The downfall of Opes Prime, a Melbourne broker that engaged in securities lending and financing, has spurred calls for greater regulation to promote transparency into short selling and securities lending.
But participants in such programmes are countering criticism that the practices destroy shareholder value. "We've done an analysis to see what's really happening. Across our equity portfolio sin...
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