Question

An agent made written disclosure to his employing broker-dealer that he intends to execute a series of private securities transactions with clients who do not have accounts with his broker-dealer. The agent did not acquire express written permission from the broker-dealer and did not receive compensation for executing the transactions, but did receive written acknowledgment of receipt of the agent's notice. In this case, the agent A) is required to register as a broker-dealer B) performed a matched trade as permitted under the rules C) is guilty of selling away D) engaged in an agency cross transaction

Answer 1

Answer:

C) is guilty of selling away

Explanation:

In the case when the securities are sold so the agents are prohibited from the transactions that are not recorded in the books of broker-dealer until there are authorized transactions in writing via the broker- dealer before to execution. If this cannot be happen so we called it as selling away

also the notification receipt would not be similar as the authorization

Therefore the option c is correct