OREANDA-NEWS. Osaka Exchange, Inc. (OSE), Japan’s Largest Derivatives Exchange and mother market of Nikkei 225 Futures and Options, has been Voted as Best Asian Derivatives Venue, At the FOW International Awards 2014.

The award for Exchange of the Year 2014 - Asia was awarded in London by a distinguished panel of industry experts and it recognizes excellence in market operations and market developments throughout the previous year.

“We are very proud to have won this very honorable award - and consider this as recognition for our continued effort to cultivate and improve our market to meet our customers’ needs,” said Hiromi YAMAJI, Chief Executive Officer of OSE and member of the Japan Exchange Group Board of Directors. “With the support from all of our market participants, we were able to have a successful start* on our brand new JPX-Nikkei 400 Futures, launched on November 25. We will continue to invest in technology and upgrade our current platform in 2016, in addition we are planning to embark into different asset classes and launch a wide range of new products and initiatives to further improve the attractiveness and efficiency of our market place.”
“With your continuous support and guidance, I am quite convinced that we will achieve our ambition to become ‘Your Exchange of Choice.’”

  • * Trading volume on the first day was 71,514 units, open interest on the last trading day of December contract (December 11) was 415,388 units.