Sentiment, not short-selling, to blame for HK volatility: Alder

Oct 9, 2011

The SFC's new chief, Ashley Alder, moves to calm short-selling fears, but issues a reminder that it will shortly be introducing a short-position reporting regime to enhance transparency.

Sentiment, not short-selling, to blame for HK volatility: Alder

In just about his first public utterance as chief executive of Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), Ashley Alder sought to calm fears that dramatic declines in the city's Hang Seng Index had been caused by short-selling.

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