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

Changes to the UK’s regulatory infrastructure, as well as significant regulatory developments at European level, mean that having a clear understanding of the regimes involved has never been more important.

A Practitioner’s Guide to the Law and Regulation of Market Abuse explains how the market abuse regime operates in practical terms, and aims to familiarise you with the legislative framework and key concepts.

This book:-

• Discusses the UK’s new regulatory infrastructure including the transition from the FSA to the PRA and FCA
• Covers the review of the Market Abuse Directive and its implications
• Looks in-depth at EU level regulatory structure changes and how they affect Market Abuse regulation in the UK
• Examines 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
• 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