PASLA was incorporated in Hong Kong in 1995 and is an association of firms that are active in the business of borrowing and/or lending securities in Asian markets.
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PASLA provides a collective voice and an industry consensus on issues that affect the development of the securities lending business.
PASLA works with regional regulators and exchanges to assist in the further development of the securities lending business.
The FSS has initiated the issuance of registration numbers to large-scale short selling corporations to be used with the KRX’s Naked Short-Selling Detection System (NSDS).
The NSDS will become mandatory on 31st March 2025 to coincide with the planned lifting of the current short selling ban.
More details are below.
The Bursa Malaysia, a PASLA member, is pleased to announce the release of their updated Approved Securities (“AS”) list effective 31 December 2024, which has been further expanded to include 469 stocks (as compared with the previous 441 stocks in the previous AS list) with a market capitalisation of RM1,821 bil (USD 407 bil).
This expansion reflects a 0.3% increase in market capitalisation of the AS list.
Review the circular here or access the Bursa website at SBL Eligible Securities
As the Korea market announces new regulations, PASLA’s Korea Working Group continues to communicate with onshore regulators to ensure that our members are able to access clear guidance on expectations.
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Membership is open to any organisation that is a regular borrower or lender of securities or regularly enters into repo transactions. The Board may decide to confer honorary member status on institutions that do not meet this definition.
Membership includes access to country profiles, summaries of Executive Committee meetings, country updates and much more.