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Short Sale

The sale of a security that the seller has borrowed, with the intention of buying it back later at a lower price.

Short Sale News

Regulation
South Korea ready to resume short selling

The Financial Services Commission of South Korea has confirmed that it will fully reinstate stock short selling from 31 March

Industry
PASLA: Geopolitics drives change in the global regulatory agenda

Industry experts provided the latest updates from a global regulatory perspective, as well as regulatory changes impacting markets across the APAC region, including South Korea

Industry
Wedbush Securities launches real-time automated locate service

The new service is designed to allow correspondents to conduct short selling activity more efficiently

Industry
Robinhood broker-dealers to pay US$45M in penalties for violating securities law provisions

Robinhood Securities failed to provide blue sheet data and comply with short-selling regulations, the Securities and Exchange Commission found

Regulation
Korea approves new short position balance rules

The revision is part of the comprehensive short sale reform measures announced on 13 June 2024, and will take effect from 1 December

Regulation
South Korea proposes changes to short selling regulations

The revised bill aims to enhance regulations on short selling and is scheduled to lift the ban on short selling by the end of March 2025

Regulation
SEBI introduce new guidelines for short selling transactions

Under the framework, all classes of investors are permitted to short sell, however there are stringent measures around disclosure practices

Industry
Clear Street launches trading system for securities lending market

ATLAS is a proprietary trading system that allocates stock loan inventory to incoming customer requests