UK markets see rise in suspicious pre-takeover trades

摘要

The number of suspicious trades in company shares ahead of a merger or takeover announcement rose last year in Britain's financial markets, the UK regulator said. The financial conduct authority's annual report on Tuesday said its "market cleanliness" figure for 2015 rose to an average 19%, after falling to 14.3% in 2014. The figure provides an indication of the proportion of potential insider trading cases, measured on the basis of abnormal share price moves in the two days before takeover announcements.