Artificial Intelligence and Market Abuse Legislation

Filippo Annunziata, Professor of Financial Markets Law, Bocconi University, Milan, Ca’ Foscari University, Venice; Academic Board Member, European Banking Institute, Frankfurt, Germany; Co-Director, RULES Unit, Baffi-Carefin Centre, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy

• Contents 1 Artificial intelligence and market abuse legislation: an introduction 2 The rationale and scope of the Market Abuse Regulation 3 Artificial intelligence: current debate and legislative proposals in the EU 4 Artificial intelligence and inside information 5 Artificial intelligence and market manipulation 6 Further issues and final conclusions Bibliography Index

‘Written by a renowned academic expert in the field of capital markets regulation, this book safely guides the reader through the way by which the application and enforcement of the key source of EU insider trading and market manipulation legislation – namely the 2014 “Market Abuse Regulation” – have been affected by developments in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). It thoroughly analyses this EU legislative act through the lens of the key topics currently discussed in relation to AI, with an emphasis on the rules governing algorithmic and high-frequency trading.’