Short-selling bans will not boost Asia’s stock markets

Policymakers should seek to boost liquidity to support more long-term investment.

Adam Harper

Adam Harper is an adviser to the Pan Asia Securities Lending Association. He is also Founder and Managing Director of Ashbury Communications. (Originally published in Nikkei Asia).

Short selling of stocks is under fire again in the Asia-Pacific region.

With Taiwan’s stock market sagging this year, the island’s Financial Supervisory Commission in October rolled out a series of restrictions on short selling … Read more.

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Short-selling bans will not boost Asia’s stock markets

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