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ESMA halves threshold for short position disclosures

18 March 2020 Paris
Reporter: Natalie Turner

ESMA says it is enforcing this precaution under the exceptional circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic and that is making it essential for authorities to monitor the markets to ensure financial stability and investor protection

The Philippines first to shut down financial markets

18 March 2020 Manila
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The Philippine Stock Exchange has closed its markets in response to the widening coronavirus pandemic

ESMA backs short selling bans

18 March 2020 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The EU watchdog has endorsed several long-term bans on all forms of short positions following several days of extreme volatility driven by the COVID-19 pandemic

Trade bodies call for SFTR delay in light of COVID-19 pandemic

17 March 2020 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

ISLA and ICMA have sent a joint letter to ESMA requesting a delay to SFTR until October to mitigate the huge strain put on in-scope firms to meet the current April deadline in the midst of a global pandemic

UK��s FCA ��unlikely�� to ban short selling

16 March 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The FCA has so far stopped short of imposing a short selling ban on any UK stocks and is unlikely to do so, according to Nick Bayley, managing director and head of Duff & Phelps�� compliance and regulatory consulting practice

Spanish regulator bans short selling amid coronavirus driven sell-off

13 March 2020 Madrid
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The ban is in effect for Friday��s trading sessions and applies to all liquid shares whose price has fell by more than 10 percent and all illiquid shares whose price that fell by more than 20 percent on Thursday