LM:3 Guidance For Standards I-VII Flashcards
What are the 2 rules for knowledge of the law?
- Follow more strict law
- Dissociate from any violation of such laws, rules, or regulations.
What are the 2 rules for independence & objectivity?
- Use reasonable care & good judgement to achieve and maintain independence & objective
- Must not offer or accept gifts, compensation, etc; anything that could compromise own or another’s independence & objectivity
What does omissions mean?
Being left out
Eg. When some transactions are completely omitted from the books of accounts or entered but not posted.
What are 6 areas that may involve misrepresentation? IPSOPW
- Investment practice (qualifications, performance record.etc)
- Performance reporting
- Social media
- Omissions
- Plagiarism
- Work completed for employer (when hired by employer can put your name out employer name)
Are employers allowed to issue reports without providing credit to the previous analyst? Additionally, are analyst allowed to publish reports if they no longer work for the firm?
- yes employers are allowed to issue reports without providing credit to the previous analyst
- no analysts cannot publish reports if they no longer work for the firm
What are 2 things you should do to avoid plagiarism on a research report?
- maintain copies: keep copies of sources and everything used in report
- attribute quotations: give credit to the source
What is misconduct?
Unacceptable or improper behavior
What is material information?
Disclosure of information would have impact on price of a security
What are the 2 ways to manipulate markets?
- Information based manipulation
- Transaction based manipulation
What is information based manipulation?
Spread false rumors about company to change the price of security (pump & dump)
What is transaction based manipulation?
Transactions that affect price or volume
What are the 4 rules to loyalty, prudence, & care for duties to client?
-must act with reasonable care and exercise good judgement
-place client interest before employer or own interest
-soft dollar commissions are asset of client and may only be used for benefit of client (eg. research), does not include general education
-must provide performance statements at least quarterly
What is soft commissions?
When investment manager uses client brokerage to purchase research services
What is directed brokerage?
When client directs a manager to use the clients brokerage to execute transactions for the client
How should you vote for proxy statements for clients?
Vote in a way that benefits the client the most
What are the 3 keys to the trade allocation procedure?
- Fairness
- Timeliness
- Accuracy