Kim Klausner, CFA, monitors several hundred employees as head of compliance for a large investment advisory firm. Klausner has always ensured that his company’s compliance program met or exceeded those of its competitors. Klausner, who is going on a long vacation, has delegated his supervisory responsibilities to Sue Chang. Klausner informs Chang that her responsibilities include detecting and preventing violations of any capital market rules and regulations, and the CFA Institute Code and Standards. Klausner least likely violated the CFA.
Institute Standards of Professional Conduct by failing to instruct Chang to also consider:
C is correct because the requirement under Standard IV(C) Responsibilities of Supervisors does not include any reference to industry standards. Standard IV(C) requires supervisors to instruct those subordinate to whom supervision is delegated about detection methods to prevent violations of laws, rules, regulations, firm policies and the CFA Institute Code and Standards.