The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has declared that when corporate insiders trade in their own securities, they must report it to the SECP and in the event of making gain on purchase or sale, within the period of six months, the gain is required to be surrendered to the concerned company.
It is learnt on Wednesday that the concept of insider trading has been explained by the SECP in an order issued by the Market Supervision and Registration Department (MSRD) Securities Market Division SECP against a director of a brokerage house involved in such business.
What is insider trading the SECP clearly explained? Usually this term is associated with illegal conduct. But the term actually includes both legal and illegal conduct. The legal version is when corporate insiders, ie, officers, directors, and beneficial owners buy and sell shares of their own companies. When corporate insiders trade in their own securities, they must report their trade to the Commission and in the event of making gain on purchase or sale , within the period of six months, the gain is required to be surrendered to the company. Whereas, illegal insider trading refers generally to buying or selling a security, in breach of a fiduciary duty or other relationship of trust and confidence, while in possession of material, non-public information about the security. This subject matter is comprehensively dealt under Securities and Exchange Ordinance, 1969, wherein, the accused inter alia may be directed to surrender an amount equivalent to the gain made or loss avoided by him along with hefty amount of penalty for this offence, the SECP added.
Comments
Comments are closed.