Illegal 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, 2021By May, new rules will be in place to guard against illegal short selling, prevent abuse by market makers, and increase retail investor access to short-selling opportunities.
February 4, 2021The FSC will place new restrictions on market makers, revamp the rebate system, and set up a new monitoring system to detect illegal short selling activity.
December 22, 2020Under a revision bill that could take effect by Q2, naked short sellers will face up to a year in jail or up to five times profits on a trade.
December 14, 2020The lifting of the ban will apply to all stocks regardless of the market cap, despite an earlier proposal to keep it in place for small-cap stocks.
November 13, 2020The inspection will cover all 22 market makers, focusing on whether they conducted naked short selling and whether they violated the uptick rule.
November 2, 2020Korean regulators will work to enhance cross-agency information sharing, introduce a new market abuse monitoring system, and raise penalties for unfair trading activities.
October 22, 2020One firm was fined KRW 360mn for failing to borrow KRW 13mn worth of stock prior to short-selling, a penalty of more than 27 times the amount short-sold.
September 22, 2020Under a new bill, unauthorised short selling can be punished criminally, in addition to a penalty up to 300% of profits obtained or losses avoided through the short selling.
September 15, 2020