ethics: fair dealing something, required, regular, standard

hanvinh

Let's say you have an uncle who has a client account at your firm and you don't have a beneficial ownership. But something changes and you end up with beneficial ownership. according to the standard, what are you required to do?

a. the uncle is a regular paying client, so treat the account like any other client account.
b. tell the uncle to switch the account to another firm.
c. tell another person at your firm to take over the account.