Pierpoint Financial Consulting

From the desk of Roy Zimmerhansl Practice Lead, Pierpoint Financial Consulting I have been involved with many markets as they moved...

I expect these inquiries to lead to general discomfort, followed by more openness and a bigger, more transparent market in future.

Roy Zimmerhansl considers whether short selling bans are anything more than optics for regulators that implement them

Roy Zimmerhansl of Pierpoint Financial Consulting explained that the bans are unlikely to stop markets falling further

Improved liquidity and price discovery are important contributions from short sellers, but crucially, short selling acts as a counterbalance

a market-wide ban initiated by a regulator or exchange has a wider obligation to the whole of the investment community

Securities lending makes a positive contribution to well functioning markets in five different ways.

Whenever an investor such as GPIF takes such a decision it is worth. Our view s that the reasons for continuing to lend remain in place

“Why should I lend my securities?” – I’m trying to think back to the first time I heard someone ask that question.