TSE Launches Trading Fee Discount Campaign For Mini-JGB Futures

The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) will implement a trading fee discount campaign for the first three months of its new "mini JGB Futures" contract, which is scheduled to be available from March 23, 2009. Under the campaign, the trading fees

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The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) will implement a trading fee discount campaign for the first three months of its new “mini-JGB Futures” contract, which is scheduled to be available from March 23, 2009.

Under the campaign, the trading fees for mini-JGB Futures will be waived from their launch on March 23 until the end of June 2009. The initially set contract months for the product are June 2009, September 2009 and December 2009.

As reported in MARKET INTELLIGENCE X-XV (October 30, 2008), the TSE announced the launch of the product in October 2008. The TSE says that the launch of mini-JGB Futures will enhance the functions of “Tdex”, the Exchange’s derivatives market, and will improve convenience for individual and institutional investors.

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