Fiduciary Duty Question

Can someone please explain this answer?

When a firm seeks to allocate a disproportionate number of shares of a hot IPO to performance-based fee accounts this constitutes a violation of the Standard concerning:

A)

priority of transactions.

B)

fiduciary duty.

C)

additional compensation arrangements.

Explanation

The allocation of a disproportionate number of shares to performance-based fee accounts constitutes a violation of fiduciary duty, in addition to being a violation of the Standard concerning fair dealing.

Firms cannot violate the Standards; they’re not covered persons.