Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. ("TSE") will enhance its organizational structure for sales and marketing activities for its derivatives market in preparation for the migration of futures trading to the options trading platform, the Tdex+ System, scheduled for Autumn 2011.
TSE aims to set up a team to attract several new types of investors, such as foreign high-frequency traders and individual investors who trade through online brokerages, from the perspective of broadening the investor base and enhancing the market liquidity of the TSE derivatives market. The team dedicated to sales and marketing activities for the derivatives market will be established on November 1, 2010.