by Ed Blount | Sep 24, 2021 | All, Cross-Post, Formal Regulatory Remedies
Paris, September 24, 2021 – The next shoe has fallen in reaction to the January 2021 GameStop short squeeze, by which certain online brokers interpreted clearinghouse rules to necessitate the suspension of their retail customers’ ability to buy “meme...
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Jun 19, 2013 | All, Formal Regulatory Remedies
The Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) has announced that it will hear a challenge to EU short selling regulations on June 11, 2013. Britain’s finance ministry filed the legal challenge in June of 2012 against the European Union in an effort to limit the European...
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Oct 28, 2012 | All
On October 19, 2012, Spain’s financial regulator the CNMV announced that it would extend its ban on short selling until October 31 and has also submitted a proposal to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) to impose a further three month ban, effective...
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Jan 29, 2012 | All, Formal Regulatory Remedies
In light of current conditions in the financial markets, CONSOB, the Italian banking and securities regulatory body, has extended its ban on short selling of financial sector stocks. Initially adopted on August 12, 2011 and subsequently extended until January 15,...
