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Continuing our coverage of hedge fund short positions in Europe, next up is the Netherlands.  New European rules are forcing hedge funds to disclose information about the most carefully guarded part of their business activities: short positions.

If you missed them, we've already posted up hedge fund short positions in the UK, as well as hedge fund short positions in Germany, and hedge fund short positions in France.

Since November 1st when the EU Regulation on short positions came into force, there has been a deluge of information from financial regulators in EU countries giving information on short positions across all market sectors. 

Public disclosure is required for net short positions of shares that reach 0.5% of the issued share capital of the company concerned and again at each 0.1% increment above that.  Additionally, disclosure is required publicly when the position subsequently falls below 0.5%.  Here are the latest short positions disclosed in Dutch markets:


Hedge Fund Short Positions Disclosed In The Netherlands

AQR Capital Management: Short -0.51% SBM Offshore, -0.61 Fugro

Carlson Capital: Short -0.51% NSI 

Elliott Management: Short -1.42% AMG Metallurgical Group 

GLG Partners: Short -2.27% SNS Reaal 

Marshall Wace: Short -0.52% PostNL 

Passport Capital: Short -0.58% Tom Tom 

The Children’s Investment Fund: Short -0.68% Royal Imtech


Marshall Wace's short position in PostNL is worth flagging because Clint Carlson's hedge fund firm Carlson Capital recently pitched long PostNL at the Great Investors' Best Ideas Conference.


To see more short positions, be sure to check out the rest of our coverage:

- Hedge fund short positions in the UK

- Hedge fund short positions in Germany

- Hedge fund short positions in France