In the marketing brochure, TBC Asset Manager presents the performance
of several composite portfolios managed according to similar investment
strategies. In constructing composites, the firm excludes individual portfolios
with less than $1 million in assets, excludes terminated portfolios, and
includes simulated results. TBC includes the following disclosure in the
brochure: "Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Composites
exclude portfolios under $1 million in assets and include results from simulated
model portfolios with similar strategies." TBC’s brochure:
A. does not violate the Code and Standards.
B. violate the Code and Standards by excluding portfolios under $1 million
from the composite performance presentation.
C. violate the Code and Standards by failing to include terminated
portfolios in the performance presentation.