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Bloomberg
12-07-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Jane Street India Ban Threatens 900% Rally for Asia's Oldest Stock Exchange
By Asia's oldest stock exchange was preparing to celebrate its 150th anniversary when a storm of bad news upended the festivities. On Monday, a report revealed deepening losses in equity derivatives among India's retail traders, fueling concerns that the Securities and Exchange Board of India may impose tighter curbs. Just days earlier, the regulator barred Jane Street Group from dealing in local markets, alleging the trading giant manipulated prices to make billions of dollars at the expense of small investors — charges the US firm has denied.

Wall Street Journal
01-07-2025
- Business
- Wall Street Journal
A Hot New Firm Opened the Private Market to the Little Guy. Now it Is in Big Trouble.
In January 2023, the chief executive of the private stock investment firm Linqto announced a 'Spike Day,' a one-day sprint to boost sales to its customers—small investors looking for a shot at buying shares of coveted private companies. 'Take no prisoners,' the now-former CEO, William Sarris, wrote in an email to staff, reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. 'This is guerrilla warfare.'


Bloomberg
09-06-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
South Korea's Retail Investors Push for Change Among Corporate Laggards
South Korea's small investors are trying to shake up the country's creaky corporate landscape. Gathering on social media platform like KakaoTalk and dedicated shareholder apps, their aim is to give a jolt to Korea's famously undervalued stock market. Bloomberg TV's Shery Ahn explains. (Source: Bloomberg)


Bloomberg
08-06-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Activist Retail Investors Take On Korea's Corporate Laggards
South Korea's small investors are trying to shake up the country's creaky corporate landscape. Amateur stock-pickers across the country are gathering on social media platform KakaoTalk and dedicated shareholder apps such as Act, which has racked up more than 110,000 users in the two years since it launched. Their aim: to give a jolt to Korea's $1.9 trillion stock market, which has for years traded at cheaper multiples than regional rivals like Japan and Taiwan.


Bloomberg
29-05-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
India's NSE Leads Retail Gold Rush in Private Markets
Now small investors too want a piece of the action By Save Welcome to India Edition, I'm Menaka Doshi. Join me each week for a ringside view of the billionaires, businesses and policy decisions behind India's rise as an emerging economic powerhouse. You can subscribe here, and share feedback with me here.