U.S. – SEC Seeks Comments on FINRA Proposed Changes to Short Selling Report

U.S. – SEC Seeks Comments on FINRA Proposed Changes to Short Selling Report

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking comments on a proposed rule change to amend FINRA Rule 4560 (Short Interest Reporting) and adopt FINRA Rule 4321 (Allocations of Fail to Deliver Positions).

  • FINRA is proposing to require members to submit short interest reports on a weekly rather than a bi-monthly basis, and reduce the two business-day reporting turnaround period.
  • The SEC Notice of the proposed rule is available here.

Comments can be made to the SEC by 8 June 2026 on these proposed amendments.

The form to submit comments is available here.