assets and generational wealth transfer add new layers of servicing complexity across the trade life cycle. Cognizant drives transformation through its verticalized capital markets operations practice, anchored by a maturing Neuro AI stack and the Meritsoft post-trade IP. Platforms such as Cognizant Catalyst, the Financial Transaction Tax solution, Alternate Investment Processing, and EasyFocus+ enable automated fee and billing, tax recovery, and settlement optimization. Its partnerships, combined with the acquisitions of 3Cloud and Astreya, strengthen its capabilities in wealth transformation, trading and risk modernization, and AI-driven operations infrastructure. With long-tenured buy-side and sell-side relationships, deep capital markets domain expertise and targeted investments in agentic AI and platform-led automation, Cognizant is classified as a Leader in Avasant’s Capital Markets Business Process Transformation 2026 RadarView,” said Haril Sadhu, Lead Analyst, Avasant.

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