Codes and Standards Presentation Recorded 01 Mar 2018
Standard of Professional Conduct Standard V(B) Communication with Clients and Prospective Clients
Overview
Members and Candidates must:
- Disclose to clients and prospective clients the basic format and general principles of the investment processes they use to analyze investments, select securities, and construct portfolios and must promptly disclose any changes that might materially affect those processes.
- Disclose to clients and prospective clients significant limitations and risks associated with the investment process.
- Use reasonable judgment in identifying which factors are important to their investment analyses, recommendations, or actions and include those factors in communications with clients and prospective clients.
- Distinguish between fact and opinion in the presentation of investment analysis and recommendations.
About the Speaker(s)
Jon Stokes is the Director, Ethics and Standards Education at CFA Institute. His responsibilities include, design and creation of online ethics education, development and maintenance of the CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct, and the design and management of the CFA Institute Ethical Decision-Making and Giving Voice to Values education programs. Stokes holds a JD degree.