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Hong Kong – SFC Updates Takeover Table

On 24 November 2025, the SFC updated the Takeover Table with the following: offer period for i.century Holding Limited (Stock Code: 08507) closed on 21 November 2025; and offer period for Jilin Jiutai Rural Commercial Bank Corporation Limited (Stock Code: 06122) closed on 21 November 2025.
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Denmark – OAM System Outage Re: Shareholding Disclosures

On 19 November 2025, the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority (Danish FSA) announced that it is in the process of updating its shareholding Disclosure reporting system, OAM. From 26 November 2025 at 8.00am (CET) until 30 November 2025,  the OAM system will be offline; users that need to submit a shareholding disclosure report should do so…
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Austria – FMA Qualifying Shareholding Report

On 17 November 2025, AUT GVT published AUT FMA Regulation 243 on the information a notifying party intending to acquire or increase a qualifying holding in certain market infrastructures must submit (MI-EKV); it shall enter into force on 1 January 2026. The Central Counterparty Ownership Control Regulation (ZG-EKV 247/2013, as amended by Reg 256/2017), expires…
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Taiwan – FSC Finalized Changes to Short Selling

On 14 November 2025, TAI FSC, TAI Justice finalized amendments to Standards governing eligibility of securities for margin purchase and short selling, effective immediately. Amendment Highlights The standards for margin purchase and short selling of OTC stocks will be relaxed to be consistent with listed stocks. Removing the requirements for years of establishment, paid-in capital,…
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Vietnam – MoF Considers Short Selling Options

On 11 November 2025,  Bloomberg reported that Vietnam's Ministry of Finance is considering allowing regulated short selling as soon as next year. plan is part of broader effort to upgrade the country’s stock market from frontier to secondary emerging status. SSC and other agencies tasked with looking at securities borrowing, lending and controlled short selling.
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