UK financial regulator sets out 'clearer and simpler' short selling rules

LONDON, April ​16 (Reuters) - ⁠Britain's financial regulator ​said on Thursday it ​had ‌finalised a ⁠clearer and simpler short ⁠selling regulatory ​regime aimed at reducing reporting burdens for ​firms, ‌while maintaining oversight.

Under the new rules, the Financial ​Conduct Authority will publish ‌aggregated data showing the overall ‌size of net short positions in each company ​rather than identifying individual short ‌sellers, the statement said.

A short position ⁠is ⁠where an ‌investor bets that a ​company's stock ​price ‌will decline. (Reporting by Muvija M, editing by William James)