Market abuse, insider dealing and financial crime remain and always have been a real concern for all those that operate in the financial sector with the line between what is normal (and sensible) business practice and what can be classified as market abuse becoming increasingly fine.

Providing a thorough analysis and assessment of the law relating to market abuse, insider dealing and financial fraud, this title provides guidance on, and explanation of the range of potential legal and regulatory responses to this complex area of law.

The new fifth edition includes:
- Three new chapters on asset interdiction and recovery of the proceeds of crime, sanctions and cyber aspects and computer and data related offences
- chapters expanded to cover financial crime
- analysis of the Crime and Policing Bill 2025, the UK Corporate Governance Code 2024 and UK Stewardship Code 2026
- information on the 2025 UK national risk assessment of money laundering and terrorist financing
- coverage of the settling down of arrangements within BREXIT and new agreements with other countries, eg Switzerland and Singapore negotiated, in part, on the basis of promoting market integrity
- concerns about the use of crypto-currencies to launder the proceeds of financial fraud and the FCA regulation of crypto assets
- coverage of the technological challenges for regulators, eg crypto-currencies, algorithmic trading systems and artificial intelligence
- explanation of how market participants are using AI to manipulate markets and, in some cases, extract and trade on inside information

Whether you need to conduct due diligence and put in place effective controls, or advise in cases of potential market abuse, this book is essential reading for banking and finance practitioners, compliance and enforcement officers, financial intermediaries, Company directors and Finance directors.

This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Banking and Finance online service.