Identify the Procompetitive Effect of Banks' Expansion of Their Securities

question 87

Multiple Choice

Identify the procompetitive effect of banks' expansion of their securities activities.

• A)Reduces the degree of underpricing of new issues.
• B)Encourages stuffing of fiduciary accounts.
• C)Increased provision of cheap loans on the implicit condition that this loan is used to purchase securities.
• D)Use of lending powers by a bank to coerce a customer to buy the products sold by its securities affiliate.
• E)Use of inside information by a bank to set the prices, or help the distribution of securities offerings by its affiliate.

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