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All listed stocks to be available for shorting in South Korea
Mar 30, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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S.Korea mulls fines on Barclays, Citi for short-sale violations
South Korea’s financial authorities are considering fining British multinational investment bank Barclays plc and US investment banking group C...
Nov 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea slaps Credit Suisse with largest ever short-sale penalty
South Korea's financial regulator said on Wednesday it has officially imposed Credit Suisse Group AG and its affiliate a combined 27.2 billion won (...
Jul 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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MSCI keeps Korea on emerging market list on short-selling ban
MSCI Inc. maintained South Korean stocks in its emerging market list as the government kept its blanket short-selling ban, denting the country’...
Jun 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea may partially lift short-selling ban from June: regulator
NEW YORK -- South Korea may partially lift a ban on short selling in the domestic stock market from as early as June, before removing the blanket ban...
May 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea builds system to speed up naked short-selling ban
South Korea’s top financial regulator is set to build a centralized digital system to strengthen the prevention of naked short-selling as the f...
Apr 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market volatility up since short-selling ban
The South Korean stock market has seen increased volatility and few rallies over the past three months, in sharp contrast to government hopes that it...
Feb 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea’s top regulator detects more foreigners’ naked shorting
South Korea’s top financial regulator is detecting more circumstances of naked short-selling worth tens of millions of dollars by foreign inves...
Jan 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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HSBC, BNP Paribas reported to Korean prosecutors for naked shorting
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd. (HSBC) and BNP Paribas CIB have been reported to South Korean public prosecutors in violation of t...
Dec 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea bans short selling; battery stocks lead market rally
South Korea has temporarily suspended short selling partly to prevent illegal, naked short selling, a decision buoying stocks heavily targeted by sho...
Nov 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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LG Energy shares at lowest since IPO on short-selling concerns
Shares of LG Energy Solution Ltd. on Friday fell to their lowest level since the top South Korean battery maker went public in January on market conc...
Mar 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Kospi short sales hit $639 mn amid rate hike woes
Short selling on the Korean stock market is soaring rapidly on concerns over the US Fed Reserve’s interest rate hike. Particularly, a large am...
Jan 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign brokerages dominate S.Korea list of short sellers
Foreign brokerage companies have dominated the list of short sellers in South Korean stock markets since the short-selling ban was lifted on large-ca...
Nov 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail investors
Once resistant, Korean retail investors lend more stocks for short selling
South Korean retail investors, who had largely opposed the regulator’s lifting of the short-selling ban on large-cap stocks from May, are now t...
Jun 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Lifted short sale ban blamed for Korea ETF redemption
The lifting of South Korea's short-selling ban on large-cap stocks on Monday could be blamed for the recent heavy outflows from US-listed exchange-tr...
May 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea to lift short-selling ban on large stocks; retail investors resist
South Korea’s financial regulator has decided to allow the short selling of large-cap stocks from May 3 despite opposition from retail investor...
Feb 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail investors test Celltrion, HLB shares as Korea’s GameStop
Celltrion Inc. and HLB Inc., two leading South Korean biopharmaceutical shares, shot up on Monday as the main bourse’s key index climbed back a...
Feb 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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S.Korea's short-selling ban may face second extension; longest to date
South Korea’s financial authorities and the ruling Democratic Party are likely to extend the country's ban on short selling for another three m...
Feb 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IMF official warns against S.Korea’s short-sale ban
A senior official of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday warned against the extended ban on stock short selling in South Korea, saying ...
Jan 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Calls grow for further or indefinite extension of short-selling ban
South Korean retail investors are speaking out against the lifting of a one-year ban on stock short selling ahead of its resumption scheduled for mid...
Jan 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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South Korean govt likely to extend short-selling ban on resurging coronavirus concerns
The South Korean government is leaning toward extending the six-month ban on short selling amid a climate of economic uncertainty, said Finance Minist...
Aug 21, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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