S Korea – KRX Exemption from Short Selling Reporting

S Korea – KRX Exemption from Short Selling Reporting

On 26 November 2025, KRX proposed revising Market surveillance regulations.

  • KRX proposed revising the Market surveillance regulations, to reduce the burden of duplicate inspections on members and improve the operational efficiency of systems.

Outline of Proposed Revisions

  • Member firms subject to naked short selling detection system (NSDS) balance reporting will be exempted from the obligation to submit information on short selling.
  • Namely, information like securities holding balance details, obligation to verify whether such transactions constitute naked short selling and to record/retain such information.

Effectiveness

  • Comments shall be submitted by 3 December 2025.