Crossed Wires: A novel way to legalise insider trading
Daily Maverick | 31.08.2026 01:45
I used to sit on the board of a public company. I was scrupulously compliant with insider trading guidelines and laws and I assumed everyone else was. But I later became reasonably confident that one of my colleagues, honest in all other matters, had sold a few shares that he shouldn’t have. It was not much, but it was illegal.