dreampak

If you read the CFAI text on Ethics, the answers are pretty obvious and straight forward, at least to me.
Recommended for soft dollars when evaulating brokers for best execution, 4 things (I didn’t put these in any particular order):
1. Range of services offered
2. Commission rates
3. Financial Stability
4. Responsiveness
Unforunately it’s best to just memorize these sections and do your best to not let the CFA trick u into debating yourself into the putting down the wrong answer.

bigredhockey55

All your answers were great, thanks.
Basically for #3, the best explanation is that A and B were done and she ALSO needs to do 3 because she has thus far omitted it (even though I don’t see how obligation to generate a specific amount of brokerage falls into the 4 categories JP outlined above).
And for #6, commingling trades and averaging brokerage costs means you lose the ability to reward only those specific clients with the rewards of the brokerage that belongs to them.
Deciding not to bother with #15.