Overview

The activities in this pathway explore the key types of market abuse: insider dealing, improper disclosure, recommending or inducing, market and benchmark manipulation and algorithmic trading. Also explored is the market abuse regulations firms must follow, the penalties for market abuse, how you should report market abuse and the concept of ‘safe harbours’. 

Learning Outcomes

When you’ve completed all of the activities in this pathway, you should be able to:

• identify insider dealing, improper disclosure, recommending or inducing
• identify market and benchmark manipulation and algorithmic trading
• outline the market abuse regulations firms must follow, the penalties for market abuse, how you should report market abuse and the concept of ‘safe harbours’.