Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the prospects for and some foreseeable consequences of more intensive enforcement action against insider trading in the context of the UK, within the EU and international contexts. Design/methodology/approach – The approach adopted is...

The unfolding financial market instability provokes questions about the safety of all financial investments and, in doing so, reveals some large investment frauds, which can flourish only in buoyant markets. More broadly, as is now recognized by market regulators, there has been insufficient...