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Insider Trading and Market Abuse Compliance

Builds the controls and awareness needed to prevent insider trading, market manipulation and improper disclosure in listed and regulated environments. Delegates learn to manage insider lists, closed periods and personal account dealing, and to detect suspicious trading patterns. Case studies from African markets illustrate how breaches occur and how surveillance and culture prevent them.

What you will be able to do

  • Explain the offences of insider trading, manipulation and improper disclosure.
  • Identify and control price sensitive and inside information.
  • Manage insider lists, closed periods and personal account dealing.
  • Detect and escalate suspicious trading and disclosure patterns.
  • Handle wall crossing and information barrier arrangements.
  • Build training and culture to prevent market abuse.

Course outline

  1. 01Market Abuse Legal Framework
  2. 02Inside Information Identification
  3. 03Insider Lists and Closed Periods
  4. 04Personal Account Dealing Controls
  5. 05Information Barriers and Wall Crossing
  6. 06Trade Surveillance and Detection
  7. 07Investigation and Escalation
  8. 08Training and Culture

Who should attend

Compliance officers, company secretaries, legal advisers, treasury and dealing staff and directors in listed and regulated firms.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendar
17 to 18 Aug 2026Kigali2US$1,100
24 to 25 Aug 2026Nairobi2US$1,100
31 Aug to 1 Sep 2026Durban2R10,000
7 to 8 Sep 2026Johannesburg2R10,000
21 to 22 Sep 2026Mauritius2US$1,100
28 to 29 Sep 2026Dubai2US$1,100
5 to 6 Oct 2026Lagos2US$1,100
12 to 13 Oct 2026Harare2US$1,100
19 to 20 Oct 2026Kampala2US$1,100
26 to 27 Oct 2026Dar es Salaam2US$1,100
2 to 3 Nov 2026Pretoria2R10,000
9 to 10 Nov 2026Cape Town2R10,000
23 to 24 Nov 2026Online2US$900
30 Nov to 1 Dec 2026Mozambique2US$1,100
7 to 8 Dec 2026Cairo2US$1,100
14 to 15 Dec 2026Accra2US$1,100
21 to 22 Dec 2026Lusaka2US$1,100

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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