Examples of Relevant Financial Instruments in a sentence
The Regulation and the disclosure rules will apply to any person (whether a natural person or a legal person) anywhere in the world who has a net short position in Relevant Financial Instruments traded on an EU market, or a short position in EU sovereign debt or who effectively shorts EU sovereign debt using CDS.
Article 16 of the Regulation specifies that those Relevant Financial Instruments that are admitted to trading in the EU but for which the principal trading venue is outside the EU are exempt from the disclosure requirements.
Article 6 of the Regulation.with incremental thresholds every 0.25 percent (i.e., at 0.75 percent, 1.00 percent, 1.25percent, etc.).11• For net short positions in Relevant Financial Instruments and short positions and CDS positions relating to EU sovereign debt issuers, the disclosures* must be made when position size is either increasing or decreasing through the relevant thresholds.
In addition, all positions are required to be aggregated and reported at group level.16As the foregoing makes clear, calculating whether or not a disclosable net short position exists is likely to present an operational challenge for many market participants, all of whom will need to ensure that they have systems for monitoring EU sovereign debt positions and any positions in Relevant Financial Instruments in order to be able to comply with the Regulation’s requirements.
The Regulation requires that disclosures are made by persons with significant net short positions relating to Relevant Financial Instruments and by persons with significant net short positions in EU sovereign debt (including positions in CDS referencing EU sovereign debt), as follows: • For companies that have Relevant Financial Instruments admitted to trading on an EU market, the Regulation provides for a two-tier disclosure model for significant net short positions in Relevant Financial Instruments:1.
The Trustee shall disclose to the Settlor and the Beneficiaries the contents of the changed Agreement at the Relevant Financial Instruments Exchanges without delay after such change is made, but no notification as set forth in Article 149, Paragraph 2 of the Trust Act shall be made.
The Regulation covers shares and other financial instruments admitted to trading on an EU market6 (“Relevant Financial Instruments”) and derivatives relating to such Relevant Financial Instruments (even where the Relevant Financial Instruments or derivatives are traded outside an EU market), as well as EU sovereign debt and CDS referencing EU sovereign debt.7 The Regulation seeks to provide for a proportionate response to the risks that short selling of different instruments may represent.
Calculations should take into account any interest obtained directly or indirectly through the use of derivatives (including options, futures, contracts for differences and spread bets) relating to Relevant Financial Instruments or sovereign debt.
Also, as with Relevant Financial Instruments, holding a position in EU sovereign debt through a long position in a basket of debt instruments will be taken into account as a long position to the extent that the sovereign debt is represented in the basket.
However, Relevant Financial Instruments for which the “principal trading venue” is outside the EU are excluded from the disclosure requirements.8 Disclosure of net short positions.