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Market Abuse - Up to 10 delegates


Skillcast

Summary

Price
£420 inc VAT
Study method
Online
Duration
Self-paced
Qualification
No formal qualification

Overview

Misuse of inside information that can impact the price of traded financial securities is a criminal offence that can result in fines and imprisonment. Learn the rules of proper market conduct for dealing with such information.

In this course, you'll learn about the market abuse offences: insider dealing, unlawful disclosure, and market manipulation, and related conduct rules.

Description

Learning Objectives

  • Understand how market abuse can involve insider dealing, unlawful disclosure of inside information or market manipulation
  • Avoid the offence of insider dealing
  • Avoid the offence of unlawful disclosure of inside information
  • Avoid the offence of market manipulation

Course Contents

  1. What is market abuse?
  2. Is this a serious crime?
  3. Section 1: EU Market Abuse Regulations
  4. Scope of MAR
  5. You make the call: Scope
  6. Section 2: Insider dealing offence
  7. What is inside information?
  8. Who is an insider?
  9. Section 3: Unlawful disclosure of inside information offence
  10. Section 4: Market manipulation offence
  11. Section 5: Impact beyond the key offences
  12. Enforcement
  13. Section 6: Market abuse scenarios
  14. Scenario: Frank's sell order
  15. Frank has a change of heart
  16. Is the broker liable?
  17. Scenario: Anna cancels an order
  18. Scenario: Terry's market making
  19. Using client order information
  20. Chinese walls
  21. Scenario: Jeffrey's takeover bid
  22. Contract for difference
  23. Changing the bid based on inside information
  24. Third-party solicitation
  25. Scenario: Jason's profitable tips
  26. Acting on a news alert
  27. Scenario: Gilbert's tips
  28. Acting on an acquisition tip
  29. Scenario: Seema's short position
  30. Agreement to squeeze
  31. Scenario: Pia's price positioning
  32. Off market transaction
  33. Scenario: Natalie's tax-driven trades
  34. Pricing to avoid taxes
  35. Scenario: Bjorn's printing dilemma
  36. Scenario: Viktor's commodity trades
  37. Impression of scarcity
  38. Buying to cover a short
  39. Assessment

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