This book provides a detailed and practical anaysis of Australian Insider Trading Laws. Written jointly by Gregory Lyon of the Melbourne Bar and Professor Jean du Plessis of Deakin University, this work:
o Examines all fundamental concepts relating to insider trading such as, "who is an insider", "what is inside information" and "when is information generally available", together with commentaries on proposed changes to the laws and an examination of the effect of the most recent decisions, including Hannes and Rivkin.
- Provides a very detailed examination of the defences and exceptions, with particular attention to the operation of Chinese Walls.
- Analyses fully and systematically the provision on insider trading in the Corporations Act and the Criminal Code (Cth) within the context of decided cases and relevant secondarty materials.
- Covers comprehensively the penalties and remedies for contravention of the insider trading regime. This includes the intricate civil compensation provisions, and an up-to-date analyises of the civil penalties regime in light of ASIC v Petas. |