答案和详解如下： Q5. Jill Marsh, CFA, works for Advisors where she manages a portfolio for a wealthy family. Marsh earns 1% of the portfolio’s value each year in the form of a commission from Advisors. The family just told her that any year the portfolio she manages earns more than a 10% return, the family will give her the use of the family’s vacation home for one week. Hirsh will comply with Standard IV(B), Additional Compensation Arrangements, if she: A) sends an e-mail to her supervisor about the vacation home. B) does nothing with respect to this. C) delivers a typed memo to her supervisor about the vacation home the first time she uses it. Correct answer is A) Standard IV(B) requires that members disclose to their employer in writing all benefits that they receive in addition to their regular compensation for services they perform on behalf of their employer. E-mail messages qualify. As long as the agreement is in effect, she must inform her employer even if she has yet to use the potential benefit. Q6. Sharon West is a CFA charterholder and trust officer for REO Trust Company. Soon after beginning work for REO, West finds that REO has been conducting all its securities transactions through her brother who is a registered representative. West's brother charges REO commissions that are equal to the lowest available from another broker. West's brother tells her that if she continues doing business with him, he will give her a substantial discount on all personal transactions she conducts through him. West:
A) must inform her employer of the arrangement because it provides her with additional compensation. B) must inform her employer of the arrangement because she is doing business with a member of her immediate family. C) does not need to inform her employer of the arrangement because the commissions her brother charges the firm are the lowest possible. Correct answer is A) Members are required to disclose to their employer in writing all monetary compensation or other benefit they receive in addition to the employer’s compensation. The discounting of West’s commissions is a benefit that must be disclosed. Q7. David Saul, CFA, heads the trust department at Savage National Bank. Fairway Enterprises invites Saul to sit on its Board of Directors. In return for his services on the Board, Fairway offers to provide Saul and his family with access to the facilities at Wilmont Country Club at no cost. Saul will not receive any monetary compensation for his services on the Board. According to CFA Institute Standards of Professional Conduct, which of the following actions must Saul take? A) Saul must disclose in writing to Savage Bank the terms of the offer whether or not he accepts the offer to serve on the Board of Directors. B) Saul must reject the offer to serve on the Board of Directors. C) Saul must obtain written consent from all parties to only if he decides to accept the offer to serve on the Board of Directors. Correct answer is C) Standard IV(B) requires that members obtain written consent from all parties involved before accepting monetary compensation or other benefits that they receive for their services that are in addition to compensation or benefits conferred by a member's employer. In this situation, Saul may also be obligated to disclose his participation on Fairway's Board to clients, prospective clients, and employer under Standard VI(A), Disclosure of Conflicts. | 
发表于 2009-1-9 16:33
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