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Short selling flaw lies in disclosure

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2008
Despite concerns about the market impacts of short selling, the government has said the issue is around the lack of disclosure, not the practice. "I would like to stress that short selling is an important financial tool in promoting market efficiency ...

Short selling shouldn't be sold short

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2008
The overreaction against short selling and securities lending need to calm down, said Greenwich Alternative Investments. "Short selling provides liquidity and allows you to make calls in both directions," said Ryan Pearson, Greenwich senior vice president ...

Short selling faces revamp

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
Rules surrounding short selling in Australia look set to undergo a major overhaul following revelation that the crucial practice is effectively unregulated. The key problem, according to Senator Sherry, minister for superannuation and corporate law ...

Brushing up market integrity

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
Amidst recent shake-ups in securities lending, director share trading, margin loans and short selling, IFSA and ACSI have joined forces to outline their views on how market transparency and disclosure should be rendered. According to the Investment ...

Shorting no longer needs a tick: SEC

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2007
... threshold stock. SEC director of market regulation, Erik Sirri, said the decisions would "streamline and tighten short selling provisions so that markets and investors are better served by our rules."

Member investment arbitraging hits GESB: reports

ALEX DUNNIN, MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2006
... arbitraging, then it's difficult to see accused members being liable because arbitraging, especially in the form of short selling, is an investment practice increasingly used by fund trustees and investment managers.

DeAM chases alpha in fixed income

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2006
... yields, emerging markets and investment grade corporate securities and can use the traditional hedge fund strategy of short selling. DeAM head of fixed income and deputy chief investment officer of DeAM Australia, Bill Bovingdon, said if credit risk ...

Jana offers long-short trusts to retail space

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2006
... said. The trusts will offer retail investors a taste of traditionally institutional strategies, such as "long and short selling" stocks, similarly to hedge funds. Marshman said the strategies have long been used to limit market downturns and make money ...

NRMA award IXIS funds-to-funds mandate

... AU$100 million already invested with the fund, which includes eight hedge fund strategies, including hedged equities, short selling, equity strategies and relative value arbitrage.

Global hedge funds strong but still below ASX

... equities with 16.4 per cent, and value long/short equities with 15.7 per cent. The worst hedge funds sector was short selling within the long/short equities group. Market neutral strategies, as a group, achieved a respectable 14.4 per cent. Compared ...