South Korea

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

The “special team” will be formed this month and aims to strengthen oversight of short sellers, while market makers also face a host of new stringent trading restrictions

FSC chair Eun Sung-soo has confirmed the ban will not expire in March but will remain until 2 May, at which point short selling may resume on KOSPI 200 and KOSDAQ 150 stocks

The partnership will give KIS Pricing clients access to AcadiaSoft’s Initial Margin Exposure Manager and will also enhance AcadiaSoft’s presence in the South Korean market

Traders risk a year in prison and a $460,000 fine for naked short selling in South Korea, and must retain a five-year paper trail of borrowed securities under proposed amendments to capital market regulations

South Korea has lifted its ban on short selling, which has been in place since October 2008...

Eurex Exchange, the international derivatives marketplace, has been granted permission to offer products in South Korea...