Korea’s Short-Selling Regulatory Overhaul Enters Its Final Phase as the KOSPI Tests New Highs
South Korea’s Financial Services Commission is preparing to implement the final phase of its short-selling regulatory overhaul, which has been one of the most consequential market structure changes in the KOSPI’s history. The ban on naked short-selling, implemented in late 2023 and extended multiple times since, is being replaced with a permanent regulatory framework that…