FEX - The Financial and Energy Exchange Group

The Public Interest Journalism Foundation Australia

As of May 2010 FEX is proud to have become a founding sponsor of the Public Interest Journalism Foundation.
The mission statement of the Public Interest Journalism Foundation is

The Foundation promotes and enables innovation in public interest journalism. It develops and tests emerging models of journalism to inform an engaged and accountable society. Our guiding principle is public interest through knowledge development, collaboration and sustainability. We act with integrity, honesty, transparency and independence.

Mercari operates regulated electronic swap and electronic over the counter (OTC) markets utilising Mercari eSEF technology). Combined with FEX’s market structure and infrastructure development expertise, Mercari operates markets for financial and environmental products, and subject to regulatory approval energy and commodity products. Mercari’s financial product markets are licensed to operate by the Australian Government through an Australian Market Licence.

Mercari is also an Australian Financial Services Licensed inter-dealer broker firm that specialises in facilitating derivatives transactions. FEX Mercari’s clients include global banks and financial institutions, energy firms and utilities companies.

Operating as a wholly-owned subsidiary of FEX, Mercari supports FEX's strategic plans to develop the leading Asian electronic marketplace for energy, commodity, financial and environmental products. Mercari operates fair, orderly and transparent market-places, where participant have equal access to price quotes and trading functionality. Mercari is dedicated to developing the swap and OTC marketplaces through increasing accessibility, functionality and distribution models; thereby optimising trading options and strategies.