On 16 September 2026, the Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates, causing shorts in U.S. Treasuries to surge as traders position for further rate hikes. 10-year Treasury yield climbed to its highest level since 2007 on Tuesday; two-year yield reached its highest point since 2024; JPMorgan’s latest Treasury client survey showed short positions […]
As of the close of trading on 11 September, the CMB of Turkey has effectively lowered its initial substantial shareholding reporting threshold to 3% from 5%. Background: new disclosure threshold (3%) refers to issuers whose shares are traded on a stock exchange; existing disclosure threshold of 5% will remain in place, along with the new […]
On 11 September 2026, the SFC updated the Takeover Table with the following: offer period for Sinofortune Financial Holdings Limited (Stock Code: 08123) closed on 10 September 2026.
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Ghana (SEC) released Draft Guidelines: ‘Securities Industry (Securities Lending and Borrowing and Short Selling) Guidelines 2026’ for comment. Background Short selling reporting regime commencing at 0.1% and 0.5% respectively; Short selling reporting regime (bonds issued by the Government of Ghana), commencing at 0.5%; Short selling bans which may be […]
On 4 September 2026, the District Court set a trial date for Mr Chan Hoi Shing and Mr Li Po Ching after they pleaded not guilty to charges of securities fraud involving illegal short selling under section 300 of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (SFO). the allegation is that between 27 May 2020 and 29 […]
On 3 September 2026, the SEC published updated Corporate Finance Interpretations (CFIs) relating to Exchange Act Section 13(d), Section 13(g) including Schedules 13D and 13G. The questions below have been included: Q 103.13 – The context of shareholder discussions with an issuer about voting and their effect on ‘influencing’ control of an issuer is relevant […]