most Australians are unaware of this and even worse we are an apathetic bunch. Something can be done however, by approaching the trustees of your fund and ask what their practices are . If they lend stocks for shorting purposes you can request that your company changes fund managers. This gets their attention very quickly as they may be legally exposed and , or lose your employers business. But as I said nobody seems to give a stuff about this corrupt practice. This is one of the reasons I went to a SMSF.