As previously notified, the European Commission has revised rules to permanently lower the initial net short position reporting threshold from 0.2 per cent to 0.1 per cent under the EU Short Selling Regulation (EU SSR) and...more
On 27 January 2021, the European Commission adopted an equivalence decision determining that the legal and supervisory arrangements applicable to US central counterparties (CCPs) registered with the Securities and Exchange...more
On 10 June 2020, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) renewed its decision to temporarily require holders of net short positions in shares traded on a European Union regulated market to notify the relevant...more
On 18 May 2020, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) announced the non-renewal of the emergency restrictions on short selling and similar transactions by the Finanzmarktaufsicht (FMA) of Austria, the Financial...more
As a result of the disruption experienced in a number of markets, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the Italian securities regulator (Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB)) and the Spanish...more
On 25 February 2020, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) updated its process for the notification and disclosure of net short positions under the European Union Short Selling Regulation (SSR).
To be able to submit a...more
On Wednesday 23 November 2016, Philip Hammond delivered the U.K. Autumn Statement, which included a number of announcements of relevance to the financial services industry. While relatively few new tax measures were...more
On Wednesday March 16, 2016, George Osborne delivered his eighth budget as the U.K.’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, which included a number of announcements that will be relevant to the financial services industry....more