The issue of so-called Chinese walls in banking industry

The purpose of this thesis is to introduce and analyse the regulatory means of the so-called Chinese walls in banking sector. This is done by examining the Czech Banking Law, but also through comparison of the mechanism of Chinese walls to alternative methods of regulation, as well as by presenting of two practical studies dedicated to Chinese walls. As mentioned, the focus is placed on Czech legislation, however, we do not omit various alternative abroad regulatory approaches used in the past or indeed planned to be passed in the nearest future. The reason for the research is our interest in banking law and this form of regulation of insider trading. The thesis is composed of Introduction, three numbered chapters and Conclusion. Each of the chapters deals with different aspects of the thesis' topic. Introduction briefly explains the different issues that are to be discussed further. In Chapter One, we firstly explain our position on what indeed is the reason the Chinese walls have been introduced to the Czech legal system. After that, we mainly concentrate on the Czech banking legislation, thoroughly analysing its numerous legal aspects. In the end of this chapter, as the result of our analysis, we present our amended version of the law with the recommended changes. Chapter Two describes a brief..