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Risk of market abuse
The following diagram illustrates the current
environment in which most listed companies (and their advisers) prepare
and maintain insider lists:

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A company's own list of advisers may not include all non- principal contacts. |
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A company is not able to monitor how comprehensive their advisers’ insider lists are. |
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The transfer of insider list information from adviser to company is ad hoc rather than systematic. |
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Advisers store their lists in different
formats, often with a minimal audit trail. Unregulated advisers may not
maintain insider lists at all. |
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Preparing a full, audited insider list for regulators on demand can be difficult and time consuming for companies. |
| The risk of inside information
being leaked in this environment is substantial. Even in the generally
well-regarded UK market, the FSA estimates that around one third of all
market sensitive announcements are preceded by suspicious share price
movements. |
INLIST gives you control
With INLIST, the environment in which listed
companies can maintain insider lists is transformed, as the diagram
below demonstrates:

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It is easy for a company and its advisers to maintain comprehensive audited insider lists. |
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Companies can directly monitor who is on their advisers’ insider lists, and when they were added or removed. |
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The transfer of insider list information from adviser to company is in real-time, using secure encryption. |
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An electronic audit trail is created for each insider record. All records are held in a common format. |
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Preparing a full, audited insider list for regulators on demand is fast and painless for companies. |
| With INLIST, the risk of inside
information being leaked is significantly reduced. Real-time electronic
auditing improves adviser accountability and makes it easier for
management to control access to information. |
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