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U.S. Issues New Rules on Short-Selling
The Securities and Exchange Commission issued new rules to govern short-selling, promising investors fresh information about the volume and velocity of negative bets placed against companies. But it dropped a requirement that hedge funds disclose details of short positions to regulators. ...
Naked Short Selling Rules & Regulations
Naked Short Selling Rules & Regulations
richard-wilson.blogspot.com — Naked Short Selling Rules & Regulations SEC Rules on Naked Short Selling Regulations The Securities and Exchange... Commission (SEC) voted on Monday to make permanent a rule against "naked shorting." Naked short selling is a strategy of selling a stock short without ensuring that the security ... (more) Naked Short Selling Rules & Regulations
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UBS Suspends Leveraged ETFs, Wells Fargo To Review
ETF Database — ... earlier this month. “Recent regulatory guidance on leveraged and inverse ETFs reinforces the short-term nature of these products, particularly in volatile markets,” the company said in a statement. Separately the Wall Street Journal reported Monday that the SEC issued new rules on short-selling, indicating to investors that information about the size of short interests in companies. The SEC, however, backed off its previous move to require hedge funds and other money managers to disclose short positions on a weekly basis. ...

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