Update : Mar. 27, 2013
A designated participant is a securities company that can directly conduct transactions of ETFs and their underlying stocks with the management company based on the conditions of creation/exchange for the relevant ETF released by such management company. (Same in cases of cash creation/cancellation)
Additionally, designated participants conduct active arbitrage trading between ETFs and their underlying stocks, and ETFs and the futures market using the creation/exchange mechanism, thus improving the tracking between the ETF market price and the stock price index.
From the perspective of securing trading participants capable of supporting the improvement of foreign ETF, etc. liquidity and appropriately ensuring investment opportunities, TSE created the Foreign ETF, etc. Support Member System.
Designated Foreign ETF, etc. Support Members are as follows.
| Issue | Code | Trading Participant | Designation Date |
| SPDR® S&P500® ETF | 1557 | Barclays Securities Japan Limited | March 24, 2011 |
| SPDR® S&P500® ETF | 1557 | CitiGroup Securities | March 24, 2011 |
| iPath S&P GSCI Total Return Index JDR | 2021 | Barclays Securities Japan Limited | August 23, 2011 |
| iPath S&P GSCI Precious Metals Index Total Return JDR | 2022 | Barclays Securities Japan Limited | September 6, 2011 |
| iPath S&P GSCI Industrial Metals Index Total Return JDR | 2023 | Barclays Securities Japan Limited | September 6, 2011 |
| iPath S&P GSCI Energy Index Total Return JDR | 2024 | Barclays Securities Japan Limited | September 6, 2011 |
| iPath S&P GSCI Agricultural Index Total Return JDR | 2025 | Barclays Securities Japan Limited | September 6, 2011 |
| iPath S&P GSCI Grain Index Total Return JDR | 2026 | Barclays Securities Japan Limited | September 6, 2011 |
| iPath S&P GSCI Softs Index Total Return JDR | 2027 | Barclays Securities Japan Limited | September 6, 2011 |
| iPath S&P GSCI Livestock Index Total Return JDR | 2028 | Barclays Securities Japan Limited | September 6, 2011 |
| iPath S&P 500 VIX Mid-Term Futures JDR | 2029 | Barclays Securities Japan Limited | August 23, 2011 |
| iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures JDR | 2030 | Barclays Securities Japan Limited | September 21, 2011 |
| NEXT NOTES HSI Leveraged ETN | 2031 | Nomura Securities Co.,Ltd. | February 18, 2013 |
| NEXT NOTES HSI Short ETN | 2032 | Nomura Securities Co.,Ltd. | February 18, 2013 |
| NEXT NOTES KOSPI200 Leverage ETN | 2033 | Nomura Securities Co.,Ltd. | February 18, 2013 |
| NEXT NOTES F-KOSPI200 Inverse ETN | 2034 | Nomura Securities Co.,Ltd. | February 18, 2013 |
| ChinaAMC CSI 300 Index ETF-JDR | 1575 | Nomura Securities Co.,Ltd. | February 27, 2013 |
| CSOP FTSE CHINA A50 ETF | 1576 | Nomura Securities Co.,Ltd. | February 27, 2013 |
| NEXT NOTES Nikkei 225 VI Futures Index ETN | 2035 | Nomura Securities Co.,Ltd. | April 19, 2013 |
| NEXT NOTES Nikkei-TOCOM Leveraged Gold ETN | 2036 | Nomura Securities Co.,Ltd. | April 19, 2013 |
| NEXT NOTES Nikkei-TOCOM Inverse Gold ETN | 2037 | Nomura Securities Co.,Ltd. | April 19, 2013 |
| NEXT NOTES Nikkei-TOCOM Leveraged Crude Oil ETN | 2038 | Nomura Securities Co.,Ltd. | April 19, 2013 |
| NEXT NOTES Nikkei-TOCOM Inverse Crude Oil ETN | 2039 | Nomura Securities Co.,Ltd. | April 19, 2013 |