鈥淎ll too often in the past regulators immediately introduced short selling bans on an assumption that they are significantly contributing to market volatility,鈥 says Sarah Nicholson, director of Consolo
The German investment funds association BVI is the latest to question the effectiveness of short selling bans after a week of EU regulators acting to shield local equities from the COVID-19 market chaos
The UK Financial Conduct Authority has put to bed market concerns around how the unofficial three-month delay directed by ESMA yesterday will affect SFTR鈥檚 backloading requirements
As of 23 March, banks will be able to access daily US dollar funding via seven-day maturity operations offered by the ECB, US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England, among other central banks
The deepening sell-off in US equities has presented opportunities for long-short managers, with the most heavily shorted shares underperforming the broader market, says Sam Pierson of IHS Markit
Central bank across the world, including the US Federal Reserve, the ECB, BoJ and BoE, have begun a coordinated action to ensure euro and US dollar liquidity is boosted to combat widespread market disruption