The SEC has announced that it is proposing new Rule 13f-2 and related Form SHO pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Section 13(f)(2) of the Exchange Act was added by Section 929X of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. These changes would provide greater transparency to investors and regulators through increasing the public availability of short sale related data by requiring certain institutional investment managers to report short sale related information. The SEC then would release aggregate data about large short positions, including daily short sale activity data, to the public for each individual security. Continue reading "SEC Announces Proposed Short Sale Disclosure..." »