South Korea

The ban will commence from 6 November 2023 until the end of June 2024, and will prohibit the short selling of all KOSPI, KOSDAQ and KONEX listed items

The solution will offer efficient and safe settlement of Korean government bonds for international investors, while making KTBs eligible on Euroclear Bank’s triparty platform

Members and clients of ForexClear benefit from enhanced risk management, as well as margin, capital and operational efficiencies and the move signals ForexClear’s continued growth in the region

With the lifting of South Korea’s short selling ban in May, over $130 million has been traded through Tru Technologies’ lending platform and $60 million has traded at a lending fee of 4 per cent or higher

The country’s financial regulator has used the substantial length of time to curb illegal activity and boost protections, and opportunities, for retail investors who wish to participate in short selling

The revisions are designed to tighten short selling regulations before the lifting of the short selling ban early next month

FSC finalises rules and safeguards for novice securities lending and short selling market participants ahead of 3 May go-live

Once short selling partially resumes in May retail investors can gain a qualification to enable them to directly borrow securities and short sell