U.K. – FCA List of Exempt Shares for Short Selling

U.K. – FCA List of Exempt Shares for Short Selling

On 3 April 2023, UK FCA issued updated UK list of exempted shares for short selling, contains all shares admitted to trading on UK venues where principal trading venue is outside UK.

  • FCA's UK list of short selling exempted shares must be reviewed/updated every 2 years from 31 December 2022, new version includes shares admitted on UK venues November and December 2022.
  • The list is valid from 1 April  2023 and applies to positions reached from that date.
  • From 31 December 2022, updated list includes two tabs, the instructions tab, the UK list.
  • FCA's update also includes overview of how biennial review of UK list was carried out.