The rules and principles of any business are known to the related parties in that particular business. It is therefore important for any potential business persons to have a knowhow in the entities regarding their prospective business. The legal principles governing a business tend to be diverse while some are similar by default. Ant legal principle must be known to the parties involved as well as the existence of any possible changes during the business period. The system in which the principles and rules of any business are categorized into is known as business law. This system helps to govern any type of business.
Following the business law, all types of business have their principles. The outline is given to all the important members who can be the partners and the public. However, in some cases, the public is never aware of the business deals that take place in a certain corporation. This kind of business engagements are known as insider marketing. The business involves a number of parties who are aware of the activities that go about on a certain asset or service but the public does not need this information or rather the public is never aware of how or who owns the service production company or the products.
Insider marketing therefore entails tradeoff a person who is a liability or asset to a corporation, trade of stocks or share as well as bonds with respective persons who do not acquire the information from public sources but from the management of the corporation (Arshadi 45).The trade is follows a legal method as long as the ownership of the shares or stocks does not jeopardize the public interest. This kind of business works in way by which all the parties involved especially the public are not harmed in any financial way as well as the accessibility of the service or products must remain the same.
Insider trading is legal in the sense that, the parties with the information on the changes made must acquire the correct documents that signify and portray the existence e of the trade. The Legalities are crucial in case of any misunderstanding that may crop up during the business. Having acquired the needed documents, the insider can conduct their roles in the corporation since the other parties or insiders responsible for non public information are aware of the changes made. Insider trading is mainly conducted in cases where the insider was working for the corporation and gains a higher role to perform or acquires a material possession from the corporation. This may come after a long time of service with or to the corporation.
However, the insiders must prior information regarding the trade as well advise from the their lawyers to avoid any misunderstandings that may come up during the legal proceedings of handing over an asset or a position. The lawyers moreover advise their clients on how to go about the positions offered by the corporation. It is the responsibility of the insiders to ensure the positions or possessions in which they take after a certain party in the corporation is legal and must bring them profit in one way or the other. The lawyers work is to calculate all the financial gains that will be accrued after the changes made and give further advice where necessary.
Insider trading works in a clear principle one that governs a corporation. There exist several parties including the corporation itself which is the main management that has to deal with the rest of the parties (Langevoort 23). In a corporation, the parties become shareholders and all have a portion of all the financial happenings that take place. Within the organization of a corporation, there is the corporation which is acts as the main issuer of the service or product to the rest of the members. The organization is in form of a hierarchy where the issuer functions as the head of all activities or the party those head starts the business process. After the issuer who is the corporation there is the wholesaler also referred to as the underwriter. Through the wholesaler, the image of the corporation goes to diverse area whereby their services or products are spread to wide boundaries. The underwriter is the ultimate link with which the corporation acquires information on what is happening on the ground where the consumers are.
The wholesaler acts as the party that links the image or products of the corporation to the retailer. Retailers are categorized as brokers as they are small scale and reach the people at the ground who are the consumers. The retailer is the one responsible for the public by delivering the services or the products. In cases where the corporation deals with services, they are delivered through the agents form the corporation who are recognized by the corporation management. However, in cases where the corporation deals with products, the retailers do not necessarily need to know or get official recognition from the corporation as they undergo their business via the wholesaler. The business breaks down where all the members are responsible for their profits.
On the other hand, the retailers who are the brokers serve as the sellers of ideas, services or products to the consumers who are basically the potential investors. It is the work of the broker to ensure the investor gets what they like at a fair price and from that they make their desired commission. Having delivered the service or product to the investor, the quality of the product sold is shared among the investors and that brings about growth whereby the consumers become many and the corporation gains a name for itself. Attracting consumers is the duty of the retailers who meet them at the ground while the profits can be broken down between all the parties, the corporation finally acquire is profits without much effort.
Insider trading then comes about in a corporation where the wholesalers chose to buy the company or the majority shares form the issuers. The wholesalers or retailers can buy the ownership so as to become the overall issuer of the service or product (Macey 78). The name of the corporation may remain the same but the majority of the shares can go to the brokers or wholesalers who then function as the producers. This kind of information is non public in the sense that the consumers do not necessarily have to know the management but the parties involved in the production or the shareholders must have a glimpse of all the changes with the management. The role of the played by the shareholders is to ensure this kind of non public information does not reach the public or go beyond the board of shareholders.
Insider trading is destroyed when information of the known only to the shareholders goes out and an outside party gets a small detail on the insider's information. The information can go out to a member of the corporation who is not a shareholder. The moment information is with the wrong people, insider trading becomes invalid. Insider trading is destroyed as the information can be wrongly passed to the public. Following such happenings, the shareholders and the corporation is entitled to give the public the information on the changes made thereafter insider trading becomes nullified. Information must be given to the public immediately after a leak is suspected so as to keep the investors within the corporation.
For an individual or a company to engage in an insider trading form of business, several factors must be put in place in that the legal principles have to be followed. The role of the lawyers and potential buyers of a corporation is to consider all factors that entail the business and all its undertakings. The potential buyers of ownership of a corporation submit their acceptance of insider trading after all factors are considered and a unanimous decision is reached. The members of the corporation also consider several factors before they agree to an insider's trade. All the shareholders go through meetings to come up with decisions before any undertaking.
One of the main factors involved is the liability of the owners. An insider must consider the ratio of the shares in which they will invest with in buying section or whole corporation. The liability gives the shareholders a chance to know check for the probability of the losses that can be accrued in the business. Liability ensures that the profits or loses must be shared according to what the shareholders have originally invested in. The shareholders must consider taxation of the whole trade. Taxation is important as this determines the expenses in which the insiders might incur from the profits they benefit from during the production and sale of their products or services to the investors. If the financial value of taxes is too large, the insiders might reconsider a decision to trade with the corporation or rather the issuers. In cases where the taxes are manageable, the insiders will take into action and trade with the corporation.
Insider trading is also determined by the control in which an insider would have on the business in accordance to the shares they hold in the corporation. Control comes with the relationship in which the insider has with the board of directors and the decision makers of the corporation. Good relationship will boost the control in which an insider will have after gaining a role in production or delivering services. This will be through voting as the trade has to be approved by the shareholders before the trade begins. The authority of insider must ensure that the board of directors is not held up with a large number of people so as to ensure no leak of non public information to restricted persons.
Moreover, the other factor is on continuity. Both the insiders and the other shareholders of the corporation must ensure the business does not fall in any situation. The insiders will have invested in the business and it is up to them to realize the business growth level and the issues that may lead to its downfall. The corporation ensures that giving the insiders an opportunity to manage a significant section of the business will ensure growth and continuity of the business together with the investors. The other factor is on the financial aspect where all parties must consider the output and the input s well as the profits they hope to benefit from the insider trading business. All shareholders as well as the potential insiders will chose a trade that will give maximum profits as opposed to the earlier incomes.
In conclusion, it is evident that all business forma must involve principles that govern the undertakings. The whole aspect of business law is to give the business structure a legal aspect so as to ensure all parties involved adhere to the rules without conflict. Insider trading loses its significance when non public information reaches the wrong people who are the public and competitors. All parties must take into consideration the factors leading to effective insider trade so as to achieve the most profits. With the correct business law, the entire business industry becomes successful.
