Counteracting the practices of sham transactions: market manipulations and using insider trading

Objective: to consider approaches to countering the use of unfair transaction practices, in particular, market manipulations and insider trading within the functions and powers of the Bank of Russia.Methods: the work used a combination of methods of dialectical, empirical, comparative and logical research.Results: approaches to the definition of market manipulation are established, the main methods of market manipulation are considered. The activity of the Bank of Russia to identify unfair practices in the Russian financial market was studied; the amount of market manipulation cases was identified and analyzed. The approaches were shown, which exist within the framework of the financial market development strategy to counteract the use of unfair transactions practices, including the practices of market manipulation and the use of insider trading; promising areas of development in the specified areas were identified.Scientific novelty: the article consolidates the dynamics of the activities of the Bank of Russia, the probable problem areas and the potential in the field of countering the unfair transactions practices, including market manipulation and insider trading; the amount of identified cases of market manipulation is analyzed.Practical significance: the main provisions and conclusions of the article can be used in the further analysis of countering the use of unfair behavior practices in the financial market and in forming a glossary.