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SEC proposes ban on shorting structured products

If there's one thing that infuriated critics during the great structured product implosion, it was the practice of banks taking positions on various trades that seem to put it at odds with some clients. It does seem tawdry when an investment banks issues various securities to clients, and then

Uptick rule: Who's for it? Who's against it?

Reuters  said this about the SEC's meeting on Tuesday about short selling: "Financial professionals, academic experts and the U.S. broker-dealer watchdog agree the Securities and Exchange Commission should not reinstate its old uptick rule to regulate short selling..." But here's what the

What to make of short-selling proposals?

Well, we all knew that new regulations were coming on short selling. Last week, the SEC put forward five potential methods to control short selling and asked for public comments. One of the