A Practitioner's Guide to the Law and Regulation of Market Abuse

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-414-04454-8
Verlag: Sweet & Maxwell

Buch, Englisch, 468 Seiten

A Practitioner’s Guide to 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. After an initial introductory chapter familiarising readers with the legislative framework and key concepts, it goes on to examine the practical impact of the regime in a range of different business contexts.

Explains the key aspects of the UK Market Conduct Regulations
Covers the scope of the UK regime, and explains 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
Shows how the market abuse regime applies in primary markets
Deals with market abuse and listed companies and in M&A transactions
Covers commodities futures trading
Looks at how the market abuse regime applies to the fund management industry
Covers the review of the Market Abuse Directive and its implications
Discusses the UK’s new regulatory infrastructure including the transition from the FSA to the PRA and FCA
Looks in-depth at EU level regulatory structure changes and how they affect Market Abuse regulation in the UK

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hopper, Martyn

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Europarecht Europäisches Handels-, Wirtschafts- und Gesellschaftsrecht, Währungsrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Overview of market conduct regulations in the UK

Chapter 2: When does the UK regime apply?

Chapter 3: Insider trading

Chapter 4: Tipping

Chapter 5: Overview of market manipulation

Chapter 6: Market manipulation: misleading statements

Chapter 7: Market manipulation: transactions

Chapter 8: Market manipulation: misleading or distorting the market through conduct (other than trading)

Chapter 9: Practical application: primary markets

Chapter 10: Practical application: M&A transactions

Chapter 11: Practical application: listed companies

Chapter 12: Practical application: sales and trading

Chapter 13: Practical application: commodities futures trading

Chapter 14: Practical application: fund management

Appendices