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Adapted from an enlightening [http://blogs.reuters.com/financial-regulatory-forum/2012/12/04/europes-naked-short-selling-ban-leaves-investors-with-skin-in-the-game/ Reuters blog]: | {{a|pb| | ||
[[File:Stock lending.jpg|450px|thumb|center|Some covered shorts, yesterday.]] | |||
}}Adapted from an enlightening [http://blogs.reuters.com/financial-regulatory-forum/2012/12/04/europes-naked-short-selling-ban-leaves-investors-with-skin-in-the-game/ Reuters blog]: | |||
These have been significantly affected by the [[EU Short Selling Regulations]] introduced in 2012. | These have been significantly affected by the [[EU Short Selling Regulations]] introduced in 2012. | ||
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In respect of company shares the regulations require either that a firm has: | In respect of company shares the regulations require either that a firm has: | ||
*Borrowed sufficient shares to settle the short trade; | |||
*Entered into a binding agreement to borrow those shares; or | |||
*Has an arrangement with a third party (known as a “[[Locate]]”) under which the third party has confirmed that the shares have been located and there is a reasonable expectation that they will be delivered. | |||
The guts of the short selling notices are [[short selling notices|here]] | |||
===[[Finbar Saunders]]=== | |||
I know what you’re thinking: are you seriously telling me you’re passing up the opportunity to make some sort of louche ''[[double entendre]]'' in an article about naked shorts? I bet you ''[[never knew’d]]'' that kind of thing could happen. I call it a ''[[cut-off]]''. |