Show firm command of the Code and Standards by applying them to professional integrity cases under Standard I, Professionalism

In portfolio-management cases Standard I turns on pressure and presentation. Under I(A) the manager follows the stricter of local law and the Code, and dissociates from a colleague's breach, first raising it with compliance. Under I(B), a broker's lavish trip offered to win order flow, or a plan sponsor pressing the manager to buy its shares, threatens objectivity; a client's gift is acceptable once disclosed to the employer. I(C) is breached by guaranteeing a risky strategy's return, by labelling a fund sustainable when no ESG process is applied, or by passing off another firm's model as one's own. I(D) covers dishonesty linked to professional life, and I(E) demands competence in any strategy taken on, such as a derivatives overlay.