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Short position reporting

A regulatory return listed by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), Australia.

A seller who covers a short sale of a listed security or managed investment product through a securities lending arrangement must disclose details of the sale and of their resulting short position, so ASIC and the market can see the level of short selling in a product. A low-volume, low-value short position is exempt from the ongoing position disclosure. Source

Official title: Seller and licensee disclosure of short positions under s1020AB/s1020AC of the Corporations Act 2001

The facts

Who files
A seller with a short position in a listed section 1020B product (generally securities or managed investment products) arising from a securities lending arrangement, where the position's value exceeds $100,000 or 0.01% of the product on issue, whichever limit it is measured against; a seller may lodge directly or authorise a submitting entity to report on its behalf. Source
How often
On every ASIC Sydney-office business day (a 'reporting day') for as long as the seller holds a short position above the exempt threshold. Source
Deadline
By 9am on the third reporting day after the agreement to sell that causes the short position, and by 9am on every subsequent reporting day the seller still has a short position, whether or not the position has changed (Corporations Regulations 2001 reg 7.9.100(4)). Source
Format
Other. ASIC receives every short position report as a Financial Information eXchange (FIX) protocol 'position report' message; a reporting solution must pass ASIC's conformance test before it is allowed to submit live reports. Source
How it is filed
Filing routes recorded for the ASIC: ASIC Regulatory Portal; Australian Credit Register Portal. See how firms file with the ASIC.
Status
In force
Legal basis
Group
Markets and derivatives

Templates (0)

The library lists no templates for this return.

A single recurring position report; not divided into separate schedules. Source

Validation rules

No published validation rules were found for this return. FIX session and interface conformance tests check that a reporting solution's messages meet the FIX PositionReport rules in ASIC's own FIX Rules of Engagement, but no separate published catalogue of substantive edit checks on the reported figures was found. Source

Public data

Published only added up across firms. ASIC publishes the total of all short positions reported for a product on a given reporting day on its website four days later (T+4); these published totals never name the sellers. Source

Where it is published (Other)

  • Short position reports

    Added up across firms · Other

    The total of all short positions reported for each product, published for every reporting day, four days after that day (T+4), with no seller identified. Source

Official documents (5)

The ASIC's own files, with the size and SHA-256 fingerprint of each as downloaded on 13 November 2026, so anyone can tell whether a copy is the same version.

  • Regulatory Guide 196: Short selling

    Guidance · PDF · 685.8 KB · 8 October 2018

    An overview of the short selling provisions of the Corporations Act and Corporations Regulations, including the reporting and disclosure obligations.

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  • Information Sheet 98: Short selling: Short position reporting

    Guidance · HTML · 75.0 KB · August 2016

    Published as a web page that states it is Information Sheet 98 (INFO 98); describes the FIX protocol reporting channel and the T+4 public disclosure of aggregate short positions.

  • ASIC Corporations (Short Selling) Instrument 2018/745

    Legal text · PDF · 401.1 KB · 3 February 2026

    Made under s1020F(1) of the Corporations Act; sets the $100,000 value limit and 0.01% volume limit below which a short position is exempt from ongoing disclosure.

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  • Corporations Act 2001, Volume 5 (Chapter 7, Part 7.9, financial product disclosure and other provisions)

    Legal text · PDF · 2.8 MB · 19 September 2026

    Compilation No. 149, registered 1 October 2026. Sections 1020B and 1020AB set the short position reporting return relied on here.

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  • Corporations Regulations 2001, Volume 3 (Chapter 7, Parts 7.7 to 7.12)

    Legal text · PDF · 1.7 MB · 1 September 2026

    Compilation No. 214, registered 7 September 2026. Regulations 7.8.14, 7.8.14A and Division 15 of Part 7.9 (reg 7.9.99 to reg 7.9.102) set the lodgment and short position reporting detail relied on here.

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Last checked 13 November 2026.