QUESTION: 257

Under ERISA, fiduciaries must:

-act solely in the interest of and for the exclusive purpose of benefiting, the plan participants and beneficiaries; -act with the ________, prudence and diligence of a prudent person acting in like capacity; -diversify the plan's investments to protect it from the risk of substantial loss; -act in accordance with the provisions of the plan documents to the extent that the documents comply with ERISA;
-refrain from engaging in prohibited transactions.

caution
care, skill
none of these answers
attention

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

A fiduciary is required to discharge all duties with respect to a plan "with the care, skill, prudence and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent man acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims."

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QUESTION: 258

The value of a real estate portfolio requires, at minimum, ________ review.

weekly
quarterly
daily
monthly
annual

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

The practice of providing quarterly reports satisfies the quarterly review requirements. The issuance process should include a review of the real estate portfolio, a review of net asset value for financial and performance purposes, and review and disclosure of any factors that might result in a material change to net asset value.

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QUESTION: 259

Which of the following are mandatory disclosure requirements under AIMR-PPS?

The number of portfolios and assets in each composite.
II. The fees deducted or not deducted from the calculations of returns.
III. The volatility of the aggregate composite return.
IV. Benchmarks that the composites are expected to track.
I only
I and II only
I, II and III only
III and IV only

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

(III) & (IV) are recommended disclosures while (I) and (II) are mandatory.

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QUESTION: 260

Paul Erdosh is an independent contractor who was hired by Arbitrage Securities to carry out a research project involving the software industry. The scope of the research was broad and the aim was to identify relatively undervalued stocks in that sector. During the course of the research, Paul realized that two of the companies in the sector were prime takeover targets if anyone bothered to do more research on them. He decided to sell this finding to M&A Consultants and obtain a research contract from them. He did not inform Arbitrage Securities about this deal, though he did submit a competent research report on the software industry to them. Paul has

not violated Standard III (B) - Duty to Employer.
violated Standard III (B) - Duty to Employer - because by selling the information to a rival firm, he has potentially harmed Arbitrage Securities' business.
not violated Standard III (B) - Duty to Employer - because he is an independent contractor, not an employee of Arbitrage Securities.
violated Standard III (B) - Duty to Employer. He needs written permission from Arbitrage Securities before releasing any of his findings to third parties.

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

Arbitrage Securities hired Paul to do a research project that did not involve identifying specific merger/ acquisition candidates. Hence, Paul's discovery is tangential to the original project and as such, cannot be considered the property of Arbitrage Securities. Standard III (B) does apply to Paul even though he is a contractor; however, it does not preclude him from selling his findings without Arbitrage Securities' permission as long as the information is not related to the project he was hired to conduct.

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