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Delayed Disclosure of Inside Information and The Perils of a Permanent Insider List
A Swedish issuer received a penalty of more than SEK 1 million (€88,290). The company was found to have failed to publish inside information as soon...
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The Tax Rebate Scheme That Cost Countries Billions
In the early-2010s, a tax official in a European country, referred to as Country A in this anonymised case study, noticed an unusually large number...
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Fraud Within a Sporting Organisation
The vice-president (hereafter referred to as Person A) of an international sporting body based in the European Union (Company A) and president of a...
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Ignoring the Mistreatment of Women
In the spring of 2021, a prominent investment bank incurred a loss of US$5.5 billion relating to the default of a capital management firm with which...
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The Draft Press Releases and the Insider Fined €700,000
Inside information is described in the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) as “information of a precise nature, which has not been made public, relating,...
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Asset Management Company and its Owner Fined for Insider Dealing
The owner of an asset management company (hereafter referred to as Company A) admitted that both he and the business had committed insider dealing....
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The Importance of Confidential Whistleblowing Reporting
A hospital in an EU country enlisted an IT firm to provide a whistleblowing reporting system. The solution was aimed at allowing staff members to...
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The Whistleblowers Prosecuted For Exposing A Multinational
In the mid-2010s, two European whistleblowers, referred to here as Person A and Person B, passed on information that they had acquired in their role...
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The Bank That Received US$2.5 Billion In Penalties
A multinational bank was subject to an investigation in both the USA and the UK over allegations that some of its employees had manipulated an...
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