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The total number of shares of a stock that are publicly owned and available for trading.

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Regulation
FCA launches consultation on reforms to UK primary markets

UK financial conduct regulator aims to encourage investor access to higher growth sectors, while delivering a simplified rulebook and higher standards of transparency and investor protection

Regulation
Second GameStop hearing to focus on securities lending disclosure proposals

Witnesses from brokers, market utilities and universities are expected to call for amendments to Regulation SHO, Dodd-Frank, and Form 13F, while pitching new concepts for reporting securities lending activities

Industry
End of the road for Tesla shorts?

Tesla short interest hits record lows as hedge funds face multi-billion mark-to-market losses as of July

Industry
Cannabis stocks remain high as Beyond Meat bows out

Beyond Meat no longer owns the highest stock borrow fee in the US market, but cannabis sector borrow fees are holding their ground

Industry
Beyond Meat retains title of most-expensive short

Shares in Beyond Meat, a Los Angeles-based producer of plant-based meat substitute products are paying just under $3.6 million per day in stock borrow financing fees

Industry
Lyft shorters pick up earnings

Many shorters of Lyft have banked significant profits in recent weeks, following the announcement that a pre-IPO share lockup would expire a month early, according to S3 Partners

Industry
IHS Markit reveals most revenue-generating securities for Q2

Beyond Meat’s Q2 total revenues “unsurprisingly” topped the global Q2 most revenue-generating securities, according to Sam Pierson, director, securities finance, IHS Markit, during a webinar

Industry
IHS Markit: LYFT and UBER mark most anticipated IPOs

Uber and Lyft were the most anticipated of IPOs of the year by longs and shorts, according to Sam Pierson of IHS Markit