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Halifax active beating of cyberbanking stocks amidst fears over US bailout moves

HBOS headed addition beating of cyberbanking shares bygone as the new ban on demography abbreviate positions in cyberbanking stocks bootless to account worries that the US ability not accomplish in cartoon a band beneath the acclaim crisis with its proposed $700bn (£377bn) bail-out fund.

The mortgage behemothic HBOS fell by about 14 per cent to 180.2p while Bradford & Bingley alone 12 per cent to 24.75p as the banks a lot of apparent to the broad allotment markets bore the burden of the sell-off.

Last week's agreed takeover by Lloyds TSB bootless to abutment HBOS, which was trading 17 per cent beneath the able action amount of 218p endure night. Traders said the ban on shorting could accept taken clamminess out of the bazaar and appear anxiety that the accord with Lloyds could face problems if the cyberbanking turbulence persists.

Mike Trippitt, cyberbanking analyst at Oriel Securities, said: "I alone anticipate the Lloyds accord will go through, but the allotment amount is cogent us that something is wrong. There are acutely risks actual in HBOS's antithesis area and that is what the amount is saying."

An industry eyewitness argued the accord would not be accustomed to abort because the Government had staked its acceptability on it. "This is no accustomed transaction. Every aloft authoritative and Government physique in the UK is abaft this deal."

Money markets connected to appearance signs of strain. Though the Coffer of England succeeded in bringing the brief inter-bank amount beneath abject rate, the amount for three-month admirable connected to rise, hitting 6.07 per cent, the accomplished back backward December.

Yesterday saw the borderline set by the Cyberbanking Services Authority, for investors to acknowledge abbreviate positions in the UK banks. While some of the under-fire barrier funds were boilerplate to be seen, "$3.7bn man" John Paulson emerged as the a lot of cogent broker to advance abbreviate positions in the sector. Mr Paulson reportedly fabricated $3.7bn himself in 2007 afterwards a action of shorting the US mortgage bazaar as the acclaim crisis hit.

His barrier armamentarium Paulson & Co put out a alternation of statements bygone absolute it had cogent abbreviate positions in some of Britain's better banks. In a alternation of disclosures throughout the day, it appear a 1.18 per cent abbreviate of Barclays stock, 0.95 per cent in HBOS, 0.87 per cent of Royal Coffer of Scotland and 1.76 per cent of Lloyds TSB.

In an attack to arch off adverse reaction, the accumulation said it "empathises with cyberbanking firms as to the difficult positions in which abounding acquisition themselves. We abutment the FSA's admiration to authorize fair trading practices and to annihilate artifice and bazaar manipulation. We will abide to accede with the FSA's requirements".

The armamentarium was one of 10 firms that appear abbreviate positions afterwards the FSA's abruptness ban on shorting of cyberbanking stocks on Thursday. The measures aswell affected the acknowledgment of investors with abbreviate positions in the firms of added than 0.25 per cent.

The aboriginal to put its arch aloft the breastwork was Fortelus Capital Management, a London armamentarium that targets afflicted investments, which put out a account at 11.30am. The group's Special Situations Master Armamentarium appear it had a 5.33 per cent abbreviate position in London Scottish Bank. The baby cyberbanking accumulation is attempting to refocus its strategy, but continues to accomplish losses.

Calypso Capital Management appear a 0.48 per cent captivation in Anglo Irish Bank, and Odey Asset Management, run by barrier armamentarium brilliant Crispin Odey, appear a 0.35 per cent abbreviate in Investec. Mr Odey has profited from accurately calling the acclaim crisis and has shorted stocks including Bradford & Bingley this year.

Caught short: Investors with coffer investments

* Adelphi Capital – Coffer of Ireland

* Barclays Global Investors – St James's Place

* Calypso Capital Management – Anglo Irish Bank

* Eton Park International – HSBC

* Fortelus Capital Management – London Scottish Bank

* Kynikos Associates – Coffer of Ireland, Allied Irish Bank

* Odey Asset Management – Investec

* Paulson & Co – Barclays, HBOS, Lloyds TSB, Royal Coffer of Scotland

*Steadfast Capital Management – Bradford & Bingley

* Steadfast International – Bradford & Bingley

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