As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on February 14, 2013

Securities Act File No. 033-13863

Investment Company Act File No. 811-001090

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933	x
Post-Effective Amendment No. 49	x

And

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940	x
Amendment No. 60	x

NOMURA PARTNERS FUNDS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

4 Copley Place, 5th Floor

CPH-0326

Boston, MA 02116

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: 1-800-535-2726

Nomura Partners Funds, Inc. c/o State Street Bank & Trust 4 Copley Place, 5th Floor CPH-0326 Boston, MA 02116	COPY TO: Nora M. Jordan, Esq. Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP 450 Lexington Avenue New York, New York 10017
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)

x immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

¨ on [date] pursuant to paragraph (b)

¨ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

¨ on [date] pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

¨ 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)

¨ on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of rule 485

If appropriate, check the following box:

¨ this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Portland, and the State of Maine, on the 14th day of February 2013.

NOMURA PARTNERS FUNDS, INC.
By:	/s/ RICHARD J. BERTHY
	Richard J. Berthy
	President and Principal Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

/S/ RICHARD J. BERTHY	President and Principal Executive Officer	February 14, 2013
Richard J. Berthy
/S/ Cynthia Morse-Griffin	Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer
Cynthia Morse-Griffin
J. DOUGLAS AZAR*	Chairman of the Board of Directors
J. Douglas Azar
LYNN S. BIRDSONG*	Director
Lynn S. Birdsong
GREGORY A. BOYKO*	Director
Gregory A. Boyko
JAMES A. FIRESTONE*	Director
James A. Firestone
*  This filing has been signed by each of the persons so indicated by the undersigned Attorney-in-Fact
/S/ David James		February 14, 2013
David James

EXHIBIT INDEX

Number	Exhibit
EX-101.INS	XBRL Instance Document
EX-101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
EX-101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
EX-101DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
EX-101LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
EX-101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase