Andrew Left is not a household name in Australia. But anyone who has sat in a listed company boardroom during an activist short-seller attack knows the model.As founder of Citron Research, Left built his reputation as one of Wall Street’s most influential short sellers, using research reports, media commentary and social media to move stocks.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
Australian targets are sitting ducks for activist short sellers
It’s time to stop treating predatory “short-and-distort” tactics as an occasional nuisance and start protecting investors from ambushes.











