单选题
Scan, CFA, is a portfolio manager for RBS Investment Management
Company-a registered investment organization that advises investment companies
and private accounts-was promoted to that position three years ago. Richard, his
supervisor, is responsible for reviewing Sean's portfolio account transactions
and his required monthly reports of personal stock transactions. Scan has been
using Marcy, a broker, almost exclusively for portfolio account brokerage
transactions. For securities in which Marcy's firm makes a market, Marcy has
been giving Scan lower prices for personal purchases and higher for personal
sales than Marcy gives to Sean's portfolio accounts and other investors. Sean
has been filing monthly reports with Richard only for those months in which he
has no personal transactions. Which of the following is least likely to be a
violation of the Code and Standards?
- A. Scan failed to disclose to his employer his personal transactions.
- B. Richard failed enforce reasonable procedures for supervising and
monitoring Sean's trading for his own account.
- C. Richard allowed Scan to use Marcy as his broker for personal
trades.