Chapter 8: Financial Crime Flashcards
What is the legislation for insider dealing
Criminal justice act 1993 S52
What is the legislation for market abuse
UK mar and FCA sourcebook
What is the legislation for misleading statements and impressions
FSA 2012 S89-S91
What is insider dealing activities on
Dealing on
Encouraging others to deal
Disclosure of
What instruments are covered for insider dealing
Shares ADRs Warrants Debts Options Futures CFDs
What are the excluded investments for insider dealing
Assets with no secondary market e.g bank account, unit trusts Commodities Commodity derivatives Spot and forward FX Insurance products
What are the general defences for insider dealing
No advantage was expected
Believed info was widely disclosed
Would’ve dealt anyway
Didn’t expect recipient to deal
What are the special defences for insider dealing
Stabilisations
Market information
Market makers in the ordinary course of business
What are the defences for misleading statements and impressions
Belief it wasn’t false or misleading
Conformity with price stabilisation rules
Conformity with control of info rules (Chinese walls)
Share buy-back rules
What is the wider scope of MAR
Applies to FIs- MTF, OTF, OTC if it affects price of value of previous Emission allowance For market manipulation: -commodity derivatives -commodity spot markets
What are the FCA sanctions for market abuse
Withdrawal
Financial penalties
Public statements
Prosecution
What are the statutory exceptions for market abuse
Share buy back Stabilisation FCA rules Takeover code Market sounding Accepted market practises (none for the UK)
What is the PDMR trading limit
De minimus value of €5000 per calendar year, calculated without netting of transactions
What is the legislation for ML
The proceeds of crime act 2002
What are the penalties for ML
Concealing, arranging, acquiring/ possessing (14 years/UL fine)
Knowing or prejudicing investigation (5y/ UL fine)
Failure to disclose (5y/ unlimited fine)
Tipping off (2 years/ UL fine)