Posted : 2021-01-27 16:31
Updated : 2021-01-27 20:43
Members of the Korea Stockholders Alliance hold a rally in front of Government Complex Seoul, Wednesday, to call for a complete ban on stock short-selling. / Yonhap
By Park Jae-hyuk
Mirae Asset Daewoo, Samsung Securities and Korea Investment & Securities are considering giving retail investors wider access to short-selling by lending them stocks for the investment method that bets on the price fall of the borrowed shares, according to industry sources, Wednesday.
Short-selling refers to a method in which an investor sells borrowed shares in the belief that the price will fall and they will be able to buy the shares back at a discount, keeping the difference and returning the borrowed shares.