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Survey Of Registration And Disclosure Requirements In International Securities Markets, Scott D. Cohen
Survey Of Registration And Disclosure Requirements In International Securities Markets, Scott D. Cohen
Michigan Journal of International Law
This survey of the domestic registration and disclosure requirements in the United Kingdom, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Australia, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Canada, and Japan provides a topical overview of the institutions, requirements, and procedures involved in securities trading in foreign markets. While the goal of a unified international securities regulation system may represent the best long-term course for an efficient world-wide system of capital markets, the necessity to conform to domestic securities regulations will remain important in the coming years.
Survey Of National Legislation Regulating Insider Trading, Mary J. Houle
Survey Of National Legislation Regulating Insider Trading, Mary J. Houle
Michigan Journal of International Law
In recent years much attention has been focused on the phenomenon of "insider trading." The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) now appears to have wide-spread public support for its hard-line approach toward insider trading practices. Previously hostile to a broad prohibition of insider trading, even the Supreme Court has lent a sympathetic ear to the pleas of the SEC in the recent Carpenter case, which hinted at support for the misappropriation theory of insider trading. The prevailing attitude is that confidence in the fair operation of the securities markets must not be undermined by insiders who deprive those …