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Calculation of Net Short Positions in case of issuers with non-listed shares

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2024-09-17

Identification of the relevant competent authority

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2018-11-14

Easy-to-borrow list and locate arrangement

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2018-05-28

Shares - Covering a short sale with claims to as yet unissued shares (subscription rights, convertible bonds)

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2018-02-05

ETFs

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2013-01-29

GDRs and ADRs

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2013-01-29

Net short positions - Meaning of position holder and reporting entities

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2013-01-29

Credit Linked Notes

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2013-01-29

Calculation of net short positions held through derivatives on sovereign debt

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2013-01-29

Positions in UCITS

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2013-01-29

Futures on a basket of sovereign bonds

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2013-01-29

“Publicly available information” on an index, basket of securities or ETF composition

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2013-01-29

Issued share capital and saving shares

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2013-01-29

Instruments giving claims to shares not yet issued (Subscription rights, convertible bonds)

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2013-01-29

Equivalence decision for third countries

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2013-01-29

Uncovered Credit Default Swap - Replacement trades on sovereign CDS concluded before 25 March 2012

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2013-01-29

Uncovered Credit Default Swap - Use of sovereign CDS index

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2013-01-29

Uncovered Credit Default Swap - Use of a sovereign CDS position to hedge different risks

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2013-01-29

Uncovered Credit Default Swap - Static hedging through the holding of a sovereign bond

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2013-01-29

Uncovered Credit Default Swap - Differences in durations of the sovereign CDS position and the hedged exposure

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2013-01-29

Put on hold confirmation in the context of intra-day short sales

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2013-01-29

Main national indices for the purpose of Article 6(4) of the ITS

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2013-01-29

Net short positions - Reporting by groups

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2013-01-29

Record keeping of the relevant evidence on a durable medium

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2013-01-29

Telephone call registrations as adequate durable medium for retaining evidence

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2013-01-29

Covering a short sale and rolling of a repo

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2013-01-29

Offsetting a net long position in a sovereign issuer with a net short position in another sovereign to which it is highly correlated

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2013-01-29

Delta adjusted positions in derivatives

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2013-01-29

Meaning of debt instruments issued by a sovereign issuer

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2013-01-29

Shares pledged as collateral

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2013-01-29

Net short positions - Reporting by a legal entity within a group when the group no longer cross a threshold

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2013-01-29

Change in a net short position already notified

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-10-10

Net short positions - Simultaneous crossing of threhsolds at group and legal entities levels

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-10-10

Net short positions - Net short positions arising from non-management activities and calculation at group level

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-10-10

Calculation of the amount of outstanding debt on a duration adjusted basis

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-10-10

Calculation of the duration-adjusted net short position

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-10-10

Duration formula to use in the calculation of net short positions

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-10-10

Rounding net short positions expressed in percentages

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-10-10

Correlation test between two sovereign issuers

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-10-10

Net short positions - Reporting by a legal entity within a group

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-10-10

Net short positions - Calculation and reporting for a group constituted only of legal entities performing exclusively management activities

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-10-10

Net short positions - Meaning of investment strategies

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-10-10

Net short positions - Delegation to calculate the net short position by single legal entities performing both management and non-management activities

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-10-10

Net short positions - Calculation and reporting by single legal entities performing both management and non-management activities

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-10-10

Net short positions - Reporting by funds managed by the same management entity

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-10-10

Change in the duration of the position held and notification requirements

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-10-10

Interest rate swaps

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-10-10

Notifications of net short positions existing prior to the application of the Regulation

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-09-13

EU Sovereign CDS trades booked outside the EU

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-09-13

Application outside the EU and to non-EU persons

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-09-13

Source: EBA Single Rulebook Q&A, ESMA Q&A, EIOPA Q&A, ESA Joint Q&As. Updated weekly. Q&As are non-binding guidance.

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