NO.PZ2016040303000028
问题如下：
Carter works for Invest Today, a local asset management firm. A broker that provides Carter with proprietary research through client brokerage arrangements is offering a new trading service. The broker is offering low-fee, execution-only trades to complement its traditional full-service, execution-and-research trades. To entice Carter and other asset managers to send additional business its way, the broker will apply the commissions paid on the new service toward satisfying the brokerage commitment of the prior full-service arrangements. Carter has always been satisfied with the execution provided on the full-service trades, and the new low-fee trades are comparable to the fees of other brokers currently used for the accounts that prohibit soft dollar arrangements.
选项：
A.Carter can trade for his accounts that prohibit soft dollar arrangements under the new low-fee trading scheme.
B.Carter cannot use the new trading scheme because the commissions are prohibited by the soft dollar restrictions of the accounts.
C.Carter should trade only through the new low-fee scheme and should increase his trading volume to meet his required commission commitment.
解释：
A is correct.
Answer The question relates to Standard III(A) –Loyalty, Prudence, and Care. Carter believes the broker offers effective execution at a fee that is comparable with those of other brokers, so he is free to use the broker for all accounts. Answer B is incorrect because the accounts that prohibit soft dollar arrangements do not want to fund the purchase of research by Carter. The new trading scheme does not incur additional commissions from clients, so it would not go against the prohibitions. Answer C is incorrect because Carter should not incur unnecessary or excessive "churning" of the portfolios (excessive trading) for the purpose of meeting the brokerage commitments of soft dollar arrangements.
选项A的意思：Carter可以将那些禁止收取soft dollar的账户转入这个新的低佣金交易项目里。
因为Carter手上也管理一些禁止收取Soft dollar的账户，且这家broker之前是有soft dollar的，所以Cater没有将这些禁止收取soft dollar的账户交给这家broker做交易。
那么现在这家broker推出了low-fee execution only trade（没有soft dollar），且价格和其他broker差不多，且Carter很满意这家broker 的交易。那么Cater就可以把禁止收取soft dollar的账户从其他broker转到这家broker。所以A正确。
