FSA rejects requests to ban short selling of property stocks

The UK 's Financial Services Authority (FSA) has rejected pleas from a dozen listed real estate companies to ban short selling of their shares. The FSA was inundated with requests from property companies following the introduction last week of a ban on shorting banks and insurers.

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