Tokyo Financial Exchange Inc. (TFX) today announced that TFX was granted an Order issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) pursuant to CFTC Regulation Part 30.10 (Effective date: October 14, 2008)． This Order allows designated Trading Members of TFX to offer and sell TFX’s Interest Rate Futures contracts directly to U.S. customers, provided the Trading Members comply with any conditions set out in the CFTC exemption order.

The significance of the Part 30.10 exemption is that CFTC has acknowledged that compliance with applicable Japanese law and TFX Regulation may be substituted for compliance with U.S. Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC Regulation and it is demonstrated that TFX’s market regulatory framework meets internationally accepted standards.

TFX will continue to make efforts to provide a more convenient market place for all foreign and domestic market participants.