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Market abuse
Practical Law UK Glossary 8-107-6815 (Approx. 4 pages)
Glossary
Market abuse
A civil offence under the UK Market Abuse Regulation (UK MAR). For the purposes of UK MAR, market abuse encompasses unlawful behaviour in the financial markets and consists of:
- Insider dealing (Article 14, UK MAR).
- Unlawful disclosure of inside information (Article 14, UK MAR).
- Market manipulation (Article 15, UK MAR).
Before 3 July 2016, the civil offence of market abuse was set out in Part VIII of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.
When considering this term in the context of financial services, reference should be made to the FCA Handbook glossary definition of market abuse.
Note that a similar concept of market abuse also exists under EU MAR, which applied in the UK before the end of the Brexit transition period. For more information on EU MAR, see Practice note, EU Market Abuse Regulation (EU MAR): overview.