insider trading

A Short History of Insider Trading In Australia


Insider trading breaches has surged according to an ABC interview with Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) deputy chairman Belinda Gibson. ASIC claims that it is receiving 200 alerts a day in relation to suspicious trading activity relating to the usage of privileged information not available to the public. There have been more insider trading breaches in the past three years than in the entire previous decade.

Insider Trading: Greed


The world of insider trading was brought to light recently with the court case of John Hartman, an ex-Orion equities dealer. Hartman had been sentenced 4 and a half years jail and a non-parole period through to December 2013. The sentencing judge Justice Peter McClellan had said that, "Paying $350,000 to a … graduate in his early 20s carrying out a task of modest responsibility underlines the extent to which the values which underpin our society can be compromised".

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