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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' ...

Market wrap

... GM, down 6.8 per cent. The world's largest automaker said it had been subpoenaed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission, which is investigating its accounting. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 115.03 points to 10,229.95. The Standard & Poor's ...

ASIC also a budget winner

... Accounting Oversight Board and their Australian audit clients that are registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission can have their domestic and international audit requirements regulated by ASIC. The additional funding is to allow the regulator ...

CSAM syndicated loan funds get four stars

... Construction of the portfolio has been outsourced to CSFB Alternative Capital (CSFBAC), a US Securities and Exchange Commission registered investment adviser. The portfolio is comprised of investment grade loans and low grade, or 'leveraged' loans. CSFBAC ...

Macquarie setting up US infrastructure fund

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2004
... investments already lined up. The investment bank said it had lodged documents with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to register the new vehicle, which would buy assets from existing Macquarie-managed funds and list on the New York Stock ...

Macquarie Infrastructure unit files $US355.9 mln IPO

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2004
Macquarie Infrastructure Assets Trust filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission today for an initial public offering of as much as $US355.9 million ($A510.95 million) in shares. The New York City-based company, part of the Macquarie group ...

US regulator warned of hedge fund risks

... Investment Company Institute (ICI), representing over 8,000 US mutual funds, has warned the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that individual investors and financial advisers rarely had the skills to knowledgably invest in hedge funds. In a ...

Morning market wrap: Accounting ghosts come back to haunt Nasdaq

News that the US Securities and Exchange Commission was investigating the accounting practices of IBM, the world's largest computer company, brought the recent run-up on the tech-heavy Nasdaq to a shuddering halt. With the Enron and Worldcom accounting ...