Q6. In securing the shares for all accounts under her management, Linda Kammel of Northwest Futures purchased three blocks of shares at three different prices. She then allocated these shares by placing shares from the first block in accounts with surnames beginning with A-G. The second was allocated over accounts H-P, and the third over Q-Z. This action is:

A)   not permissible under the Code and Standards.

B)   consistent with her responsibilities under the Code and Standards.

C)   permissible only if the clients are informed of the allocation procedure.

答案和详解如下：

Q6. In securing the shares for all accounts under her management, Linda Kammel of Northwest Futures purchased three blocks of shares at three different prices. She then allocated these shares by placing shares from the first block in accounts with surnames beginning with A-G. The second was allocated over accounts H-P, and the third over Q-Z. This action is:

A)   not permissible under the Code and Standards.

B)   consistent with her responsibilities under the Code and Standards.

C)   permissible only if the clients are informed of the allocation procedure.

Correct answer is A)

Standard III(B) requires a member to deal fairly with all clients when taking investment actions. Since she knew at the outset that she was going to place shares in all accounts, regardless of the first letter of the surname, all accounts must participate on a pro-rata basis in each block in order to conform to the Standard. Her actions constitute a violation of the Standard concerning fair dealing.

THX