A productive time for ESMA: in addition to a consultation paper on suitability (see previous article), ESMA has also issued a consultation paper on guidelines relating to MiFID compliance function […] [...]

There has been much publicity in the press about the proposed EU Directive, released 28 September, to introduce a financial transaction tax (FTT). The proposed tax would apply to all […] [...]

Whilst on the topic of shorting, as mentioned in Regulatory Roundup 17, short position disclosure requirements moved from MAR 1.9 to FINMAR 2.2 with effect from 6 August. Firms will […] [...]

In Regulatory Roundup #17 we advised that the new sourcebook FINMAR would contain the largely unchanged short selling disclosure requirements from MAR, save for the rights issue disclosure requirements being […] [...]

Following on from Regulatory Roundup 14 which detailed the surprise temporary BaFin naked short selling restrictions, BaFin plan to permanently ban naked short selling of certain euro zone securities. The […] [...]

This week the BaFin has announced a temporary ban on naked short selling of shares in 10 banks and insurers and naked short sales of debt securities issued by eurozone […] [...]

A press release reveals that Greece has banned the short selling of shares listed on the Athens Exchange. [...]

In an evidence collecting exercise, the Committee of European Securities Regulators has issued a ”Call for Evidence” in order to assess the impact of certain developments in European equity markets. […] [...]