Session 2: Ethical and Professional Standards: Application Reading 9: Changing Investment Objectives
LOS a: Critique the disclosure of investment objectives and basic policies and determine whether they comply with the CFA Institute Standards of Professional Conduct.
Wanda Brunner, CFA, is reviewing a draft fund prospectus for her new “Leveraged Long Coffee” (LLC), a closed-end fund. LLC uses a of combination fundamental and technical trading models to evaluate individual securities. She notes the LLC prospectus has several disclosures which cause her to worry that prospective clients will avoid her fund.
- Disclosure 1: “LLC charges a flat 3.00% of assets under management.”
- Disclosure 2: “LLC may invest up to 40% of the fund’s assets in securities which are not related to coffee or other consumer products.”
- Disclosure 3: “LLC relies only on fundamental valuation of individual securities.”
Which of the following standards will most likely be violated by distribution of the prospectus?
A) |
Standard III(C) Duties to Clients: Suitability because the fees are exorbitant. | |
B) |
Standard III(C) Duties to Clients: Suitability because the fund can hold an excessive portion of the portfolio in non-core assets. | |
C) |
Standard III(C) Duties to Clients: Suitability because it misleads the reader as to the process by which securities are selected. | | |