LAWS6944 - Manipulation & Abuse in Global Securities Markets

Objectives

Examine the key concepts at the heart of capital market regulation focusing on practices that threaten the integrity of global securities markets.
Focus on recent developments (including high profile prosecutions for market abuse) in Australia and the United States while selecting other jurisdictions (most notably China, India, South Africa, Brazil, Europe and Hong Kong) that are relevant to the different subjects considered.

Content

Market manipulation; insider trading; non-disclosure and fraud-on-the-market; penalties; regulation of hedge funds and developments in emerging markets.

Session

Semester 2 Intensive
3, 10 July & 4,11 September 2009

The timetable is subject to frequent changes. Please refer to the latest version of the Postgraduate Timetable.

Assessment

Class Participation (20%)
1 x Presentation (20%)
1 x 5,000 Word Research Essay (60%)

Courses this unit is available in

Sydney Law School