The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has relaxed rules on short selling and reduced administrative and reporting requirements. The move is part of a broader effort by the Financial Conduct Association (FCAF) to reduce bureaucracy and reduce tax bills. The new framework will now publish aggregated data showing the overall size of net short positions in each company, a departure from current rules that identify individual short sellers. This removes the requirement to publicly name short sellers and allows hedge funds to operate more freely without exposing their strategies. The changes will take effect on July 13.