The U.K. is currently engaged in a wide-ranging review of the inherited package of EU financial services law. The rules on short selling, which impose disclosure obligations and restrictions on persons seeking an economic...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority has published a Decision renewing the temporary lower threshold for disclosures of net short positions in shares. ESMA's original Decision has been in effect since March 16, 2020...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority has announced a Decision to lower the threshold for disclosing short positions in shares. Effective March 16, 2020, all holders of net short positions in shares traded on an EU...more
The FCA has published a series of measures and regulatory guidance on how financial services firms should deal with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In our previous client notes, “Planning in a Time of Pandemic:...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority has published a final report setting out its technical advice to the European Commission on elements of the Short Selling Regulation that relate to market making, short-term bans...more
A final report was published by ESMA on December 21, 2017, which contained further technical advice on the Short Selling Regulation. In relation to a number of topics which had been flagged as potentially controversial, the...more
BROKER-DEALER - SEC Provides Notice of Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee - The Securities and Exchange Commission Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee recently announced that it will hold a...more
On October 27, the Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB), the Italian securities regulator, issued an emergency short selling measure under the European Union’s Short Selling Regulation (Regulation...more
On June 3, The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its technical advice to the European Commission on the impact of the Short Selling Regulation (ESMA/2013/649)....more
In This Issue: *Financial Industry Developments - Amendments to Fed and OCC Foreclosure Consent Orders - Fed Proposed Rule on Systemically Important Financial Market Utilities - Rating Agency...more
In this issue: - Recent SEC Speeches Focus on Investor Protection and Disclosure - SEC 2013 Examination Priorities - CFTC Revises Clearing Compliance Schedule for iTraxx CDS Indices - SEC Division...more
On February 12, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a call for evidence in order to evaluate the effects of the Short Selling Regulation. The call for evidence was published in response to the...more
In This Issue: - Financial Industry Developments •CFPB Implementation Plan for Mortgage Rules •FDIC Proposed Rule on Insured Deposits at Foreign Branches of U.S. Banks •CFPB Bulletin on Servicers'...more
On January 30, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a second updated version of its questions and answers EU Regulation on Short Selling and Certain Aspects of Credit Default Swaps (EU236/2012) (the...more
On January 31, the Spanish securities regulator, the Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV), announced that the prohibition on short sales of Spanish shares under the EU Short Selling Regulation (EU236/2012) would...more
On January 30, the European Securities and Markets Association (ESMA) published the second update to its questions and answers on the implementation of the Short Selling Regulation (the SSR)....more
In This Issue: *Financial Industry Developments - SEC Extends Exemptions for Security-Based Swaps - Fed Announces Release Dates for Results of Supervisory Stress Tests and CCAR - Rating Agency Developments...more
In the U.S., Europe and Asia, 2012 saw measured progress in the implementation of recent regulatory reforms, the Basel capital rules, the deleveraging of the financial services firms and deliberations about the role of...more
This update summarises current regulatory developments impacting the asset management sector in the UK and throughout the European Union. In this issue: - Part A – Regulation of Financial Markets - Part B –...more
On December 10, ESMA published a formal request it had received from the European Commission for technical advice on the observable effects of the Short Selling Regulation since its coming into force on November 1, 2012....more