Turkey – Temporary Short Selling Ban Effective Today
On 27 April 2022, Borsa Istanbul issued temporary short selling bans in three issuers, KLSYN.E, TSPOR.E, and YATAS.E effective 28 April 2022.
29 March 2022: Sweden FI Fines Voleon Capital for Late Short Selling Disclosure
Sweden FI Fines Voleon Capital for Late Short Selling Disclosure
Sweden – FI Fines Voleon Capital for Late Short Selling Disclosure
On 30 March 2022, SWE FI ordered capital manager firm to pay SEK 100,000. SWE FI imposed a special fee of SEK 100k on Voleon Capital Management LP after late short selling took place in Oasmia Pharmaceutical AB and Catena Media plc shares. Voleon failed to correctly notify SWE FI that the firm’s short net […]
E.U. – ESMA Issues Final Report on Short Selling Regulations
On 4 April 2022, ESMA issued its final report on short selling regulation which follows which follows its previous consultation from 24 September 2021. Summary ESMA takes stock of experience gained during the Covid-19 outbreak and relates to emergency measures adopted by the relevant competent authorities (RCAs). Also ESMA’s temporary lowering of the notification thresholds […]
Netherlands – AFM Fines $275K for Failure to Report Short Selling
On 30 March 2022, NLD AFM issued €250k fine for short selling reporting failure. NLD AFM fined Merian Global Investors (UK) Ltd for not reporting short selling. Violations Fine imposed because of failure to comply with regulations on reporting net short positions from 8 October 2014 to 19 January 2018, in violation of short selling […]
U.K. – FCA Updates Reported Short Selling List
On 23 March 2022, UK FCA issued an updated list of short selling positions disclosed to them.