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    03/27/2018
    The Financial Conduct Authority has launched a consultation on adding a proposed chapter on insider dealing and market manipulation to its Financial Crime Guide. The Financial Crime Guide is not part of the FCA's rules but it is a guide to assist firms in implementing the regulator's rules. A firm that does not comply with the Guide is not necessarily deemed by the FCA to be in breach of the rules. However, the FCA expects firms to use the guide to inform their financial crime systems and controls.

    The FCA is proposing to add a new chapter on insider dealing and market manipulation to the Financial Crime Guide. The EU Market Abuse Regulation, which applies directly across the EU, requires firms arranging or executing transactions to establish and maintain effective arrangements, systems and controls to detect and report suspicious transactions. The FCA emphasizes that the U.K. rules extend these obligations under MAR and require firms to also counter the risk of financial crime. The FCA explains that this 'countering' obligation extends to insider dealing and market manipulation.

    The consultation paper also covers other minor amendments proposed by the FCA, including updating the Guide to reflect the introduction of the Money Laundering Regulations 2017 and removing outdated references on Sanctions.

    Responses to the consultation are due by June 28, 2018. The FCA intends the final revised Guide to come into effect on October 1, 2018.

    View the consultation paper.

    View the existing Financial Crime Guide.