Short position in London is 9 Millions shares shorted
The comments on CREST and loaning of stock refers to London TXP shares.
June 2021 figures now out.
TXP Stock on Loan (Shorts) from Euroclear
Jan 2021____0.52%
Feb 2021____1.23%
Mar 2021____7.14%
Apr 2021____8.65%
May 2021____8.79%
Jun 2021____8.74%
So still roughly the same level.
I should make it clear as I was mistaken by this, it is actually the Stock On Loan from CREST. So all your nominee accounts, how much is being loaned out from CREST.
In the case of TXP - there was average 103M stock held in CREST in June 2021 and 8.74% on average was loaned out.
So that means the short position is around 9M shares.
So everyone, YOUR SHARES, held in CREST by your broker, may well be being loaned out (at a fee) to the shorter !!!!!
Yes, you are paying them to hold your shares and they are then loaning them out to shorters for a nice fee.
YOU SHOULD -
Contact your broker and ask them for a yes/no answer whether they loan out shares that are held on CREST.
If they say no and put it in writing, fair enough.
If they do not answer, or pint to the small print of your terms and conditions, or say yes.......... MOVE YOUR SHARES TO ANOTHER BROKER !!!!!!!!