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UK Market Abuse Regulation (UK MAR)

Prohibits insider dealing, market manipulation, and unlawful disclosure in UK financial markets.

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Rules extracted

182

Obligations decomposed

10.7x

Avg obligations per rule

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Jurisdiction

About this regulation

The UK Market Abuse Regulation (UK MAR) is the post-Brexit onshored version of EU Regulation 596/2014 (MAR), retained in UK law via the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and modified by the Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. UK MAR prohibits insider dealing, unlawful disclosure of inside information, and market manipulation. It applies to financial instruments traded on UK trading venues (regulated markets, MTFs, OTFs) and related OTC derivatives. Criminal offences of insider dealing and market manipulation remain under the Criminal Justice Act 1993 and Financial Services Act 2012 respectively.

What AuditDSS covers

Source

Regulation

Extracted

Rules

Decomposed

182

Obligations

10.7x

Decomposition ratio

Each rule is decomposed into an average of 10.7 atomic obligations — the smallest testable units that can be independently violated.

Fully extracted & scored

All 182 obligations have been decomposed, titled, risk-scored, and embedded for semantic matching.

Risk scoring

Every obligation in UK MAR is scored across independent risk dimensions:

Obligation Weight

How critical within the regulatory framework

Violation Likelihood

How often breached in practice

Enforcement Evidence

Regulator enforcement history and penalties

Cascade Dependency

How many obligations depend on this one

Regulatory details

Full title: UK Market Abuse Regulation (UK MAR)
Regulatory body: Financial Conduct Authority
Jurisdiction: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Document type: regulation
Effective date: January 1, 2021
Issuing authority: Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
Industry: Securities & Capital Markets
Official source: View source document ↗

Who this applies to

issuersinvestment firmsmarket operatorspersons discharging managerial responsibilities (PDMRs)any person possessing inside information

Key requirements

prohibition of insider dealing
prohibition of market manipulation
prohibition of unlawful disclosure
public disclosure of inside information
insider lists
PDMR transaction reporting
market soundings regime
suspicious transaction and order reports (STORs)
investment recommendation disclosures

Frequently asked questions about UK MAR

What is UK MAR?

Who does UK MAR apply to?

UK MAR applies to issuers, investment firms, market operators, persons discharging managerial responsibilities (PDMRs), any person possessing inside information.

How many obligations does UK MAR contain?

AuditDSS has decomposed UK MAR into 182 atomic obligations from 17 rules. Each obligation is independently testable and risk-scored.

What are the key requirements of UK MAR?

The key requirements include: prohibition of insider dealing, prohibition of market manipulation, prohibition of unlawful disclosure, public disclosure of inside information, insider lists, PDMR transaction reporting, market soundings regime, suspicious transaction and order reports (STORs), investment recommendation disclosures.

How can I assess my UK MAR compliance?

Upload your compliance policy to AuditDSS. The platform maps your document against all 182 UK MAR obligations using deterministic AI scoring — not checklists or LLM summaries. You get a risk-scored gap analysis showing exactly which obligations are covered, partially covered, or missing.

Which jurisdiction enforces UK MAR?

UK MAR is enforced in United Kingdom by Financial Conduct Authority.

When did UK MAR come into effect?

UK MAR became effective on January 1, 2021.

What industry does UK MAR apply to?

UK MAR is primarily relevant to the Securities & Capital Markets industry. AuditDSS covers 98 regulations in this industry sector.

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Policy

High-level commitments and governance framework covering UK MAR requirements.

Procedures

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AI maps against 182 obligations

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