单选题

Which of the following statements concerning financial regulatory bodies is least accurate? Financial regulatory bodies:

A、 act to level the playing field for market participants.
B、 define minimum standards of competence for agents.
C、 require that regulated firms maintain optimum levels of capital.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】

Financial regulators impose minimum levels of capital that apply across the board to all regulated firms—not the optimum level, which is firm specific.