MAR: Covid-19 calls for increased surveillance within firms

MAR: Covid-19 calls for increased surveillance within firms

By Alice Tchernookova
June 4, 2020, Practice Insight from IFLR

The world has had to face up to deep changes in recent months – from social distancing to systematic handwashing, all the way through to normalised homeworking. Financial services firms and regulators, too, have had to adapt practices.

In its most recent market watch newsletter, the FCA spoke of the new challenges that have resulted from the Covid-19 crisis in relation to market conduct. In this context, the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) has attracted increased levels of attention lately, adding up to the list of regulations that have necessitated tweaks or forbearance since the beginning of the crisis.

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