Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Dealing in financial products on markets - Insider trading - When prohibition on insider conduct does not apply

256: Exception for Reserve Bank

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"The Reserve Bank doesn't have to follow some finance rules when it trades certain products."

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The law about insider conduct does not apply to the Reserve Bank when it trades financial products that the Reserve Bank or the Crown issues. You can find more information about this in section 241. This means the Reserve Bank can trade these products without worrying about the rules in section 241.

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Part 5Dealing in financial products on markets
Insider trading: When prohibition on insider conduct does not apply

256Exception for Reserve Bank

  1. Section 241 does not apply to trading by the Reserve Bank in financial products issued by the Reserve Bank or by the Crown.

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