The shortsellers going through Leveraged Capital, Hawkswood and...

The shortsellers going through Leveraged Capital, Hawkswood and Opes Prime would not show up on the asx CFD register because they do it (or did it) via a practice known as "Securities Lending". http://www.asla.com.au/

Basically every long position opened with them was loaned to a shorter or hedge fund to go short on. So a big supply of shorts are now gone! On other threads I have heard that ABS was a target and was shorted considerably here.

But I cant be sure? I just hope the lead weight holding abs down is now gone and the sp can get back to where it should be (above $2.50 - deal or no deal).