SEOUL : South Korea's financial regulator said on Thursday it imposed fines on five foreign firms in December for violation of naked short-selling rules in the local stock market.Naked short-selling of stocks - whereby an investor sells shares it doesn't own without borrowing them first, agreeing to deliv
SEOUL : South Korea's financial regulator said on Thursday it imposed fines on five foreign firms in December for violation of naked short-selling rules in the local stock market.
Naked short-selling of stocks - whereby an investor sells shares it doesn't own without borrowing them first, agreeing to deliver them at a fixed time - is banned by the Capital Markets Act in South Korea. Bellevue Asset Management AG, Credit Suisse International, Lingohr & Partners Asset Management GmbH and MEAG Hongkong Limited were each imposed a fine of 45 million won for their illegal trading in 2021, while Invesco Capital Management LLC was fined 75 million won, according to the statement.It was the first time the Financial Services Commission has publicly named firms that have been fined for breaking market rules.
South Korea is making various efforts this year, including regulatory reforms, to make its local stock market more accessible for foreigners, in a bid to attract more inflows to the market.
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