...-public inside information constitutes an insider trading offence. It appears that mere discouragement of another person from dealing in the affected securities by any individual who has non-public inside information amounts to insider trading in terms of section 88(1)(c) of the Securities Act. Thus...

...Howard Chitimira Purpose Insider trading is treated as a punishable offence in many jurisdictions and countries. In relation to this, various theories were developed to justify and enhance the regulation of insider trading in such jurisdictions and countries. For instance, regulatory bodies...

...Herbert Kawadza Purpose It is recognised that the mere proscription of corporate offences is not adequate to deter misconduct or engender compliance. There is a need for the enforcement of the rules through robust culture-changing sanctions. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate...

... largely dealt with by regulatory laws in the area of company law, banking law and insurance law. While offences such as stealing, fraudulent false accounting, cheating, breach of trust and obtaining money under false pretenses were criminalized in the Criminal Code Act (Southern Nigeria) and the Penal...