Session 1: Ethical and Professional Standards Reading 2-V: Standards of Professional Conduct & Guidance: Investment Analysis, Recommendations, and Action
LOS C.: Record Retention.
According to CFA Institute Standards of Professional Conduct, members should do all of the following to meet the compliance procedures for having a reasonable basis for recommendations, EXCEPT:
A) |
analyze the client's investment needs. | |
B) |
distribute a detailed, written research report to clients with each recommendation. | |
C) |
analyze the investment's basic characteristics before recommending a specific investment to a broad client group. | |
Standard V(C), Record Retention, requires that members maintain appropriate records to support the reasonableness of such recommendations or actions, but they are not required to distribute a research report with each recommendation. |