A special team will launch next week to investigate whether more global investment banks engaged in illegal short-selling, and whether local securities firms helped them.
November 1, 2023Korean regulators are trying to increase English disclosures in the local market as part of efforts to attract more foreign investors.
July 31, 2023Cboe Global Indices and KRX will publish advanced strategic indices based on Korean derivatives, including KOSPI 200 options.
May 1, 2023KOSPI-listed firms with KRW 10 trillion in assets will be required to disclose material information in English from 2024. Firms with KRW 2 trillion in assets must do the same from 2026.
April 5, 2023The relief will continue until the affirmation, termination or denial of the request for CFTC certification, or 24 April 2023 - whichever is earlier.
October 20, 2022Local securities firms are required to notify investors if they are fined for violating short selling-related rules, but this is not the case for foreign investors.
October 10, 2022The stabilisation fund will be worth a reported $7bn and be used to inject money in the local stock market if it continues to fall.
October 6, 2022MOEF and BOK are buying government bonds to lower yields, and the FSC is preparing to reactivate a stock market stabilisation fund created during the Covid-19 pandemic.
September 29, 2022The FSS has launched an inspection of Morgan Stanley’s short-selling practices. Similar inspections at BAML and Goldman Sachs will come next.
August 30, 2022International investors will be able to trade KOSPI 200 options with weekly expiries outside Korean trading hours via Eurex from 28 March.
March 21, 2022