堂島商取、株式会社移行　ＳＢＩ主導で再建

　大阪堂島商品取引所は１日、会員組織から株式会社に移行した。社長には同日、インターネット金融大手のＳＢＩホールディングス顧問で前金融担当相の中塚一宏氏が就任。系列の証券会社を含めれば３分の１超を出資するＳＢＩが主導し、経営再建を目指す。
　２０２１年度は現在主力のコメ先物をはじめ農産物取引を拡充し、２２年度以降は原油や金、金融などの先物を順次投入する方針。これにより国際的な「総合取引所」に昇格させ、２４年度の黒字転換を目指す。（2021/04/01-04:20）

The Osaka Dojima Commodity Exchange transformed itself into a stock company on Thursday.
   Kazuhiro Nakatsuka, former financial services minister and adviser to online financial giant SBI Holdings Inc. , became the president of the stock company, Osaka Dojima Commodity Exchange Inc., on the same day. The commodity exchange in the western Japan city of Osaka had been managed under a membership system.
   The SBI group, which holds an equity stake of over 30 pct in the new stock company, will lead the exchange's efforts to become a comprehensive and global exchange and turn profitable by fiscal 2024.
   From fiscal 2021, the Dojima exchange plans to offer a wide range of farm products' futures beyond its mainstay rice futures. Trading of crude oil and gold futures as well as financial futures will be launched in stages from fiscal 2022.