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Managed Fund Association responds to SEC rules

26 February 2010

The US based, Managed Fund Association has responded to the new SEC short selling restrictions.

The Managed Funds Association (MFA) has issued the following statement in response to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) adoption of amendments to the rules that govern short selling:

MFA appreciates the careful, deliberative process the SEC undertook in considering these difficult market issues. While MFA shares the...


 

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