Insider trading

Insider trading more common than you think

Before market moving deals are made, information often seeps out, to the benefit of a few individuals, finds a new study.

By Staff |June 18, 2014

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OSC wiretaps overdue, says past inside trader

The OSC is asking Ontario to give law enforcement the power to use wiretaps to catch insider trading, the Toronto Star reports.

By Staff |March 28, 2014

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Charges in napkin-eating insider trading scheme

A law clerk and a Morgan Stanley trader have been charged with insider trading, in a plot that involved passing information through messengers.

By Staff |March 20, 2014

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Accountant charged for insider trading in wife’s account

The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced charges against the former director of internal audit at a Chicago-based health care information technology company for insider trading ahead of the release of its financial results and making more than a quarter-million dollars in illicit profits.

By Staff |January 30, 2014

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