The Osaka Securities Exchange has contracted with Hitachi and Fujitsu for the development of a new trading platform and derivatives clearing system respectively.
OSE says it selected Hitachi and Fujitsu to develop its new platforms based on their proposals to "develop trading and clearing methods unique to Japan's market and assure reasonable development and maintenance costs".
The clearing system is scheduled for launch in 2004 and the trading platform in 2005.
The systems will offer prompt order handling, flexibility, scalability, open connectivity as well as liability and user-friendliness, promises the Exchange.