The impact of globalisation - and a greater understanding of the effects of business activities on the environment, local communities, developing nations, employees, customers, suppliers and creditors - has given additional impetus to the corporate social responsibility movement. Key concepts...

Insider trading is acknowledged globally as a significant threat to market integrity. Unfortunately, the laws which govern insider trading are, in many respects, convoluted, ague and unclear. This problem is further exacerbated by the comparatively small number of cases available to interpret...

The use of margin loans by directors of listed companies to acquire shares in their own companies raises a number of important issues, not least of which are the insider trading implications. This topic has been the subject of a significant focus this year, primarily due to the release of an...