Insider Trading and Abnormal Returns: The Role of Closely Associated Persons in the Finnish Market

Abstract This study analyzes whether the closely associated persons to corporate insiders can achieve abnormal returns through informed trading and how litigation pressure affects these returns. Utilizing the event study methodology, the analysis is focused on the transactions made by individuals r...

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Päätekijä: Nissinen, Okko-Pekka
Muut tekijät: Jyväskylän yliopiston kauppakorkeakoulu, Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics, Jyväskylän yliopisto, University of Jyväskylä
Aineistotyyppi: Pro gradu
Kieli:eng
Julkaistu: 2025
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Linkit: https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/101397
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description Abstract This study analyzes whether the closely associated persons to corporate insiders can achieve abnormal returns through informed trading and how litigation pressure affects these returns. Utilizing the event study methodology, the analysis is focused on the transactions made by individuals required to be reported as closely related insiders in companies listed on the OMX Helsinki between 2016 and 2024. Data were obtained from official stock bulletins, daily prices from Eikon Datastream and Nasdaq and enforcement records published by the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority. The results show that closely associated persons tend to make purchases after the stock has suffered poor performance, indicating that they time these trades after price declines. However, the observed abnormal returns from these trades were small and didn’t last for more than a few days. Sales by closely associated persons did not reveal any significant patterns in abnormal returns. The litigation pressure that was proxied with the amount of regulatory enforcement actions, showed no significant impact on the returns. These findings suggest that there might be short windows of opportunity for closely associated persons to realize quite minor abnormal returns. These abnormal returns diminish rapidly. The returns are minimally affected by litigation pressure. This could indicate that the regulation currently in place is enough to deter consistent exploitation of insider information by these closely associated persons. Tiivistelmä Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoituksena on analysoida sisäpiiriläisten lähipiirin kykyä luoda ylisuuria tuottoja sekä, miten kaupankäynnin valvonta vaikuttaa tuottoon. Analyysissä käytetään apuna tapahtumatutkimusmetodeja ja keskitytään yksityishenkilöiden tekemiin kauppoihin vuosien 2016 ja 2024 välillä. Data on kerätty pörssitiedotteista, Eikon Datastreamista, Nasdaqilta ja Finanssivalvonnalta. Tulokset osoittavat, että lähipiiriläiset ovat taipuvaisia ostamaan osaketta yrityksen huonon suoriutumisen jälkeen, jolloin osakkeen hinta on laskenut. Ylisuuret tuotot eivät kuitenkaan kestäneet muutamaa päivää pidempään ja olivat määrältään vähäisiä. Myyntitransaktoiden osalta, epänormaaleissa tuotoissa ei havaittu kaavamaisuuksia. Kaupankäynnin valvonnan määrä, jota mitattiin valvontatapausten määrän avulla, ei näyttänyt vaikuttavan merkittävissä määrin epänormaaleihin tuottoihin. Näiden tulosten valossa voidaan sanoa, että sisäpiiriläisten lähipiirillä saattaa olla ajallisesti lyhyitä tilaisuuksia tehdä vähäistä epänormaalia tuottoa. Ylisuuret tuotot häviävät nopeasti transaktion jälkeen. Valvonnan määrä ei juurikaan vaikuttanut epänormaaleihin tuottoihin, joka saattaa olla merkki siitä, että tämänhetkinen valvonta on riittävällä tasolla estämään lähipiirin sisäpiiritiedon väärinkäyttöä.
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title Insider Trading and Abnormal Returns: The Role of Closely Associated Persons in the Finnish Market
title_full Insider Trading and Abnormal Returns: The Role of Closely Associated Persons in the Finnish Market
title_fullStr Insider Trading and Abnormal Returns: The Role of Closely Associated Persons in the Finnish Market Insider Trading and Abnormal Returns: The Role of Closely Associated Persons in the Finnish Market
title_full_unstemmed Insider Trading and Abnormal Returns: The Role of Closely Associated Persons in the Finnish Market Insider Trading and Abnormal Returns: The Role of Closely Associated Persons in the Finnish Market
title_short Insider Trading and Abnormal Returns: The Role of Closely Associated Persons in the Finnish Market
title_sort insider trading and abnormal returns the role of closely associated persons in the finnish market
title_txtP Insider Trading and Abnormal Returns: The Role of Closely Associated Persons in the Finnish Market
topic Master's Degree Programme in Banking and International Finance
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