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Management Principles
Mission Statement
We aspire to foster highly reliable and convenient markets, which will serve as a public utility service by offering a hedging tool against price fluctuation of energy and metals, and providing benchmark prices. We also aim to provide a forum for investment management, and to contribute to the further development of the economy of Japan and the world.
Corporate Goal
We aspire to concert our efforts to firmly position ourselves as a primary commodity exchange in Asia, and also as a preeminent exchange in the world.
Operational Guidelines
Everyone at TOCOM shall work together towards fostering a truly vibrant market through proactively understanding the needs of stakeholders and increasing operational efficiency based on appropriate corporate governance. In addition, we, at TOCOM, shall always strive to introduce innovative ideas in order prevail in the competition among markets and to increase our corporate value.
Corporate Strategy
Medium-term Management Policy
(1) Market Design Related
- Launch on schedule the next generation trading system, that offers the world’s highest level of performance and that fully meets international standards on trading functionality
- Adopt trading rules in line with international standards
- Improve the trading environment to boost market liquidity
(2) Listed Products
- Oil Market: Revitalize the Oil market, which has been suffering from a contraction in trading volume, by implementing measures that respond to the needs of the industry
- Precious Metals Market: Make efforts to establish this market as a primary source of earnings for the company
Rubber Market: Work to establish it as the global benchmark - New Products:?Whenever feasible, to list products which meet the needs of a diversity of market participants
(3) Market Participants
- Attract Futures Commission Merchants and market intermediaries, such as securities companies and commercials, by responding to their needs
- Facilitate the entry of a variety of market participants into the TOCOM market
- Work to reach new types of liquidity providers such as prop houses
The 120-Day Kick-Off Program
- Promote employee awareness on the transition from an exchange operating as a membership organization to a stock company aimed at increasing its corporate value
- Promote the reforms taking place at TOCOM to the general public at press conferences, briefings at TOCOM and other events
- Proceed on the preparations to launch the next generation trading system and revise our rules and regulations to provide greater convenience to market participants
- Intensify marketing to boost our trading volume and accomplish a V-shaped recovery
- Also, revitalize the Oil market, prepare for the listing of new products, collaborate with related markets, research the clearing function, etc.
