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Insider-trading threat rises as remote working becomes permanent feature, UK FCA official warns

By Annie Robertson ( October 12, 2020, 16:05 GMT | Insight) -- The threat of insider trading is rising as remote working becomes a permanent feature of the financial services sector, a senior official at the UK Financial Conduct Authority warned today. “Working from home, which many insiders will still be doing even as some trading-floor staff have returned to the office, also changes the controls landscape,” said Julia Hoggett, director of market oversight at the FCA. Her words were echoed by officials at Germany's BaFin and France's Autorité des Marchés Financiers.The threat of insider trading is rising as remote working becomes a permanent feature of the financial services sector, a senior official at the UK Financial Conduct Authority warned today. ...

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