IBA Annual Conference Mexico City 2024
15 Sep - 20 Sep 2024
PALACIO DE CANAL 10, LEVEL E1
Session information
Meme stocks and short attacks: are the inmates running the asylum?
Wednesday 18 September (1615 - 1730)
PALACIO DE CANAL 10, LEVEL E1
Committee(s)
Securities Law Committee
(Lead)
Capital Markets Forum
Description
Certain publicly traded stocks have been the target of heightened social media attention, prompting significant retail-based shareholder activism, often against institutional short-selling investors. The session will look at these recent cases and discuss the phenomenon and the regulatory regimes and responses around it.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Christoph Moser | Schoenherr, Vienna, Austria; Co-Vice Chair , Capital Markets Forum |
| Trevor Norwitz | Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, New York, USA |
Speakers
| Kyung Hwa Moon | Shin & Kim LLC, Seoul, South Korea |
| Nicholas Pellicani | Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, London, England |
| Manoj Pundit | Borden Ladner Gervais, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |