Analyst Objectivity:
Analyst Education and Ethics
Research analysts issue reports that investors use to make key financial transactions, so an analyst’s work must be of the highest quality. To ensure that investors receive the objective, sound, and relevant information needed to make investment decisions, analysts need to disclose their own trades as appropriate and maintain a strong commitment to educational, professional, and ethical standards of investment analysis.
Our work on analyst objectivity is based on our Research Objectivity Standards, which offer specific, measurable standards for managing and disclosing conflicts of interest.