TOP suspended - let's say it stays this way for a couple of months, what about borrow fees?

[Proptrader23]

It is certainly weird that the stock borrow/lend rate is not conditional on a functioning market. Someone long the stock can't do anything with it while it's suspended, and so is not actually giving up anything, and hence shouldn't be charging the rate. Or am I missing something?

You think the SEC cares about short sellers?

 

[Snuskpelle]

You think the SEC cares about short sellers?

Of course not, but that was not the question. You don't even need the SEC involved to write fair financial contracts.