On November 18, 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued for comment a proposed rule under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) in Release No. 34-93613 (Nov. 18, 2021), 86 FR 69802 (Dec. 8, 2021) regarding the reporting of securities loans. The Commission is reopening the comment period for the proposed rule in light of the proposed Exchange Act rule regarding short sale disclosure. In particular, the Commission is soliciting comment on any potential effects of the proposed Exchange Act rule regarding short sale disclosure that the Commission should consider in determining whether to adopt the proposed Exchange Act rule regarding the reporting of securities loans.
Additional details are available at https://www.sec.gov/rules/proposed/2022/34-94315.pdf