Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP | European Union | 18 Oct 2012
On 10 October 2012 the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) published guidance in the form of Questions and Answers (the “Q&A”) on the implementation of the new EU Short Selling Regulation (the “Regulation”).
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP | Belgium, European Union, France, etc. | 12 Aug 2011
The European Securities and Markets Authority, an organization established by the European Union as its securities regulatory authority, said in a public statement yesterday that some authorities in the EU have decided to impose or extend existing short-selling bans or restrictions in their respective countries due to recent volatility in the European financial markets.
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP | European Union | 21 Oct 2010
On 15 September 2010, the European Commission ("Commission") published its proposal (the "Proposal") for a pan-European short-selling regime, which also takes into account uncovered credit default swaps (which have an equivalent economic effect).