Financial Times: BaFin ignored Bundesbank concerns over Wirecard short selling ban

A press review featuring Fabio De Masi

Nov 24th, 2020

Financial Times: BaFin ignored Bundesbank concerns over Wirecard short selling ban[1]

 

"Germany’s financial watchdog BaFin in early 2019 brushed aside objections raised by Bundesbank against its controversial two-month ban on shorting Wirecard shares. (...)

Fabio De Masi, a lawmaker with leftwing Die Linke party, pointed out that BaFin’s move in spite of the Bundesbank concerns “smacks of price management” in favour of the Wirecard stock. (...)"

Links:

  1. https://www.ft.com/content/75a94988-2dc4-4bb1-b65d-e744636504cd