On 11 July 2023, UK Treasury consulted on sovereign debt, default swaps. UK Treasury consultation seeks views on the government’s proposal to delete aspects of the Short Selling Regulation related to sovereign debt and credit default swaps. Follows UK Treasury December 2022 call for evidence on short selling rules. Also follows UK Chancellor July 2023…

Several news reports have indicated that various hedge funds have increased their short selling. London-headquartered hedge fund major Marshall Wace has established big short positions against several UK retailer; Citadel is betting against Deliveroo and has opened up a £27 million short position against the food delivery company, representing around 1.4% of the £1.9 billion…

On 9 June 2022, SWE FI started publication of aggregate short positions. SWE FI started continuous publication of aggregate short positions above 0.01%. Follows SWE FI December 2021 issued notice on disclosing short positions. Overview New summary in short selling register contains all outstanding short-term positions reported and are in accordance with SSR rules. All…

On 29 April 2022, Europalov announced EEA Committee decision 146 of 29 April 2022 amending Annex IX (Financial services - short selling notification threshold) to EEA Agreement to include this regulation. Background: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/27 of 27 September 2021 amending Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council as…