South Korea fines JPMorgan, Nomura, UBS and Morgan Stanley for short selling breaches

South Korea fines JPMorgan, Nomura, UBS and Morgan Stanley for short selling breaches


Morgan Stanley’s office in Canary Wharf financial district on Jan. 30, 2025 in London, UK.

Mike Kemp | In Pictures | Getty Images

South Korea’s market watchdog has imposed fines on JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, Nomura and UBS for violating short-selling rules in the domestic stock market, officials at the country’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) said on Thursday.

“We have concluded administrative sanctions, meaning imposing fines,” an official said, declining to provide further details because the decision had not been officially disclosed.

The decision was made on Wednesday by the Securities and Futures Commission, according to another official at the FSS.

Nomura said it was not aware of any decision by the regulator and could not comment. JPMorgan declined to comment, while UBS and Morgan Stanley did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

In South Korea, naked short-selling of stocks, or selling stocks without borrowing them first or determining they can be borrowed, is banned by the Capital Markets Act.

South Korea plans to lift in March a market-wide ban introduced in November 2023 on stock short-selling, when it is expected to have a system ready to detect illegal trades.



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