Turkey – Borsa Istanbul Short Selling Ban
On 27 May 2019, the Turkish Borsa Istanbul issued a temporary short selling ban in shares of ADESE ALIŞVERİŞ MERKEZLERİ TİCARET A.Ş. until 26 August 2019.
Germany – Short Selling Ban Lifted
On 19 April 2019, BaFin announced expiry of short sale ban on Wirecard AG shares.
S Korea – KRX Issues Temporary Short Selling Ban
On 22 April 2019, there will be a temporary short selling ban on HARIM (KR7136480001) as reported by the KRX.
Hong Kong – SFC Fines $1.2m for Naked Short Selling
On 18 April 2019, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded and fined Nine Masts Capital Limited (Nine Masts) $1.2 million for failures relating to the short selling of Yuzhou Properties Company Limited (Yuzhou Properties) shares in May 2015.
U.K. – FCA Short-Selling Abuse Brexit
On 22 February 2019, UK FCA issued bulletin of guidance on no-deal Brexit. Advised market makers, issuers of new regulatory obligations in case of no-deal. In respect of short selling regulation (SSR) and market abuse regulation (MAR). Key Points Expect firms to undertake reasonable steps to comply with changes by exit day.Government made market abuse […]
U.K. – FCA Issues Temporary Short Selling Ban
On 18 February 2019, the FCA issued a temporary short sale ban notice.