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Eurex Exchange, the international derivatives marketplace, announced today that it admitted its first directly connected trading participant in Japan – Nissan Century Securities Co., Ltd. As part of Unicom Group, the brokerage firm offers a wide range of brokerage services and aims to expand its service by connecting to leading international exchanges.
“We are honored to be the first Japan based brokerage firm to attain Eurex membership,” said Hideaki Futaya, CEO, Nissan Century Securities. “I believe we can better satisfy client needs by offering this new access in addition to our current memberships, which include JPX (TSE&OSE) and TOCOM.” Nissan Century Securities is the sole Japanese brokerage firm which that has “cross-over” memberships between financial and commodity exchanges in Japan.
“We are very pleased to welcome the first Eurex member from Japan,” said Michael Peters, member of the Eurex Executive Board. “By joining Europe’s largest exchange, Nissan Century Securities and its customer base now have direct and reliable access to our international trading network and our full product suite.” Eurex currently serves more than 430 members in 33 countries.
The exchange has been active in Japan for several years. Since 2009, Eurex has been present in Japan with a Representative Office. Currently, it has around 20 exchange members and trading locations based in Asia and has established two Access Points in the region.
About Nissan Century Securities
Nissan Century Securities is a Tokyo-based securities & derivatives broker founded in 1948 and part of Unicom Group Holdings, Inc. Nissan is a clearing member of JPX (TSE&OSE), TOCOM and Osaka Dojima Commodity Exchange. Recently, it gained major market share in derivatives market in Japan by providing low latency solutions to global players.
About Eurex Exchange
Eurex Exchange is one of the world’s leading derivatives exchanges, serving a growing global distribution network. It offers more than 1,900 products covering all major as well as alternative asset classes. Our marketplace – based on innovative IT infrastructure – is gateway to the most heavily traded euro-denominated equity index and fixed-income derivatives.
As part of Eurex Group, we provide access to a global liquidity network with daily trading volumes exceeding 8 million contracts together with the International Securities Exchange (ISE) and the European Energy Exchange (EEX). Eurex Exchange uses Eurex Clearing, one of the leading central counterparties globally.
Eurex Group is comprised of Eurex Exchange, the International Securities Exchange (ISE), the European Energy Exchange (EEX), Eurex Clearing, Eurex Bonds and Eurex Repo.
Eurex Group is owned by Deutsche Börse AG (Xetra: DB1).
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