Corporate watchdog accused of double standards for targeting ‘misleading’ short-sellers – The Guardian

The corporate regulator has been accused of double standards after taking aim at what it calls short and distort campaigns run by short-sellers, who profit when share prices fall.
To the dismay of company directors, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (Asic) has previously been regarded as friendly or neutral towards short-sellers.
But in a statement released on Tuesday, Asic claimed that short-sellers were making false or misleading statements and using overly emotive or inflammatory…

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