An investment bank’s clients wanted to manipulate its stock price in order to facilitate a better selling price in private placement deal with a pension fund. To assist the client, the investment bank solicits other advisory clients to buy the company stock; at the same time solicits other clients to sell the same company stock to effect a matched. These trades represent a large percentage of the company’s stock volume, which leads to a drastic increase in price. Comment the action of the investment bank.

An investment bank’s clients wanted to manipulate its stock price in order to facilitate a better selling price in private placement deal with a pension fund. To assist the client, the investment bank solicits other advisory clients to buy the company stock; at the same time solicits other clients to sell the same company stock to effect a matched. These trades represent a large percentage of the company’s stock volume, which leads to a drastic increase in price. Comment the action of the investment bank.

Cornerstones of Financial Accounting

4th Edition

ISBN:9781337690881

Author:Jay Rich, Jeff Jones

Publisher:Jay Rich, Jeff Jones

ChapterA2: Investments

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