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To protect markets we need strict penalties for insider trading

  • Written by Juliette Overland, Senior lecturer, Corporate Law, University of Sydney Business School, University of Sydney
imageInsider trading has a reputation of being hard to spot and prosecute.Shutterstock

In the first ever case in which a corporation has been found liable for insider trading, German construction company Hochtief has been fined A$400,000 for insider trading and required to make donations to the Australian Shareholders Association and First Nations...

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