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To: Mama Bear who wrote (7897)	8/10/1998 10:18:00 AM
From: CMS27	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10479

>>That would be the logical conclusion<< The way I read it it seemed he had to have a certain amount of assets under management. But even without that criteria aren't there other functions a FA can perform? If nothing else he can flash a business card that says FA and hand out buy sell advice. Something an accountant or other professional cannot do. Can he not place trades for other people, even if the funds are not under his direct management? So as an author of a business journal he probably is prohibited from selling or buying securities he is writing about, not sure if that is a law, but is should be. But he could as an FA place trades for clients, for which he is earning a fee. These are just thoughts, I'm not really familiar enough with the laws to know if this could happen or not. I'm also not sure if Alpert's role as an FA had any connection to his writing the Osicom piece. But I don't think it can be brushed away as simply as you suggest. btw who is the author of this recent article? Scott