Tokyo Grain Exchange
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| Tokyo Grain Exchange | |
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| Founded | Oct. 10, 1952 |
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| Headquarters | Tokyo |
| Key People | Yoshiaki Watanabe, Chairman |
| Products | Futures and futures options on grains and softs |
| Web site | http://www.tge.or.jp/ |
The Tokyo Grain Exchange (TGE) offers futures and futures options on soybeans, soybean meal, azuki beans, corn, coffee, raw silk, and refined and raw sugar. It also hosts a trading facility for some physical products. The exchange's products are offered in accordance with the Commodity Exchange Act.[1]The TGE was the first Japanese exchange to convert completely to electronic trading.[2]
The exchange's clearing operations are done through the Japan Commodity Clearing House. The TGE is a member of the Futures and Options Association in the United Kingdom.
Patsystems provides the majority of the Japanese electronic commodity exchanges, (including the TGE), with its session-based trading technology.[3]
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Products
- Tokyo Grain Exchange Arabica Coffee
- Tokyo Grain Exchange Robusta Coffee
- Tokyo Grain Exchange Raw Sugar
- Tokyo Grain Exchange Corn
- Tokyo Grain Exchange Soybeans
- Tokyo Grain Exchange Non-GMO Soybeans
- Tokyo Grain Exchange Azuki (Red Bean)
- Tokyo Grain Exchange Raw Silk
History
The exchange began trading rice futures in 1730 at the Dojima Rice Market when rice merchants requested that the feudal government of Tokugawa allow such transactions. In 1993 the exchange merged with the Tokyo Sugar Exchange to centralize trading. In 2006, it merged with the Yokohama Commodity Exchange.
In 2007, Japanese policy-making body, the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy looked into folding the Tokyo Commodity Exchange and Tokyo Grain Exchange into the Tokyo Stock Exchange. This would involve the lifting of a bar on commodity trading at the TSE.[4]
In 2008, the Japan Commodity Futures Industry Association requested that the Tokyo Commodity Exchange, the largest Japanese commodity futures and options exchange listing oil, gold and other industrial products, and the Tokyo Grain Exchange merge to cut management costs.[5]
Structure and Regulation
The TGE had 45 brokerage members and 75 regular members as of 2007. There were 44 member firms trading in the agricultural products and 30 member firms trading in the sugar markets. The exchange is a non-profit organization, established under the authorization of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.[6]
News
References
- ↑ About TGE. TGE. Retrieved on September 11, 2008.
- ↑ TGE. All Business. Retrieved on September 11, 2008.
- ↑ Press Release. Bobsguide. Retrieved on September 11, 2008.
- ↑ Tokyo Exchange Merger Talks. Financial Times. Retrieved on September 11, 2008.
- ↑ Industry Body to Request 2 Tokyo Commodity Exchanges to Merge. JCN. Retrieved on September 12, 2008.
- ↑ "About TGE”. TGE. Retrieved on February 26, 2008.
