SHORT SALES: An Integral Part of Price Discovery

• In 2009, CBOE stepped up its already vigorous regulatory initiatives by working proactively with regulators and legislators to help shape regulatory reform. The year 2010 likely will hold more of the same.
• This is the third in a series of releases in the CBOE Newsroom (www.cboenews.com) that will offer background, status and CBOE views on issues in the regulatory spotlight.
• In this installment, CBOE Executive Vice Chairman Edward Tilly discusses CBOE's perspective on the importance of short sales for bona fide hedging activities of market makers.

 

SHORT SALES in the Options Industry:

• Status and recent developments
• CBOE's views on short sales
• CBOE Comment Letter to SEC
  re: Short Sales/Exemptions for Market Makers (PDF)
  6/19/09
• CBOE Comment Letter to SEC
  re: Short Sales/Proposed Price Test Amendments (PDF)
  9/21/09

Gail Osten
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Gary Compton
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Other Recent CBOE Perspectives on Financial Regulation

2009 Regulatory Wrap-Up CBOE Chairman and CEO William Brodsky	Flash Trading: The Simple Economics CBOE Executive Vice Chairman Edward Tilly