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A compliance officer is preparing an educational overview regarding securities industry participants and investor categories. Which of the following statements regarding market participants and investor classifications are correct?

  1. An individual who earned an annual income exceeding 200,000ineachofthetwomostrecentyears(or200,000 in each of the two most recent years (or 300,000 joint income with a spouse) with a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year qualifies as an accredited investor.Cevap
  2. B
    An individual investor with a personal net worth exceeding $5 million automatically qualifies as a Qualified Institutional Buyer (QIB) under Rule 144A.
  3. When a firm acts in a broker (agent) capacity in a secondary market transaction, it matches buyers with sellers and charges a commission for executing the trade.Cevap
  4. D
    Self-Regulatory Organizations (SROs) such as FINRA are federal government regulatory bodies empowered to bring criminal prosecution charges against securities law violators.

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The correct statements are the one defining the individual income threshold for accredited investors (200,000individual/200,000 individual / 300,000 joint) and the one describing a broker-dealer acting in an agency capacity matching orders for a commission.
The statement specifying the accredited investor income test (200,000individual/200,000 individual / 300,000 joint) and the statement describing a broker acting as an agent charging a commission are both correct representations of federal securities rules and industry operational roles.

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1
Evaluate the accredited investor income standard.
Earning over 200,000individually(200,000 individually ( 300,000 with spouse) for the past two years with an expectation of the same level in the current year is a valid qualification path under Regulation D.
Federal securities law provides specific quantitative income benchmarks for natural persons to qualify as accredited investors.
2
Review the Qualified Institutional Buyer (QIB) qualification requirements.
Rule 144A requires an institution to own and invest at least $100 million in non-affiliated securities. Natural persons are excluded from QIB eligibility.
Conflating high-net-worth individual accredited status with institutional QIB status is a standard regulatory misconception.
3
Examine the role of a broker acting as an agent.
An agent/broker connects buyers and sellers, does not take principal position risk from proprietary inventory, and earns commission income.
This is the core functional definition of acting in a broker capacity.
4
Assess SRO authority and jurisdictional boundaries.
FINRA is a non-governmental membership SRO under SEC oversight. Criminal enforcement is handled strictly by federal/state prosecutors, not SROs.
SROs possess disciplinary administrative authority over registered personnel and firms, but cannot institute criminal actions.

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