The IDT has for years only fined people guilty of insider trading. As an investigation may easily take years, efforts to combat insider dealing are less than effective.

• 即使审裁处最终裁定内幕交易成立，多年来也只是处以罚款，但整个过程动辄耗时数年，令到打击内幕交易的效力大打折扣。