All posts tagged "KRX"
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554Big PictureISDA Lays Out CCP Best Practices Following Nasdaq Default
Clearinghouses should consider multiple risk factors in determining exposure and put more of its own capital on the line to manage defaults before dipping into the member default fund.
January 25, 2019 -
339KoreaKorea Exchange Seeks Power to Cancel Error Stock Trades
KRX is seeking new powers that will allow it to intervene to cancel stock trading orders made in error to better guarantee market stability and protect investors.
January 25, 2019 -
477Enforcement
KRX May Face CFTC Penalty for Violating CCP Rules – Report
Korean media reports indicate the CFTC may take action against KRX as early as this month in response to its failures to comply with regulations for CCPs.
December 21, 2018 -
501FeatureFIA Updates CCP Risk Management Framework After Nasdaq Member Default
The industry body has updated its 2015 framework for CCP risk management to include more robust and transparent margining and higher skin in the game.
November 29, 2018 -
368EnforcementS. Korea Fines Goldman $6.7m for Naked Short Selling
The FSC found that Goldman Sachs conducted naked short selling worth about KRW 40 billion in late May. Naked short selling is prohibited in South Korea.
November 29, 2018 -
217KoreaS. Korea to Improve Access to Capital Market Financing
Once the improvement measures are enacted, innovation will be accelerated as the fundraising environment for small enterprises will improve, said FSC chairman Choi Jong-ku.
November 6, 2018 -
357Enforcement
S. Korea Scales Up Stabilisation Fund as Market Hits 22-Month Low
The 500 billion won fund will start investing in the KOSDAQ from November. Separately, market participants will establish an emergency monitoring system to better respond to instability.
October 30, 2018 -
258Korea
KRX Obtains SEC Class Relief on Index, Stock Options
Korea Exchange members can now directly market options on local indexes and 31 individual stocks to US institutional investors.
September 21, 2018 -
303Korea
KRX Tightens Per-Order Limit for Stock Trades
Investors will be allowed to buy a maximum of 1% of a company's total shares starting 17 September, a rule aimed at preventing error trades.
September 14, 2018 -
627Korea
Merrill Lynch High Speed Trading Under KRX Scrutiny
The public expressed concern through online petitions to the President's office over Merrill Lynch's high frequency trading operations in Seoul.
August 22, 2018
