Tokyo Commodity Exchange Inc., Tokyo Grain Exchange Inc. and Kansai Commodities Exchange announced today that the three commodities exchanges of Japan will jointly provide a series of lectures on commodity and derivatives trading at six universities around the country in the school year starting in April, 2011. This is a part of a joint effort to promote the understanding of commodity trading through education.
The objectives of the program are to offer undergraduate students a fundamental knowledge of commodity futures trading as well as an opportunity to start developing an understanding of personal finance. The program will consist of lectures on the basic structure of commodity futures and other derivatives trading, an outline of soft and hard commodity markets, asset management and risk management.
Lecturers will be given by the academics that have expert knowledge of commodity futures market and the experienced officials of the commodity exchanges in Japan, in order to let the program well-balanced with theoretical and practical basis.
Outline of the Japan's Commodity Exchanges Lecture Program
Program Title: Theory of Modern Commodity Markets
Participating Universities:
[First semester] --Rissho University (Faculty of Economics), Meiji Gakuin University (Faculty of Economics), Tokyo Keizai University (Faculty of Business Administration)
[Second semester] --Nagoya University (School of Economics), Kobe University (Faculty of Economics), Kwansei Gakuin University (School of Economics)
- Total of 15 lectures, including one exam, will be given at each of the above universities
Lecturers:
- Nobuyoshi Yamori, Professor, Graduate School of Economics/School of Economics, Nagoya University.
- Yasushi Hayashi, Professor, Economics Research Department, Rissho University Graduate School/Faculty of Economics, Rissho University
- Tokyo Grain Exchange Inc.: Yoshiaki Watanabe, President & CEO; Kunimitsu Ito, Executive Officer; Masahiro Yamashita, General Manager, Corporate Planning Department
- Kansai Commodities Exchange: Yasuaki Okamoto, Chairman
- Tokyo Commodity Exchange, Inc.: Mitsuhiro Onosato, Executive Officer; Hiroshi Yamaoka,
Senior Vice President, Research Institute of Market Structure; Takeshi Yasuda, Senior Vice President, Corporate Planning Department