Read the case and answer requirements .(1 :100.0) 1 Analyze the following case involving several research analysts

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.(1 :100.0) 1 Analyze the following case involving several research analysts and discuss whether their actions potentially constitute violations of the CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct. Working in groups of 3 to 6 member. Each group should upload their report only once on Chaoxing. Your group reports should be limited to 2-3 pages. Make sure all members' names are on the front page. Deadline: 12pm, May 22, 2023. June Tian, CFA, is a research analyst on electronic sector at Shenhua Securities. On the evening of June 6, 2022, She posted in her WeChat Moments, *I should be the first person on the whole internet to say A-share will hit 4000! Believe in the power of belief!" On the date, the Shanghai Stock Exchange index was closed at 3236. The screenshot of her WeChat Moments was widely spread. Later of the year, Tian left Shenhua. She wrote to the CFA institute to report her former supervisor, Steve Han, the Chief Research Analyst on electronic sector and a CFA charterholder as well. She wrote the following: "...Han ruined my job. I was clearly spreading positive energy. I posted encouraging and positive words in my WeChat Moments. But Han was jealous that I had more talent in research than him. Seeing that I became popular, he deliberately harmed and slandered me to make me unemployed. He has clearly violated the Code and Standards." Han is also a controversial figure in the capital market. There has been rising criticism of him that his recommendations are deviating from the fundamental analysis. For example, he recommended buying into semiconductor stocks at their peak prices. Now, those stocks have declined 50-80% from their highs. One of Han's clients was subjected to huge losses and questioned Han. Han responded: "Why did you not sell the positions immediately when the stocks started declining? You just deserved it." In a Wechat group consisting of institutional investors, Han forwarded his research reports on two public companies. Soon afterwards, Kevin Feng, the Chief Research Analyst covering the electronic sector at a competing security firm and also a CFA charterholder, commented in the same WeChat group. Feng said: "I have posted reports on the same companies for several days. Finally, others have followed up. I have often had my work copied by other industry peers, which makes me feel deeply honored'.* Feng changed firms recently. He had earned a great reputation at his old firm with his analysis of San'an Optoelectronics, which doubled in value after his recommendation. Because he still liked San'an Optoelectronics, he recreated from public sources the records and analysis he did at his previous employer and issues a report on San'an Optoelectronics with a "buy". Sni .(1 :100.0) 1 Analyze the following case involving several research analysts and discuss whether their actions potentially constitute violations of the CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct. Working in groups of 3 to 6 member. Each group should upload their report only once on Chaoxing. Your group reports should be limited to 2-3 pages. Make sure all members' names are on the front page. Deadline: 12pm, May 22, 2023. June Tian, CFA, is a research analyst on electronic sector at Shenhua Securities. On the evening of June 6, 2022, She posted in her WeChat Moments, *I should be the first person on the whole internet to say A-share will hit 4000! Believe in the power of belief!" On the date, the Shanghai Stock Exchange index was closed at 3236. The screenshot of her WeChat Moments was widely spread. Later of the year, Tian left Shenhua. She wrote to the CFA institute to report her former supervisor, Steve Han, the Chief Research Analyst on electronic sector and a CFA charterholder as well. She wrote the following: "...Han ruined my job. I was clearly spreading positive energy. I posted encouraging and positive words in my WeChat Moments. But Han was jealous that I had more talent in research than him. Seeing that I became popular, he deliberately harmed and slandered me to make me unemployed. He has clearly violated the Code and Standards." Han is also a controversial figure in the capital market. There has been rising criticism of him that his recommendations are deviating from the fundamental analysis. For example, he recommended buying into semiconductor stocks at their peak prices. Now, those stocks have declined 50-80% from their highs. One of Han's clients was subjected to huge losses and questioned Han. Han responded: "Why did you not sell the positions immediately when the stocks started declining? You just deserved it." In a Wechat group consisting of institutional investors, Han forwarded his research reports on two public companies. Soon afterwards, Kevin Feng, the Chief Research Analyst covering the electronic sector at a competing security firm and also a CFA charterholder, commented in the same WeChat group. Feng said: "I have posted reports on the same companies for several days. Finally, others have followed up. I have often had my work copied by other industry peers, which makes me feel deeply honored'.* Feng changed firms recently. He had earned a great reputation at his old firm with his analysis of San'an Optoelectronics, which doubled in value after his recommendation. Because he still liked San'an Optoelectronics, he recreated from public sources the records and analysis he did at his previous employer and issues a report on San'an Optoelectronics with a "buy". Sni

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