Short selling rues updated.6 Oct 2025 09:07
Short selling update: 1 April 2025
Updated UK List of Exempted Shares published
We have completed the second stage of our biannual review of the UK List of Exempted Shares. Our updated list has been published in the ‘UK List of Exempted Shares’ section on this webpage and applies to all positions from 1 April 2025. Please find more information on the second stage of our biannual review below. If you have any queries regarding our new list, please contact the Position Monitoring Unit via email to PMU@fca.org.uk.
Short Selling Regulations 2025
The Treasury published the final Short Selling Regulations 2025Link is external in January 2025. They set out high level requirements for the new UK short selling regime. They also give the FCA powers to set out more detailed rules to complete and implement the new regime. We aim to consult on our new short selling rules in Q3 2025.
Certain aspects of the regulation will be implemented once we have finalised the new rules and have allowed time for the FCA to make any technical and operational changes. This includes the new requirement to publish aggregated net short positions by issuer.
In the interim, the existing UK short selling regime will continue to apply, including the current public disclosure of individual firms net short positions in issuers at the 0.5% threshold and above.