China trials short selling

The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) is to allow margin trading and short selling of A-shares on a trial basis. To begin with, only a small number of brokerages will be able to participate and it will only be possible to short a designated set of stocks. Although there is no firm timetable for when the measures will come into effect, people working in asset management believe it could be as soon as November.The trial is part of a series of measures that the Chinese govern…