Japan Exchange Group

Japan Exchange Group, Inc.
Native name
 株式会社日本取引所グループ
Public K.K.
Traded as TYO: 8697
Industry Financial services
Founded January 1, 2013
Headquarters Kabutochō, Chūō, Tokyo, Japan
Key people
 Atsushi Saito, CEO
Products Securities exchange
Subsidiaries Tokyo Stock Exchange
Osaka Securities Exchange
Japan Exchange Regulation
Japan Securities Clearing Corporation
Website JPX.co.jp/

Japan Exchange Group, Inc. (株式会社日本取引所グループ, kabushiki gaisha nippon (or nihon) torihikijo gurūpu) (JPX) is a Japanese financial services corporation that operates multiple securities exchanges including Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange. It was formed by the merger of the two companies on January 1, 2013.

It is the world's third largest (behind NYSE Euronext and NASDAQ OMX Group) and Asia's largest bourse.[1]

History

  • November 22, 2011 - TSE and OSE decided to merge into one, as a solution to slowing market conditions in Japan.[2]
  • July 5, 2012 - The Japan Fair Trade Commission approved the TSE-OSE merger.[1]
  • January 1, 2013 - JPX was launched.
  • January 4, 2013 - JPX was listed at TSE's first section (8697). JPX also assumed OSE's own ticker symbol (also 8697).

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Japan approves merger of Tokyo and Osaka exchanges". BBC News. July 5, 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-07-07. Retrieved July 7, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Tokyo and Osaka stock exchanges to merge". BBC News. November 22, 2011. Retrieved May 10, 2013.

Tokyo Stock Exchange

Osaka Securities Exchange

Japan Exchange Regulation

Japan Securities Clearing Corporation

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