Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Australia court clears Citigroup of insider trading

(Reuters) - Australian regulators had charged the bank with breaching its "Chinese Walls" after a chat between two Citigroup dealers over a cigarette break on a Sydney street led one trader -- Andrew Manchee -- to believe his firm was involved in the A$6.3 billion takeover of stevedoring firm Patrick by rival Toll Holdings Ltd. in 2005.




That trader, then in possession of "inside information", sold a parcel of Patrick shares later that day, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission told the court.


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