Introduction -- Impact on society, the issuer, and the insider trader's employer -- The harm to individual investors from a specific insider trade -- Some basic elements of insider trading liability under Section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5 -- Those who violate Section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5 by insider...

Equity pay has been the primary component of managerial compensation packages at US public firms since the early 1990s. Using a comprehensive sample of top executives from 1992-2020, we estimate to what extent they trade firm equity held in their portfolios to neutralize increments in ownership...

This paper examines whether share repurchase announcements are signals of undervaluation or insiders’ opportunistic activities by investigating insider trading patterns surrounding buyback announcements in Vietnam. Consistent with the insider opportunism hypothesis, we show that insiders are...