Insider trading
Are failure indexes fair play?
Regulators must clarify stance on trading off big-data forecasts of outages, writes energy consultant
EU energy firms uneasy over inside information proposals
List of information expected or required to be disclosed under the Market Abuse Regulation is 'misleading', say industry groups
New EU market abuse rules worry energy traders
Ban on insider trading in commodities seen as “very tricky”
Surveillance of EU energy markets set to increase
Regulators expect to make major advances in EU wholesale energy market monitoring now that trade reporting has begun, but some participants fear that different approaches across borders will lead to inconsistent enforcement
Probes of EU energy market abuse set to jump with Remit
The October 7 launch of Remit trade reporting is expected to spark a flurry of new investigations into suspected abuse of EU power and gas markets
Tougher UK Remit sanctions to be felt across EU
Proposed UK criminal penalties for manipulation and insider trading under Remit would have "very broad" effect across European energy market, according to lawyers
Ethics and moral standards are as crucial to finance as ever
Despite the twists and turns of history, some things remain the same – an important lesson that can be found in the work of Émile Zola. His novel L’Argent shows how an erosion of moral standards can be lethal to individuals, the institutions they run,…
Acer investigated 10 potential breaches of Remit in 2012
Acer probed 10 cases under Remit in 2012, agency says, in report that sheds light on the development of monitoring regime
Remit insider trading rules continue to confuse energy traders
Despite coming into force in December 2011, Remit insider trading rules continue to raise questions among energy traders
Remit definition of insider information “pretty obvious”, says Acer director
Pototschnig dismisses concerns of energy firms over European Regulation on Energy Market Integrity and Transparency
Acer to issue guidelines to clarify Remit definition problems, says Pototschnig
The head of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators says new non-binding guidance will appear shortly after the Remit regulation is published in the EU's official journal
Energy Risk Europe: Remit language too loose, say panellists
Weaknesses exist in the language of new rules meant to prevent use of insider information and other forms of market abuse in the wholesale energy sector