Market Abuse in UK Law
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Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018
On 19 February 2019, the Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 was published on legislation.gov.uk together with a draft explanatory memorandum. The statutory instrument is made unde...
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Market Abuse Regulation – Progress Report
10 Key Regulatory Focus Areas for UK/European Wholesale Markets in 2019 By David Berman, Carl Fernandes Nicola Higgs, Rob Moulton, and Charlotte Collins The fourth post in this 10-blog series cons...
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Ofgem publishes letter on market abuse under REMIT
Ofgem has published an open letter on the prohibition of market abuse under REMIT. The letter covers: - behaviour that may constitute market manipulation; - market participants’ duty to p...
- Market Abuse Update
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UK Regulator Publishes Final Rules Implementing the Market Abuse Regulation
The Financial Conduct Authority published a Policy Statement, including final rules on changes to the FCA Handbook required to implement the Market Abuse Regulation. MAR will apply directly across ...
- Market Abuse Update
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FSA Imposes £8 Million Market Abuse Fine
On August 31, the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) announced an £8 million (approximately $12.6 million) fine on Swift Trade Inc. (Swift Trade), a Canadian company that is not FSA authorized o...
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Compliance Code Cracker – deliberate, reckless and negligent market abuse
Civil market abuse can be engaged in deliberately, recklessly, negligently or inadvertently and this can affect the severity of the penalty imposed by regulators.
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COVID-19: FCA Reinforces Market Abuse and Conduct Expectations
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) has reinforced its expectations on market conduct during the COVID-19 pandemic, recognising that the opportunities for market abuse are amplified in the c...
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Upper Tribunal Upholds FSA Swift Trade Market Abuse Fine
On January 28, the FSA published a press release regarding the decision of the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) to uphold the FSA’s decision to fine Swift Trade Inc £8 million for market a...
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