UPDATE 1-Goldman Sachs to start trading Japan power futures - sources

Yahoo! Finance Jun 07, 2023 02:32 AM ET

Goldman Sachs Group plans to establish a desk in Tokyo to start trading Japanese power derivatives, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday. More foreign energy companies and banks are seeking access to the Japanese power market, which was launched in 2016 in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011, spurring trade activity by generators, consumers and distributors. The power crisis heightened the need for hedging among power suppliers and buyers, according to t...