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Standard III — Duties to Clients

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When a client insists on an unsuitable unsolicited trade, when may a portfolio manager still execute it under Standard III(C)?

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After warning the client and documenting the client's insistence.

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Why is executing an unsolicited unsuitable client trade without documentation non-compliant under Standard III(C)?

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The manager must document the warning and client instruction.

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If a manager executes a trade based on material nonpublic merger information for a client portfolio, which client-duty Standard is also implicated?

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Standard III(A) Loyalty, Prudence, and Care.

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In CFA ethics questions, why should you identify all possible Standards before choosing the 'most directly' violated one?

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Because one scenario can breach multiple Standards simultaneously.

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