
»Public Enforcement of the Insider Trading Prohibitions in the US and Germany«: Effective law enforcement is particularly important in the area of insider trading. The United States can be thought of as the forerunner nation when it comes to enforcement of the capital market laws. By virtue of the Market Abuse Regulation, the German authorities, for a more effective enforcement of the insider trading prohibitions, were equipped with new powers and sanctions. The US equivalents of these have long proven in the fight against insider trading in the US. Against this background, the book compares the public enforcement of the insider trading prohibitions in the US and Germany.