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The definitions of ‘inside information’ and ‘insider’ in the Financial Markets Act 19 of 2012

Thesis (LLD)--Stellenbosch University, 2019.

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Main Author: Van der Walt, Johann Nico
Other Authors: Van Wyk, Andreas Herculas
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Language:en_ZA
Published: Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University 2019
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spelling oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/105745 The definitions of ‘inside information’ and ‘insider’ in the Financial Markets Act 19 of 2012 Van der Walt, Johann Nico Van Wyk, Andreas Herculas Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Law. Dept. of Mercantile Law. Markets -- Law and legislation -- South Africa South Africa -- Financial Markets Act, 2012 Finance -- Law and legislation -- South Africa Insider trading in securities UCTD Thesis (LLD)--Stellenbosch University, 2019. ENGLISH ABSTRACT : The definitions of ‘insider’ and ‘inside information’ in the Financial Markets Act 19 of 2012 are, as is the case with their international counterparts, central to the Act’s regulation of insider trading. It has long been recognised, however, that those definitions, inherited from repealed companies and market abuse legislation, are cumbersome and counter-intuitive. This state of affairs obtains as the South African legislature has failed to undertake the most fundamental enquiry in formulating a coherent regulatory scheme aimed at prohibiting supposedly wrongful conduct: identifying a single theory of wrongfulness upon which to base its prohibitions. Instead, the definitions include elements of all possible regulatory bases for insider trading, including those having as their object the protection of proprietary rights in information and born out of the fiduciary doctrine. It is argued that the definitions, part of legislation aimed at addressing a financial market wrong, should be formulated with reference to the rights and obligations at play in those markets and the legislature’s objectives for those markets. A proposal is made in that regard. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING : Die definisie van ‘insider’ (binnehandelaar) en ‘inside information’ (binnekennis) soos vervat in die Financial Markets Act 19 of 2012, staan, soos in ander jurisdiksies, sentraal tot die regulering van binnehandel in dié Wet. Dit word egter lank reeds erken dat daardie definisies, wat hulle ontstaan in herroepte wetgewing aangaande maatskappye en die misbruik van finansiële markte het, omslagtig en onlogies is. Die stand van sake heers aangesien die SuidAfrikaanse wetgewer nie die mees fundamentele voorafgaande ondersoek onderneem het nie: Die wetgewer het nie een teorie van onregmatigheid geïdentifiseer waarop die verbod op binnehandel baseer kon word nie. In plaas daarvan sluit die definisies elemente van alle moontlike regulatoriese basisse vir binnehandel in, ook die wat mik op die beskerming van eiendomsreg van inligting en wat hulle oorsprong in die fidusiêre beginsel het. Dit word dus aangevoer dat die definisies, as deel van `n stuk wetgewing wat daarop gemik is om die finansiële markte te reguleer, formuleer moet word met verwysing na die regte en pligte relevant tot daardie markte, sowel as die wetgewer se doelwitte met betrekking to daardie markte. `n Dienooreenkomstige voorstel word in die proefskrif gemaak. Doctoral 2019-01-22T07:36:34Z 2019-04-17T08:11:09Z 2019-01-22T07:36:34Z 2019-04-17T08:11:09Z 2019-04 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/105745 en_ZA Stellenbosch University 359 pages application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University
spellingShingle Markets -- Law and legislation -- South Africa
South Africa -- Financial Markets Act, 2012
Finance -- Law and legislation -- South Africa
Insider trading in securities
UCTD
Van der Walt, Johann Nico
The definitions of ‘inside information’ and ‘insider’ in the Financial Markets Act 19 of 2012
title The definitions of ‘inside information’ and ‘insider’ in the Financial Markets Act 19 of 2012
title_full The definitions of ‘inside information’ and ‘insider’ in the Financial Markets Act 19 of 2012
title_fullStr The definitions of ‘inside information’ and ‘insider’ in the Financial Markets Act 19 of 2012
title_full_unstemmed The definitions of ‘inside information’ and ‘insider’ in the Financial Markets Act 19 of 2012
title_short The definitions of ‘inside information’ and ‘insider’ in the Financial Markets Act 19 of 2012
title_sort definitions of inside information and insider in the financial markets act 19 of 2012
topic Markets -- Law and legislation -- South Africa
South Africa -- Financial Markets Act, 2012
Finance -- Law and legislation -- South Africa
Insider trading in securities
UCTD
url http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/105745
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