Market abuse and insider dealing remains and always has been a real concern for all those that operate in the financial sector. Some of the earliest laws relating to trade outlaw attempts to artificially interfere with the proper functions of the markets and ensure fairness.
With recent changes to both the UK and European regimes the line between what is normal (and sensible) business practice and what may now be classified as market abuse is becoming increasingly fine. This raises questions about communications between financial institutions and investors, and about corporate and analyst access.
Market Abuse and Insider Dealing provides guidance on and explanation of the range of potential legal and regulatory responses to this complex area of law.
Providing a thorough analysis and assessment of the law relating to market abuse and insider dealing, the new fourth edition includes:
- analysis of the impact of Brexit
- significant new case law and legislation including MiFID II; Money Laundering Regulations 2017; the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017; Criminal Finances Act 2017 with Unexplained Wealth Orders; The Fifth Money Laundering Directive
- the new Corporate Governance Code
- new content on: control and senior managers' responsibility/liability; the FCAs competition law jurisdiction where it is appropriate to do so in relation to market abuse; a new table of UK decided market abuse cases
This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Banking and Finance Law online service.
Barry Rider is a Professorial Fellow in the Centre of Development Studies, University of Cambridge having taught law in Cambridge since 1976. He holds chairs at a number of other universities including Renmin, China, the Free State, South Africa and London where he was Director of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies. He holds doctorates in law from the universities of Cambridge, London, Pennsylvania State and the Free State. He is also a member of the English Bar and a Master of the Bench of the Inner Temple. He has and continues to consult for a number of governments and inter-governmental organisations in the areas of integrity and financial regulation.
Kern Alexander is Professor of Banking and Financial Market Regulation and Chair in Law and Finance at the University of Zurich.
Stuart Bazley has worked in the financial services industry for over 25 years and is currently a consultant. He has also lectured and written extensively on financial services regulation and enforcement
Jeffrey Bryant is a Specialist Prosecutor at the Crown Prosecution Service, dealing with proceeds of crime work. At CPS POC, Jeffrey has brought proceedings on behalf of numerous foreign governments, has dealt with restraint cases where the alleged benefit was over £1bn, and was the reviewing lawyer in CPS POC in the leading Supreme Court case of R v Waya. Jeffrey won a Chief Constable's Commendation from Surrey Police for his role as reviewing lawyer in the first UK Bitcoin seizure.
Jeffrey is also the Principal Editor of Mitchell, Taylor and Talbot on Confiscation and the Proceeds of Crime and is a visiting lecturer on LLM courses at BPP University.
