Japanese Companies Attracting 'Double Down' Short Interest

Hedge funds and asset managers of investment banks have a number of large shorts in Japanese Companies according to information obtained by ValueWalk. AQR Capital and Oxford Asset Management top the list with over 50 Japanese companies held in shorts. Sony Corporation (NYSE:SNE) (TYO:6758), Dan Loeb’s favorite long these days, is also repeatedly targeted by short sellers. Gree,Inc. (TYO:3632), a social networking company also has a large short interest. Pine River is not the only fund betting against Sony Corporation (NYSE:SNE) (TYO:6758)—Brazil based BTG Pactual has an even bigger short position in the electronics and entertainment company. BTG Pactual Europe has…