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AIMA and IFSA respond to temp shorting ban

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
... (FSA) are only banning naked short sales and restricting other forms of short selling in a limited number of financial stocks," said Ivey. Ivey said they have always maintained the position that 'naked' short selling should be banned. "As the industry ...

FTSE 'watches' Greece and South Korea

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
... Colombia could be dropped to the same status after FTSE placed the countries 'on watch'. The review resulted in 'Red Chip' stocks, which are included in Hong Kong, will be moved to China. The firm found Taiwan had improved its access to markets for foreign ...

ASIC tightens short-selling rules

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
... services regulator, the Financial Services Authority (FSA), announced a three-month ban on shorting UK-listed financial stocks that ASIC followed suit with its own set of new rules. The three new measures announced on Friday were: a complete ban on 'naked' ...

Greater fool with no shorts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
... 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 2008 and can be extended for another 10 days or more as deemed necessary. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
Financial stocks buoyed the Australian share market at noon after a strong late-session rally on Wall Street early this morning recovered much of yesterday's losses. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 had gained 208.3 points, or 4.52 per cent to ...

No more short cuts

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
... lost tens of billions of dollars. What's more, the regulator also flagged that it might extend the rule beyond financial stocks, pending a review. The regulator's decision came less than 48 hours after the US' Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) sanctioned ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
Banking stocks dragged the Australian share market down at noon as the bailout of insurance giant American International Group (AIG) failed to calm global financial markets. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 166.8 points or 3.53 per cent lower ...

Tyndall finds value

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
... head of retail, Tyndall. This includes an assessment of around 120 companies in Tyndall's universe of Australian equities stocks. "Valuations are improving as market falls. [They] have improved much faster than any deterioration in earnings," said Hobart. ...

Grow returns with timber

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
... industry but could also aid efforts to reduce global carbon emissions. The firm's PF(LUX) - Timber Fund invests in company stocks that own and/or manage forests and timberland. "[Timber's] biological growth is both steady and continues irrespective of ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
Australian stocks were weaker at noon after US shares went into freefall overnight following New York investment bank Lehman Brothers' backruptcy, the firesale of Merrill Lynch and continuing rumours about the stability of American Insurance Group. ...