CESR publishes today a consultation paper on its proposal for a pan-European short selling disclosure regime (Ref. CESR/09-581). After a significant number of CESR Members took emergency measures to restrict short selling in financial instruments due to turbulent market conditions in the fall of 2008, as a first step, CESR developed a list which provided an overview of the situation across Europe, updating it when Members made changes in their short selling measures. In addition, CESR also considered it appropriate to launch a policy review, with the aim of formulating pan-European standards for short selling.
This consultation paper is accompanied by a press release.