Market Abuse in UK Law
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Tackling cross‐border market abuse
Purpose: This paper aims to explore the key challenges faced by regulators following the implementation of the market abuse directive (MAD) in developing a consistent approach to tackling market ab...
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Market abuse, fraud and misleading communications
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyse the nature and content of the laws relating to market abuse with a view to determining whether they only offer a civil law remedy for the State. The...
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Market abuse – A pan‐European approach
This paper looks at the aims and objectives behind the Market Abuse Directive, looking at some of its main features, and considers some of the changes that are expected to be made to the existing U...
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Examining the new market abuse regime
The Financial Services and Markets Act will introduce a new framework for dealing with cases of market abuse. In broad terms the framework will cover market manipulation, the misuse of information ...
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The burden of proof in market abuse cases
Purpose: – The purpose of this article is to determine the burden of proof that is applicable in the range of activities covered by the civil offence of market abuse. It also considers the approach...
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The EU market abuse regulation, where does it leave us?
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide an analysis of the market abuse regulation to determine whether the general assumption that it has made little difference to the pre-existing UK law...
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A principled front in the war against market abuse
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to consider the case of Sean Pignatelli and consider surrounding commentary on the misuse of market information. Design/methodology/approach: The paper review...
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Market abuse: Statutory exceptions and defences — What protection is available?
The new offence of market abuse was introduced by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the Act). The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is required under s. 119 of the Act to issue a code c...
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The new market abuse regime in Greece: A step towards increased market transparency or a new source of confusion?
The Greek insider trading and market manipulation (market abuse) regime is in the process of transformation by the new Code on Capital Market, which internalises the provisions of the 2003 Market A...
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Legal questions on financial market abuse. Criminal punishment penalties versus private law remedies
Purpose: – The purpose of this study is to underline the impact that globalization of financial markets has on national punishment policies. The US financial crisis has strongly affected consumers’...
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