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Ethical and Professional Standards

Guidance for Standards I–VII

During a routine call, a corporate treasurer inadvertently tells portfolio manager Henrik Olsen that the issuer will announce a large, unexpected loss next week. The next morning, before any announcement, a discretionary client emails Olsen instructing him to sell the account's entire position in that issuer to fund a property purchase. Olsen most appropriately should:

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