On 2 February 2024, the regulator in Greece, the HCMC implemented a new portal to report short selling. new system replaces old short selling reporting mechanism and can be found here

On 5 February 2024, the increase to UK short selling threshold became effective. .2% short selling threshold implemented by FCA replaces previous .1% short selling threshold

On 26 January 2024, UK FCA issued PMB 47 focused on short selling rules. UK FCA issued primary market bulletin (PMB) 47 that covered Short Selling Regulation developments as well as the Credit Rating Agency UK Market Share Report for 2022. Short Selling Regulation Following consultation process on the UK Short Selling Regulation, UK GVT […]

On 23 January 2024, ESP CNMV issued statement in relation to Grifols case. ESP CNMV statement in relation to Grifols and related Gotham City Research report. ESP CNMV has not detected, from Jan. 9 until today, any specific privileged information pending publication representing asymmetric information between different investors. Therefore it has not been necessary to […]

On 22 January 2024, UK BoE issued minutes of November 2023 Securities lending committee meeting. UK FCA updated that UK Treasury had published a draft Statutory Instrument for the new UK short selling regime, and had asked for technical comments from the market. UK Treasury had announced plans to publish the final Statutory Instrument in […]

On 24 January 2024, Reuters reported that China’s securities regulator the China Securities Regulatory Commission has asked several hedge funds to restrict short selling of stock index futures. Request by CSRC is part of its wider plans to stabilize the country’s declining stock markets China’s blue-chip CSI300 Index fell to near five-year lows this week […]