Download or read book International Securities Markets written by Hui Huang and published by Kluwer Law International B.V.. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers the first detailed analysis of Chinaand’s insider trading law, explaining what constitutes insider trading in China and what the consequences of unlawful insider trading might be there. More importantly, it suggests ways in which the law might more effectively prevent the occurrence of insider trading in the first place. Among the elements of the legal framework addressed by the author are the following: and• Who benefits from insider trading and• The issue of when information becomes public and• A comparative law treatment of the underlying theories of insider trading liability and• Private civil liability and• Damage caps and• Measures of recovery The authorand’s approach focuses on Chinaand’s readiness to adopt foreign ideas without adequately assimilating them into the local context. In this connection, he sets out valuable reform proposals, using authority from field interviews with Chinese stakeholders as well as from comparative case law.