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Market Abuse – ESMA advises EU Commission on new regime

Market abuse is an allegation that regularly comes up associated with certain companies - frequently those listed on AIM. There has been an EU Directive on market abuse for some years, which laid down what EU countries should legislate against via suitable regulations. In the UK that framework was actually extended somewhat and you can see the current UK regulations under the "Code of Market Conduct (MAR1)" handbook - see http://www.fshandbook.info/FS/html/FCA/MAR/1. You just need to look at the headings of the chapters ...