NZ regulator files criminal proceedings against individual for alleged insider trading
The FMA alleges the individual traded, and encouraged others to trade or hold, HGH shares on several occasions.
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) of New Zealand has filed criminal proceedings against an individual for alleged insider trading relating to the buying and selling of shares in Heartland Group Holdings Limited (HGH).
The FMA alleges the individual traded, and encouraged others to trade or hold, HGH shares on several occasions between July 2020 and February 2021, while holding material information that was not generally available to the public. The individual also disclosed material information that was not generally available to the public to others.
The individual was a junior Heartland Bank Limited (HBL) employee at the time of the alleged offending.
The matter was first referred to the FMA by NZ RegCo – NZX’s frontline regulator – in December 2020.
Neither HGH nor HBL have been the subject of the FMA’s investigation and are not party to the FMA proceeding. Both HGH and HBL have cooperated with the FMA throughout its investigation.
Sections 240 – 243 of the Financial Markets Conduct (FMC) Act prohibit people who hold material information about an issuer that is not generally available to the market (inside information) from trading with that information, disclosing it in certain circumstances, and advising or encouraging other individuals to trade the issuer’s shares.
Criminal insider trading can be punishable with up to a term of imprisonment not exceeding five years, a fine not exceeding $500,000, or both for individuals.
Maria Nikolova
Maria has been engaged in journalism for more than 17 years, providing Forex industry coverage for the past 10 years. Before joining FNG she was Managing Editor at FinanceFeeds. Prior to that, she worked at LeapRate. Maria has a Philosophy degree from the St. Kliment Ochridski university in Sofia. She has specialized in Cognitive Science in Vienna. Her interests include psychology, AI, and linguistics.Related Posts
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