We set limits on contract balances as well as the loss limits for six months or a full year for commodity and financial instrument transactions. At the same time, we constantly monitor the potential amount of loss, (Value at Risk (VaR)—an estimate of potential risk or in case the total figures of realized and unrealized gain/loss are negative at the time of monitoring, the total of VaR and the relevant negative figures), to ensure that the potential amount of loss falls within the loss limits. In addition, we conduct liquidity risk management for each product on an individual futures market basis in order to be prepared in the event that it becomes difficult to close positions due to shrinking liquidity. The Financial Resources Management Group undertakes both the back office functions (confirmation of transactions, delivery, settlement and balance checks) and the middle office functions (monitoring of profit/loss and positions) in order to completely separate those functions from the Business Units, thereby enabling us to maintain the soundness of internal checks.