SEC Punts Controversial Short-Sale Disclosure Deadline Again

The US Securities and Exchange Commission delayed for the second time this year the deadline for hedge funds and other big investors to comply with much-watched disclosure rules for short selling and related stock lending.

Investment managers will now have until Jan. 2, 2028 to comply with the short-sale rules and until Sept. 28, 2028 on the related stock lending disclosures, the SEC said in an order Wednesday.

“The Commission finds these temporary exemptions to be necessary in the public interest and consistent with the protection of investors,” the agency said in the order.

While short selling has long been ...