Confronting the market abuse risks of homeworking

Remote-working significantly increases the riskof market abuse and other misconduct, yet firms are still obliged to complywith all relevant provisions under the Market Abuse Regulation. The regulatormust provide clear and detailed guidance on how to achieve this, urge Neil Swift and Katie Jones.

Neil Swift(nswift@petersandpeters.com) is a partner and Katie Jones a legalresearcherat Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP. Neil has extensiveexperience advising individual and corporate clients in relation toinvestigations and prosecutions by the Serious Fraud Office, Financial ConductAuthority and HM Revenue & Customs.

The new normal

A study carried out by Jeffriesinvestment bank found that more than one in three Britons would prefer tocontinue working remotely when the coronavirus pandemic ends. This shift inattitude, coupled with the reputational risk for firms in forcing workers backtoo early, means that home working is here to stay.