TWSE Extends First TAIEX Index Futures to Osaka Exchange
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2016 9:54 am
The Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) and the JPX have expanded their existing partnership to include the listing of new TOPIX futures and exchange-traded-funds (ETFs) tracking the TOPIX and Nikkei 225 indices in Taiwan.
The listing launch is important as it constitutes an inaugural futures contract that tracks the TWSE’s Capitalization Weighted Stock Exchange Index (TAIEX) internationally. The instrument has debuted on the Osaka Exchange (OSE), a subsidiary of the Japan Exchange Group, Inc. (JPX), representing the latest bridge between the Japanese and Taiwanese exchanges.
ETFs have been on the rose globally, with both Europe and the US seeing sustained levels of growth ... (read more)