问题如下：
Which one of the following actions will help to ensure the fair treatment of brokerage firm clients when a new investment recommendation is made?
选项：
A. Informing all people in the firm in advance that a recommendation is to be disseminated.
B. Distributing recommendations to institutional clients prior to individual accounts.
C. Minimizing the time between the decision and the dissemination of a recommendation.
解释：
C is correct.
This question, which relates to Standard III(B) –Fair Dealing, tests the knowledge of the procedures that will assist members and candidates in treating clients fairly when making investment recommendations. The step listed in C will help ensure the fair treatment of clients. Answer A may have negative effects on the fair treatment of clients. The more people who know about a pending change, the greater the chance that someone will inform some clients before the information’s release. The firm should establish policies that limit the number of people who are aware in advance that a recommendation is to be disseminated. Answer B, distributing recommendations to institutional clients before distributing them to individual accounts, discriminates among clients on the basis of size and class of assets and is a violation of Standard III(B).
老师请问，有助教的答案是“A选项是说经纪公司在发布投资推荐的时候要提前通知公司里的所有人。这是不对的，因为公司里面知道的人越多，就有可能有人会提前透漏给自己的客户。这也是符合现实的。实际上我们在把信息发布给客户之前，尽可能的要让更少的人知道新的投资建议，这样才能避免有人提前发布给自己的客户，引起不公平”这里的公司其他人是不是指别的分析员的客户？