HM Treasury is regulating short selling—the practice of selling borrowed securities with the intention to repurchase them at a lower price—to enhance market integrity and financial stability. The regime involves new rules on disclosure, position limits, and restrictions on certain short selling activities, with recent focus on sovereign debt and credit default swaps. Current activity includes consultation on the Short Selling Regulations 2024 and related amendments to the Markets in Financial Instruments framework.
This consultation seeks views on the proposal to reform the UK’s existing benchmarks regime and replace it with the Specified Authorised Benchmarks Regime (SABR).
This consultation seeks views on the proposal to reform the UK’s existing benchmarks regime and replace it with the Specified Authorised Benchmarks Regime (SABR).
The government has published two draft Statutory Instruments for technical comment, alongside an accompanying policy note.
HM Treasury is announcing its intention to make further technical changes to its wholesale markets framework, as part of its broader set of capital markets reforms.
This consultation sets out the government’s proposal for a new innovative market that will allow private companies to scale and grow, and will boost the pipeline of future IPOs in the UK.
This consultation sets out the government’s proposal for a new innovative market that will allow private companies to scale and grow, and will boost the pipeline of future IPOs in the UK.
This consultation sets out the government’s proposal for a new innovative market that will allow private companies to scale and grow, and will boost the pipeline of future IPOs in the UK.
The government is publishing a draft statutory instrument to replace the Short Selling Regulation, a piece of retained EU law, for checks.
This consultation seeks views on the government’s proposal to delete aspects of the Short Selling Regulation related to sovereign debt and credit default swaps.
This consultation seeks views on the government’s proposal to delete aspects of the Short Selling Regulation related to sovereign debt and credit default swaps.
In response to: Investment Research Review
This consultation seeks views on the government’s proposal to delete aspects of the Short Selling Regulation related to sovereign debt and credit default swaps.
This initial consultation asks for views on the scope of a proposed new targeted power to allow the Government to block a company’s listings, if a listing presents a risk to national security.
This initial consultation asks for views on the scope of a proposed new targeted power to allow the Government to block a company’s listings, if a listing presents a risk to national security.
This consultation invites responses on the case for additional legal protections for parties affected by the wind-down of a critical benchmark.
In response to: UK Listings Review
This consultation invites responses on the case for additional legal protections for parties affected by the wind-down of a critical benchmark.
This consultation invites responses on the case for additional legal protections for parties affected by the wind-down of a critical benchmark.
This statement accompanies the Financial Services Bill, introduced on 20 October, which makes amendments to the Benchmarks Regulation to cater for the orderly wind-down of a critical benchmark, such as LIBOR.