By Christopher Elias
LONDON/NEW YORK, Dec. 4 (Business Law Currents) – New European short selling regulations are dressing naked short sellers in a regulatory straightjacket, but ill-fitting provisions may leave investors with skin in the game.
In force since 1 November 2012, the regulations were supposed to curb naked short selling and to provide transparency on those trading against European sovereign debt. However, with gaps between short selling methods and alternatives popping up in exchange traded futures and synthetic forms, the holes are already becoming apparent. (more…)
