Global Investment Bank Fined Record 27 Billion Won for Illegal Short Selling in South Korea

SEOUL, July 3 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean financial regulators have imposed a record fine of 27.1 billion won on two subsidiaries of a global investment bank for illegal short-selling practices involving transactions worth approximately 100 billion won. The Financial Services Commission’s Securities and Futures Commission announced on July 3 that it had voted to levy [...]