The Philippine Stock Exchange remains optimistic that corporate and tax regulators will resolve issues on borrowing and lending of securities this year, allowing the bourse to initiate short selling in 2021.
“I don’t want to say it’s 2022,” Chief Executive Officer Ramon Monzon said in a Bloomberg Television interview on Thursday. “I have been regularly in touch with our regulators. I practically talk to them every week. And I get assurances that it will be prioritized.”
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