Erscheinung:31.01.2011 | Topic Short selling BaFin: Transparency system for net short-selling positions extended
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) on 31 January 2011 extended its General Decree of 4 March 2010 under which market participants must notify BaFin of net short-selling positions in selected financial stocks of a threshold of 0.2 % or more and publish the same of a threshold of 0.5 % or more.
The provision relates to all transactions which, in terms of the holder’s aggregate economic interest, result in a net short-selling position in shares of the following companies:
- AAREAL BANK AG
- ALLIANZ SE
- GENERALI DEUTSCHLAND HOLDING AG
- COMMERZBANK AG
- DEUTSCHE BANK AG
- DEUTSCHE BÖRSE AG
- DEUTSCHE POSTBANK AG
- HANNOVER RÜCKVERSICHERUNG AG
- MLP AG
- MÜNCHENER RÜCKVERSICHERUNGS-GESELLSCHAFT AG
The provision will apply until 25 March 2012, 24.00 hrs.
