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India considers giving PMs greater scope to short stocks

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3 weeks ago

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India’s securities regulator is considering allowing professional portfolio managers to take unhedged short positions in equity derivatives for the first time, potentially giving money managers greater flexibility to profit from falling share prices, according to a report by Bloomberg.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has proposed allowing portfolio management service providers to hold unhedged short positions in equity derivatives equivalent to as much as 50% of a client’s asse...

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