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2025-10-28 23:43:43
[UK regulators plan to cancel the public disclosure of short sellers' identities to encourage market activity] The UK Financial Conduct Authority has proposed to cancel the public disclosure of short sellers' identities. This is one of its measures to encourage market activity. According to the consultation document released by the agency on Tuesday, under the new system, single short positions exceeding the reporting threshold of 0.2% will be aggregated and the names will be anonymized. The Financial Conduct Authority said it is soliciting opinions on this and pointed out that "short selling can play an important role in supporting price formation, providing liquidity and promoting risk management." Short sellers borrow securities and sell them, betting that they can buy them back at a lower price in the future. Markets such as the UK, France and Germany currently publicly disclose single short positions that exceed certain thresholds. Currently, any institution's net short position must be disclosed publicly if it reaches 0.5% or more of the outstanding shares of UK listed companies.
