02-08-2025
Popular Option Trade Spurs Japan Bourse to Seek New ETF Listings
By and Christian Dass
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Japan's main bourse is seeking to capitalize on the growth of strategies that enhance yield.
Trades such as call overwriting — when investors who own shares sell bullish options to pocket the contracts' premium — have become increasingly popular in Japan, and the Tokyo Stock Exchange now wants to enable listings of actively managed exchange-traded funds with over-the-counter derivatives.