Welcome to www.shortsellingandinvestorprotection.com. The purpose of this web site is to demonstrate short-selling’s positive contributions to the securities industries. The deep research carried out by well-known short-seller, Manuel Asensio, helped inspire important reforms, including positive changes in the Attorney General’s office in Alaska, new listing procedures at the American Stock and Options Exchange (“AMEX”), and amendments to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s (“FINRA” (f/k/a NASD)) regulations relating to the governance of research analysts’ conflicts of interest. For over 11 years, Mr. Manuel Asensio served as the founder and former Chairman, President and Chief Executive and Investment Officer of Asensio & Company, Inc. (“Asensio”), an investment company dedicated to activist short-selling.
From 1996 to 2003, Manuel Asensio published 314 reports on 30 public companies. Each report is the product of the Manuel Asensio research and interpretive process. First, Manuel Asensio identified public companies stock trading at inflated prices and launched an initial diagnostic. Next, Manuel Asensio reviewed the integrity of the stock promoter to determine the likelihood of fraudulent analysis. Manuel Asensio then collected information from other industry sources, including medical researchers, executives in the company’s industry, and other financial experts. Finally, Manuel Asensio created an investment strategy out of the results of its meticulous research method.
Manuel Asensio chose to sell or buy securities with the information it collected through its fundamental research. Prior to investigating a security, Asensio always remained agnostic. The Manuel Asensio mission was to uncover the true value of a security and publicize it. Shortsellingandinvestorprotection.com demonstrates how the information available in Manuel Asensio’s research reports helped to protect investors from fraudulent, over-promoted companies.
The site’s mission is to demonstrate the various ways Manuel Asensio influenced different participants in the securities industry, focusing on investors and investors’ advocates. When the Manuel Asensio research method publicized the fraudulent activities of a public company, journalists, legislators, investors and regulators all benefited. In particular, Investors could access the Manuel Asensio reports to make decisions on investments. Journalists turned to Manuel Asensio for the facts surrounding a company’s misconduct. Legislators reviewed instances of fraud in the marketplace and drafted legislation to more effectively regulate industry participants and guide the regulatory organizations. Regulators were able to respond to allegations publicized in the media and enforce legislators’ lawmaking.
Most importantly, Manuel Asensio protected investors from purchasing securities at inflated prices. |
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