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As reported in the August 19, 2011 edition of Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest, France, Belgium, Spain and Italy imposed short selling bans in relation to certain banking and financial institutions in August 2011
The short selling restrictions reported in the August 19 edition of Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest have been extended by Spain and Italy until September 30, and by France until “at least November 11, 2011.” The Belgian and Greek restrictions remain of indefinite duration
On August 11, the financial regulators in Belgium, France, Italy and Spain introduced short selling restrictions on shares of certain named financial institutions and derivatives (e.g., futures) linked to those securities
