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In financial market operations, participant classifications define specific roles, asset thresholds, and regulatory boundaries. Which of the following statements correctly describe these investor and participant classifications?

  1. A Qualified Institutional Buyer (QIB) is an institution that owns and invests at least $100 million in securities of non-affiliated issuers.Answer
  2. A natural person can achieve accredited investor status by maintaining a net worth over $1,000,000, excluding the value of their primary residence.Answer
  3. C
    A firm operating in a broker capacity acts as a principal, filling customer orders directly from its own inventory with a markup.
  4. D
    Self-Regulatory Organizations (SROs) such as FINRA are federal government agencies empowered to bring criminal prosecutions against securities law violators.

Answer

The correct statements are that a Qualified Institutional Buyer must own and invest at least 100millioninsecuritiesofnon−affiliatedissuers,andthatanindividualcanqualifyasanaccreditedinvestorwithanetworthexceeding100 million in securities of non-affiliated issuers, and that an individual can qualify as an accredited investor with a net worth exceeding 1,000,000 excluding primary residence equity.
The statements defining Qualified Institutional Buyers (100millionormoreinnon−affiliatedsecuritiesowned/invested)andindividualaccreditedinvestors(networthexceeding100 million or more in non-affiliated securities owned/invested) and individual accredited investors (net worth exceeding 1,000,000 excluding primary residence equity) accurately reflect SEC criteria established under Rule 144A and Regulation D.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Evaluate the QIB definition threshold
Confirmed that $100 million in securities owned and invested is the correct standard under SEC Rule 144A.
Rule 144A establishes the $100 million threshold for institutional entities to qualify as QIBs.
2
Evaluate the individual accredited investor net worth threshold
Confirmed that a net worth over $1,000,000 excluding primary residence equity qualifies an individual under Regulation D.
Regulation D sets clear financial benchmarks for accredited natural persons.
3
Analyze firm capacity and regulatory agency authority statements
Identified that brokers act in an agency capacity for commissions (not as principals using inventory) and SROs enforce civil membership rules (not criminal law).
Distinguishing agency versus principal roles and SRO civil oversight versus government criminal authority clarifies the incorrect choices.

Key Concept

Classification qualification thresholds for accredited investors and QIBs alongside functional roles of broker-dealers and regulatory entities.
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