Belen Zapata, CFA, is the owner of Kawah Investments. Kawah promises investors returns of up to 12% per year and claims to achieve this by investing in non-investment-grade bonds and other fixed income instruments. Over the next 12 months, bond market yields reach unprecedented lows and Zapata finds it impossible to achieve the returns she expected. No investments are ever made by Kawah, and clients are completely paid back all of their original investment. Zapata most likelyviolated the CFA Institute Standards of Professional Conduct because of the:
B is correct because the member has misrepresented the returns she could realistically achieve for her clients, violating Standard Ⅰ (C), which prohibits members and candidates from guaranteeing clients any specific return on volatile investments.