Analyst Objectivity:
Transparency
Disclosures help investors gauge the usefulness and objectivity of a firm's research. Disclosures can tell investors how thoroughly a firm has analyzed securities; whether the subject company is a client of or in some other way affiliated with an analyst’s firm; the methodologies, definitions, and any third-party research used; and the performance of past research.
Transparency enables investors to determine if investment firms and their employees have a reasonable basis in analysis and research for their views, and reveals existing and potential conflicts of interests.
Our work on analyst objectivity is based on our Research Objectivity Standards, which offer specific, measurable standards for managing and disclosing conflicts of interest and recommend specific practices to guide investment firms and their respective employees.
See our official position on transparency.
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- CFA Institute and NIRI Release First-Ever Guidelines for Analyst-Corporate Issuer Relations, 8 December 2004
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