The former fund manager of Gleneagle Securities engaged in the naked short selling of shares on 150 occasions, ASIC said.
May 23, 2023The FSS uncovered cases where market participants deliberately short-sold securities without first borrowing the stock in a bid to "maximise trading profits".
May 6, 2023Two firms were fined a combined KRW 5.05 billion (USD 3.9 million) for naked short selling. The names of the firms were not released.
March 14, 2023The strategies include allowing night-time derivatives trading, a change to the dividend system, new derivatives product launches, and a new market for digital securities.
February 6, 2023Regulators may revise laws as early as this year to require short sellers trading large quantities of stocks to file reports on their activity.
July 29, 2022The task force will first conduct fact-finding inspections and investigate areas with a high probability of short selling violations.
June 3, 2022A system design caused a failure to distinguish between ex-entitlement dates and settlement dates of bonus share events in periodic statements.
June 25, 2021Korean regulators have been working to enhance protection measures for retail investors ahead of the partial resumption of short-selling on Monday.
May 4, 2021Illegal short sellers can face fines of up to 100% of the amount of the short selling order, imprisonment for a year or more, and additional penalties up to five times unfair profits.
April 7, 2021The FSC did not name the firms that were penalised, but said the highest fine was KRW 180 million against a firm that committed four violations.
March 1, 2021