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Japan’s TSE tests carbon credit market maker mechanism

  • Märkte: Emissions
  • 29.11.23

Japan's Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) has trialled a market maker mechanism in its carbon credit market, aiming to increase trading liquidity and form adequate prices.

The TSE plans to use market makers, or liquidity providers that submit both bids and offers, on a trial basis during 27 November-29 February 2024 to help spur trading of Japanese government-certified J-credits based on energy savings and renewable electricity.

The exchange has appointed five companies — trading houses Sumitomo, Marubeni and Mitsui and financial firms Mizuho Bank and Daiwa Securities — as market makers to intermittently submit a bid and an offer during 1-3pm Japan time (04:00-06:00 GMT). They will be also encouraged to sell credits bought from the government.

The TSE began national carbon credit trading on 11 October, as part of efforts to achieve the country's net zero greenhouse gas emissions goal by 2050. Initial trading is limited to J-credits and domestic investors. But the exchange is considering expanding trading products beyond J-credits, aiming to add joint crediting mechanism credits and carbon credits issued through another emissions trading scheme under the green transformation league, a cross-industry collaboration to achieve carbon neutrality.

The TSE cleared 29,562t of J-credits during 11 October-28 November, of which J-credits created from renewable power supplies and energy saving efforts accounted for 49.5pc or 14,643t and 49.7pc or 14,682t respectively. The deal prices ranged from ¥2,601-3,900/t ($17.66-26.48/t) for the renewable-based J-credits and ¥1,510-2,850/t for credits from energy saving.


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