* SEC says conduct occurred before Charles Schwab bought firm
April 16 (Reuters) - The online brokerage OptionsXpress and five individuals were charged by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission with involvement in an abusive naked short - selling scheme.
MILAN, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Italian market watchdog Consob said on Thursday it was probing a steep fall in UniCredit's MI> shares over the past two days to check whether a ban on naked short - selling ...
VIENNA, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Austrian financial market watchdog FMA said on Tuesday it was extending a ban on naked short - selling of financial companies' shares until the end of May 2012.
MILAN, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Italy announced a ban on naked short - selling of stocks on Friday, in a bid to reduce market volatility due to the worsening euro zone debt crisis.
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* Germany to push for Europe-wide ban on naked short - selling
FRANKFURT, Aug 12 (Reuters) - German regulator Bafin on Friday signalled it was not ready to broaden a existing ban on naked short selling to include all forms of short sales on Friday.
BERLIN, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Germany will push for a European ban on naked short selling of stocks, government bonds, and credit default swaps, a Finance Ministry spokesman told Reuters on Friday.
BRUSSELS, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Belgium's financial regulator said on Friday it will broaden its ban on naked short selling of four financial stocks to all forms of short selling on those stocks from Aug. 12 for an indefinite period.