Short selling debt securities -- or the selling of a security not owned by the seller and completed through security borrowing -- is allowed in some East Asian markets like Hong Kong, China; Republic of Korea; Japan; Malaysia; Singapore; and Thailand. Other markets still need to develop rules governing short selling transactions.

Information on short selling regulations in different markets in the region is summarized in the table below. For details, please visit individual market pages on short selling.

Linked below is the site of the Pan Asia Securities Lending Association (PASLA), an association of firms that are active in the business of borrowing and/or lending securities of Asian markets.