How Short-Selling Got Bad Rap in Market for Stock Index Futures

(Beijing) – A slew of recent measures primarily targeting short-sellers on the stock index futures market has many analysts lamenting the demise of market forces.

From September 7, all investors – whether or not they trade stock index futures for the purposes of hedging risk – must deposit more money with their brokers, the China Financial Futures Exchange (CFFEX) said on September 2.