Switzerland: The Swiss Attorney General's office has opened an investigation into possible insider trading in the securities of cement producer Holcim Ltd, the office has said in a statement.
The investigation was first reported by the NZZ am Sonntag newspaper, which said that suspected insider trading took place just before Holcim's announcement in April 2014 of a plan to merge with France's Lafarge. The investigation is probing a possible offence by a 'secondary insider,' not someone with authorised access to insider information, but who obtained such information in an unauthorised way, the Attorney General's office said. The statement gave no further details.