All posts tagged "Short Selling"
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94KoreaDutch Brokerage IMC Granted Preliminary Licence in Korea
The approval of the preliminary financial investment business licence marks the FSC's first approval of a foreign-based trading firm in three and a half years.
January 18, 2021 -
75KoreaFSC Korea Prepares to Lift Ban on Illegal Short Selling
The FSC has revised the FSCMA enforcement decree as part of efforts to strengthen penalties for illegal short selling, as it prepares to lift a ban on short selling in March.
January 16, 2021 -
201EnforcementSFC Fines Fulbright Securities Over Short Selling Controls
Fulbright Securities failed to detect and prevent illegal short selling failures in at least 93 instances over a period of at least six months.
December 24, 2020 -
225FeatureFSC Korea Unveils Additional Measures to Curb Illegal Short Selling
The 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, 2020 -
177FeatureMalaysia to Lift Short Selling Ban, Intraday Ban to Remain
The dynamic and static price limits and revised circuit breaker mechanism implemented in July will be extended. Margin financing flexibilities for brokers will remain in place.
December 17, 2020 -
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South Korea to Punish Illegal Short Sellers with Jail Time
Under 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, 2020 -
161Malaysia
Bursa Malaysia Expands Market-making Framework
The expansion will enhance the attractiveness and competitiveness of the capital market, and entice more investors and market participants, Bursa says.
December 8, 2020 -
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FSC Korea Confirms Plan to Lift Short Selling Ban in March
The 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, 2020 -
674Enforcement
KRX Probes Market Makers’ Compliance With Short Selling Rules
The inspection will cover all 22 market makers, focusing on whether they conducted naked short selling and whether they violated the uptick rule.
November 2, 2020 -
1.2KChinaChina Further Opens Domestic Markets to Foreign Investors
Qualified foreign investors can lend out and borrow stock holdings to enable their use in short-selling, and trade equity index futures on the CFFEX.
November 2, 2020
