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1.  ''Noun''.
Market abuse includes any misuse of confidential or non public information so as to attempt to gain a trading advantage.  


A market sector or activity in which a majority participate, or an opinion or perspective shared by a majority.


Market abuse also encompasses:
# Insider dealing.
# Improper disclosure.
# Manipulating transactions.
# Manipulating devices.
# Misleading dissemination.


2.  ''Adjective.''


Relating to the mainstream.
For example trading in a company's shares whilst in the possession of inside information that a profits warning was about to be announced would be insider trading and therefore market abuse.




:<span style="color:#4B0082">'''''Environmental sustainability'''''</span>
==Legislation==


:"... an increasingly mainstream view is that it is only environmentally sustainable businesses which are fully financially sustainable.
Legislation exists in most financial markets to specify the detail of what is prohibited as market abuse and within the EU this was covered by the Market Abuse Directive (Directive 2003/6/EC).


:This view suggests that there need be no conflict between an organisation’s environmental and financial objectives, when a sufficiently long-term view is taken."
The Market Abuse Directive (MAD) was revised and replaced by MAD II which widens its scope to include new markets and instruments.


:''Sustainability - the Treasurer's Wiki.''
The Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) and the Directive on Criminal Sanctions for Market Abuse (CSMAD) form the legislative proposals which make up MAD II.




3. ''Verb.''
MAD II came into force in July 2016.


To bring into the mainstream.


==See also==
* [[Confidential information]]
* [[Fair market]]
* [[Insider dealing]]
* [[Market Abuse Regulation]]  (MAR)
* [[Market manipulation]]
* [[UK MAR]]


:<span style="color:#4B0082">'''''Nature will be mainstreamed'''''</span>


:"We will work to dramatically increase investment in nature from all sources, and to ensure nature is accounted for, and mainstreamed, in economic and financial decision-making."


:''G7 2030 Nature Compact - Cornwall UK 2021.''
==Other links==


*[http://www.treasurers.org/node/3244 ACT briefing note: The New Market Abuse and Disclosure Regime in the UK - A Guide for Listed Companies; 2005]


== See also ==
*[http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014R0596 MAR]
* [[Biodiversity]]
* [[Disclosure]]
* [[G7]]
* [[Nature positive]]
* [[Resilience]]
* [[Risk management]]
* [[SDG 13]]
* [[Sustainability]]
* [[Sustainable finance]]
* [[Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures]]  (TCFD)
* [[Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures]]  (TNFD)
* [[Transition risk]]
* [[Unbanked]]
* [[World Economic Forum]] (WEF)


[[Category:The_business_context]]
*[http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0057 CSMAD]
[[Category:Financial_products_and_markets]]
 
[[Category:Self_management_and_accountability]]
[[Category:Ethics]]
[[Category:Financial_risk_management]]

Latest revision as of 00:59, 26 April 2023

Market abuse includes any misuse of confidential or non public information so as to attempt to gain a trading advantage.


Market abuse also encompasses:

  1. Insider dealing.
  2. Improper disclosure.
  3. Manipulating transactions.
  4. Manipulating devices.
  5. Misleading dissemination.


For example trading in a company's shares whilst in the possession of inside information that a profits warning was about to be announced would be insider trading and therefore market abuse.


Legislation

Legislation exists in most financial markets to specify the detail of what is prohibited as market abuse and within the EU this was covered by the Market Abuse Directive (Directive 2003/6/EC).

The Market Abuse Directive (MAD) was revised and replaced by MAD II which widens its scope to include new markets and instruments.

The Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) and the Directive on Criminal Sanctions for Market Abuse (CSMAD) form the legislative proposals which make up MAD II.


MAD II came into force in July 2016.


See also


Other links

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