inside information

English

Noun

inside information (uncountable)

1. (US, law, finance) Information obtained by or from a person in a position of trust (a director, an employee, a consultant) that affects the price of publicly traded securities.
   • 1968 September 12, “SEC Calls 'Insider' Cases Beneficial to Public”, in New York Times:

     Must a corporation issue a news release if it becomes aware that material inside information has leaked out? "It should make an immediate announcement,"

   • 2011 July 18, John Cassidy, “Mastering the Machine”, in The New Yorker‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Recently, the hedge-fund industry has been shaken by allegations that it exploits inside information.

Translations

information obtained by or from a person in a trusted position

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 內幕信息／内幕信息 (nèimù xìnxī)

• Dutch: voorkennis (nl) f, voorwetenschap (nl) f
• Finnish: sisäpiiritieto

See also

• insider trading

Further reading

• insider trading on Wikipedia.Wikipedia