Financial authorities in Korea announced on Sunday a complete ban on short selling from Monday until the end of June next year. The temporary ban was announced after financial authorities discovered rampant illegal short selling practices by global investment banks.
Debates about the complete prohibition of short selling are intensifying in Korea, especially in light of recent illicit short-selling activities by global investment banks (IB), which have angered individual investors. Even the financial authorities, which continuously supported the full resumption of short selling, have now shifted their stance to reviewing the regulation from the ground up.
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Small individual investors, angered by the recent illegal short selling practices of BNP Paribas and HSBC, have called for more stringent measures to prevent a recurrence, even in the face of potentially record-high fines.