A Practitioner’s Guide to the Law and Regulation of Market Abuse covers all aspects of the law and regulation relating to market abuse in the UK. The focus of the book is to explain how the market abuse regime operates in practice. This second edition is fully revised and updated to cover the new EU Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) and Directive on Criminal Sanctions for Market Abuse.
Main Features:
• Covers all aspects of the law and regulation relating to market manipulation and insider dealing
• Completely updated to cover the new EU market abuse regime
• Deals with the regulatory approach of the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK
• Explains the legislative framework and how the civil, criminal and administrative regimes interact
• Examines the scope of the UK regime and when it applies
• Discusses what constitutes a misleading statement
• Explains when trading is considered misleading or a distortion of the market
• Covers tipping and insider trading
• Discusses the practical application of the market abuse regime in relation to specific industry areas including:
• Primary markets
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Listed companies
• Sales and trading
New to this edition:
• Extensively revised to cover the new Market Abuse Directive (MADII) and Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) which come into force in July 2016
• Covers the regulation of market abuse under the Financial Conduct Authority
• Updated to cover latest regulatory enforcement action