Question

An agent of a broker-dealer "A" has been terminated and is associating with broker-dealer "B." The terminated agent agrees to turn over his clients to another agent at broker-dealer "A" in return for half of the commissions generated by those clients over the following year. This arrangement is:

Answer 1

Answer: Prohibited

Step-by-step explanation:

This agreement is prohibited because agents working in different firms are not allowed to split commissions. The agent who has been terminated from broker-dealer A is associating with broker-dealer B and seeing as the arrangement is for a year, it will last the entirety of the time that both agents will be in different firms.