The Securities and Exchange Commission of Ghana (SEC) released Draft Guidelines: ‘Securities Industry (Securities Lending and Borrowing and Short Selling) Guidelines 2026’ for comment. Background Short selling reporting regime commencing at 0.1% and 0.5% respectively; Short selling reporting regime (bonds issued by the Government of Ghana), commencing at 0.5%; Short selling bans which may be […]
On 4 September 2026, the District Court set a trial date for Mr Chan Hoi Shing and Mr Li Po Ching after they pleaded not guilty to charges of securities fraud involving illegal short selling under section 300 of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (SFO). the allegation is that between 27 May 2020 and 29 […]
On 3 September 2026, the SEC published updated Corporate Finance Interpretations (CFIs) relating to Exchange Act Section 13(d), Section 13(g) including Schedules 13D and 13G. The questions below have been included: Q 103.13 – The context of shareholder discussions with an issuer about voting and their effect on ‘influencing’ control of an issuer is relevant […]
On 2 September 2026, the SFC updated the Takeover Table with the following: new offer period has commenced for Fu Shou Yuan International Group Limited (stock code: 01448) from 1 September 2026.
The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) use of the Central Short Selling Inspection System has shown to flag 85.7% of 2025 suspected cases. number of suspected illegal short selling cases reported FSS has been increasing annually; calls for faster investigations, sanctions, and recovery of illicit profits following detections; 2025 saw a record high of 77 cases, […]
On 27 August 2026, the SFC updated the Substantial Shareholding Notices with the following: High Concentration of Shareholding in Planetree International Development Limited (Stock Code: 00613