Front-running - Revision history

Doug: Layout.

2024-07-13T21:39:13Z

Layout.

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	In financial services, front-running is the ~~unethiclal~~ and likely criminally fraudulent practice of buying securities or making other trades to take advantage of private/confidential knowledge of a future event, for example a large purchase order from a client - an order for currency, shares, commodities, etc.		In financial services, front-running is the unethical and likely criminally fraudulent practice of buying securities or making other trades to take advantage of private/confidential knowledge of a future event, for example a large purchase order from a client - an order for currency, shares, commodities, etc.

	Distinguishing front-running (unacceptable, probably illegal) from [[pre-hedging]] (probably ~~aceptable~~, even legal) is important for all concerned, but can be very difficult.		Distinguishing front-running (unacceptable, probably illegal) from [[pre-hedging]] (probably acceptable, even legal) is important for all concerned, but can be very difficult.


	==See also==		==See also==
	* [[Conduct risk]]		* [[Conduct risk]]
	* [[~~Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities~~ Markets Standards Board]] (FMSB)		* [[Financial Markets Standards Board]] (FMSB)
	* [[Insider dealing]]		* [[Insider dealing]]
	* [[Layering]]		* [[Layering]]
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	* [[Wash trading]]		* [[Wash trading]]

	~~[[Category:Context_of_treasury]]~~
	[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]		[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
	~~[[Category:Ethics_and_corporate_governance]]~~
	~~[[Category:Ethics]]~~
	[[Category:Financial_risk_management]]		[[Category:Financial_risk_management]]

imported>Doug Williamson: Mend link.

2022-06-25T17:17:15Z

Mend link.

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	==See also==		==See also==
	* [[Conduct risk]]		* [[Conduct risk]]
	* [[~~FMSB~~]]		* [[Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities Markets Standards Board]] (FMSB)
	* [[Insider dealing]]		* [[Insider dealing]]
	* [[Layering]]		* [[Layering]]

imported>Doug Williamson: Categorise.

2018-02-28T09:55:16Z

Categorise.

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	* [[Squeeze]]		* [[Squeeze]]
	* [[Wash trading]]		* [[Wash trading]]

			[[Category:Context_of_treasury]]
			[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
			[[Category:Ethics_and_corporate_governance]]
			[[Category:Ethics]]
			[[Category:Financial_risk_management]]

imported>John Grout: To add reference to need to distnguish pre-hedging

2017-10-31T18:43:26Z

To add reference to need to distnguish pre-hedging

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	~~Front~~-running is the fraudulent practice of buying securities or making other trades to take advantage of knowledge of a future event, for example a large purchase order from a client.		In financial services, front-running is the unethiclal and likely criminally fraudulent practice of buying securities or making other trades to take advantage of private/confidential knowledge of a future event, for example a large purchase order from a client - an order for currency, shares, commodities, etc.

			Distinguishing front-running (unacceptable, probably illegal) from [[pre-hedging]] (probably aceptable, even legal) is important for all concerned, but can be very difficult.


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	* [[Layering]]		* [[Layering]]
	* [[Market corners]]		* [[Market corners]]
			* [[Pre-hedging]]
	* [[Ramping]]		* [[Ramping]]
	* [[Spoofing]]		* [[Spoofing]]
	* [[Squeeze]]		* [[Squeeze]]
	* [[Wash trading]]		* [[Wash trading]]

imported>Doug Williamson: Link with Ramping page.

2017-10-01T13:34:33Z

Link with Ramping page.

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	* [[Layering]]		* [[Layering]]
	* [[Market corners]]		* [[Market corners]]
			* [[Ramping]]
	* [[Spoofing]]		* [[Spoofing]]
	* [[Squeeze]]		* [[Squeeze]]
	* [[Wash trading]]		* [[Wash trading]]

imported>Doug Williamson: Expand.

2017-10-01T12:04:58Z

Expand.

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	Front-running is the fraudulent practice of buying securities to take advantage of knowledge of a future event, for example a large purchase order from a client.		Front-running is the fraudulent practice of buying securities or making other trades to take advantage of knowledge of a future event, for example a large purchase order from a client.

imported>Doug Williamson: Create page. Source: FT Lexicon & linked pages.

2017-10-01T11:21:08Z

Create page. Source: FT Lexicon & linked pages.

New page

''Conduct risk - financial markets''

Front-running is the fraudulent practice of buying securities to take advantage of knowledge of a future event, for example a large purchase order from a client.

==See also==
* [[Conduct risk]]
* [[FMSB]]
* [[Insider dealing]]
* [[Layering]]
* [[Market corners]]
* [[Spoofing]]
* [[Squeeze]]
* [[Wash trading]]