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Naked Short Selling

The practice of short selling without first borrowing the security or ensuring that it can be borrowed, which is illegal in many markets.
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Financial Services Commission applies short selling ban in 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
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South Korea tightens oversight of short selling

The Financial Services Commission (FSC) has announced a package of measures designed to tighten supervision of illegal short selling and to improve the operation of the short-selling system
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Swedish regulator fines Nordnet for intraday short selling violations

Finansinspektionen has fined online banking provider Nordnet for failing to meet to its terms of service relating to intraday short selling, including deficiencies in its risk management policies and failing in its duty of care to customers
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Malaysia’s intraday short selling ban to lift on 1 Jan

Short selling is to be reintroduced from the new year, subject to additional control measures including application of “at-tick rule”
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FSC finalises beefed-up short selling rules

The revisions are designed to tighten short selling regulations before the lifting of the short selling ban early next month
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Second GameStop hearing to focus on securities lending disclosure proposals

Witnesses from brokers, market utilities and universities are expected to call for amendments to Regulation SHO, Dodd-Frank, and Form 13F, while pitching new concepts for reporting securities lending activities
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International brokers sued over naked short selling allegations

A Bermuda-based hedge fund has filed a suit in a New York court alleging that CIBC, Bank of America, UBS and TD Bank gamed the market causing shares it held in a major pharmaceutical to tumble in 2016
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Korea exchange launches task force in pursue illegal short selling crackdown

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