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Consolidated Statements of Financial Position - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Mar. 31, 2019 | Mar. 31, 2018
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Current assets: |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | $ 85,444 | $ 99,829
Investments | 67,913 | 120,960
Trade receivables, net | 73,872 | 71,388
Unbilled revenue | 66,752 | 61,721
Funds held for clients | 7,063 | 10,066
Derivative assets | 13,394 | 11,738
Contract assets | 4,190 |
Prepayments and other current assets | 16,783 | 24,847
Total current assets | 335,411 | 400,549
Non-current assets: |  |
Goodwill | 130,811 | 135,186
Intangible assets | 80,188 | 89,652
Property and equipment | 60,998 | 60,606
Derivative assets | 5,687 | 3,245
Deferred tax assets | 23,772 | 27,395
Investments | 82,487 | 542
Contract assets | 22,037 |
Other non-current assets | 44,239 | 42,388
Total non-current assets | 450,219 | 359,014
TOTAL ASSETS | 785,630 | 759,563
Current liabilities: |  |
Trade payables | 17,831 | 19,703
Provisions and accrued expenses | 27,619 | 28,826
Derivative liabilities | 2,096 | 6,466
Pension and other employee obligations | 68,121 | 64,617
Current portion of long-term debt | 27,969 | 27,740
Contract liabilities | 5,427 | 2,908
Current taxes payable | 2,603 | 1,262
Other liabilities | 10,294 | 15,739
Total current liabilities | 161,960 | 167,261
Non-current liabilities: |  |
Derivative liabilities | 307 | 2,289
Pension and other employee obligations | 11,248 | 9,621
Long term debt | 33,422 | 61,391
Contract liabilities | 6,609 | 571
Other non-current liabilities | 8,959 | 11,662
Deferred tax liabilities | 10,706 | 11,812
Total non-current liabilities | 71,251 | 97,346
TOTAL LIABILITIES | 233,211 | 264,607
Shareholders' equity: |  |
Share capital (ordinary shares $0.16 (10 pence) par value, authorized 60,000,000 shares; issued: 51,153,220 shares and 54,834,080 shares each as at March 31, 2019 and March 31, 2018, respectively) | 8,056 | 8,533
Share premium | 269,529 | 371,764
Retained earnings | 478,145 | 364,424
Other components of equity | (146,894) | (115,534)
Total shareholder's equity, including shares held in treasury | 608,836 | 629,187
Less: 1,101,300 shares as at March 31, 2019 and 4,400,000 shares as at March 31, 2018, held in treasury, at cost | (56,417) | (134,231)
Total shareholders' equity | 552,419 | 494,956
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY | $ 785,630 | $ 759,563

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