Almost six months after market watchdogs around the globe banned short selling of bank stocks, some big markets have since relented and allowed investors once again to bet on price falls.
But bans remain widespread, if mainly in countries with small stock markets. Germany, Italy and Australia are the biggest to retain bans, followed by South Korea, the Netherlands, Ireland, Norway, Denmark and Greece.
All share the same fear of what Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's prime minister, called “speculative attacks” on banks by investors borrowing and selling shares in the hope of buying them back for less in future.
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