Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explain and interpret the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC's) recently announced charges against 23 firms for violation of short selling restrictions set out in Rule 105 under Regulation M of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934....

Purpose – This paper aims to first explain short selling and its benefits and damages; then, using experts’ opinions and Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) method as well as based on the legal, financial and jurisprudential criteria adopted, evaluate...

Purpose The relationship between short selling, market volatility and liquidity remains an object of intensive research. However, empirical evidence is yet to provide a conclusive elucidation of this relationship by examining aspects of market fragmentation in the form of different market...

Heuschrecken - so wurden Hedgefonds betitelt,1 die als aktivistisch agierende Aktionäre die deutsche Finanzwelt in Aufruhr versetzten. Ebenso in den Fokus gerückt sind aktivistische Short-Seller, die durch die Veröffentlichung negativer Researchberichte und daraus resultierenden drastischen...