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Greater fool with no shorts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
... initiative allowing banks to borrow money for the purchase of Asset-Backed Commercial Paper. The Securities and Exchange Commission enacted a temporary ban on the short selling of 799 financial stocks. The ban is in place from 18 September to 2 October ...

America on its knees

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
... lending and liquidity initiatives.' The extent of the current market upheaval is such that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has extended a helping hand, announcing that from today (18 September) failure to deliver shorted securities by ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
... Lehman Brothers amounting to no more that $150 million. Lehman Brothers' filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission listed ANZ Banking Group as having $85.3 million in exposures via two bank loans worth $US44 million ($A54.4 million) and $US25 ...

SEC blocks bank short selling

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
US based Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is taking extreme action against wild 'naked' short selling, issuing an emergency order that prevents the practice across a number of commercial and investment bank stocks. The order means anyone taking ...

Short selling faces revamp

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
... US. The US first began tightening their regulation around short selling in 2005 when the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) established what is known as the Regulation SHO to target "naked" short selling where the seller tries to short sell ...

US investors receive $312m from Fair Fund

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2007
Another week, another compensation resolution for US investors. This time the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is about to distribute $312 million through the Fair Fund created as part of the settlements with Qwest Communications International ...

State Street's 130/30 funds gain $10bn Edge

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2007
... the same size. The strategy seems to be a huge growth sector in America as well, with former Securities and Exchange Commission investment division head Barry P. Barbash, recently quoted in the New York Times saying "funds using this strategy seem to ...

Shorting no longer needs a tick: SEC

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2007
In an historic decision, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) yesterday voted 5-0 to remove an almost 70-year-old rule that banned investors from shorting stocks while the price was still falling. The vote removed the so-called 'tick test' ...

Fidelity responds to Darfur campaign

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2007
... Fidelity now appears to be taking steps to divest their significant PetroChina holdings. Recent Securities and Exchange Commission filings indicate that Fidelity has reduced their New York Stock Exchange holdings of PetroChina to just a fraction of its ...

Beware of hedge risk: Deloitte

... Investments Commission (ASIC). By contrast, the US courts are blocking attempts by the regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission, to require registration. Michelle Baltazar Michelle Baltazar