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Thursday, June 04, 2009 5:05 PM

US SEC's reputation in tatters

In a rather shocking news last month (based on an investigation begun in 2008), three officers of the enforcement department (division) of the US market regulator, SEC, appeared to have committed insider trading on stocks which were being investigated...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009 11:07 PM

Satyam auction - illegal disclosures?

Today's Mint has a piece by Manas Chakravarty and Mobis Philipose - " Minority shareholders at Satyam being short-changed ": "Why the company’s shares continue to be unstable even two months after B. Ramalinga Raju confessed to the...
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Monday, January 19, 2009 1:49 PM

Insider trading - short swing profits

I wrote a piece in the Economic Times recently on the 'short swing profit' rule, which was proposed some time back. However, what has been passed by the regulator is a short swing prohibition. This kind of prohibition is unprecedented anywhere...
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Monday, December 08, 2008 11:08 AM

Insider trading laws should not become a booby trap

I have written a piece in today's Economic Times on the new insider trading regulations. It hasn't appeared in all editions (at least in the Ahd edition), so here it is in full: Insider trading laws should not become a booby trap 8 Dec 2008 The...
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Thursday, December 04, 2008 12:03 AM

Insider trading becomes outsider trading

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has recently amended the insider trading regulations. The two key amendments are: 1. Broadening of the definition of the term 'insider' to include anyone who has 'received' inside information...
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