Japan’s financial regulator and the Tokyo Stock Exchange are investigating recent trading activity following allegations of widespread insider trading ahead of new share issues by Japanese companies.
The TSE and the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission are examining possible insider trading involving recent share issues where short selling activity increased substantially in the run-up to the announcement the company would be issuing new shares.
This kind of trading pattern “is obviously something that would come within our research and overview activities”, said Tatsushi Terada, director of strategy and policy co-ordination at the SESC.