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e. explain professionalism in investment management

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Flash cards

How are investment management professionals like doctors and lawyers? Like doctors and lawyers, investment management professionals are trusted to draw on a body of formal knowledge and apply that knowledge with care and judgement.

How are investment management professionals different than their clients? Investment professionals are expected to have superior financial expertise , technical knowledge, and knowledge of the applicable laws and regulations.

Investment professionals have a special responsibility to act ethically because… They are entrusted to protect clients’ assets.

Professionals use their specialized knowledge and skills… In service to others

A profession’s code of ethics… Publicly communicates the shared principles and expected behaviors of a profession’s members.


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