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[[Asset manager]]s will often proudly declare that at no time, in no circumstances, can they ever be personally liable for transactions they instruct on behalf of their clients. as a general proposition you can see what they're trying to say but it isn't quite that straightforward.
[[Asset manager]]s will often proudly declare that they act as [[agent]]: at no time, in no circumstances, can they ever be principally liable for transactions they instruct on behalf of their clients. as a general proposition you can see what they're trying to say but it isn't quite that straightforward.


Where the [[manager]] instructs the transaction first and allocates it to a given client later — which is usually how managers like to carry on — this puts a [[dealer]] in an invidious position in between times. For a [[dealer]] cannot reject a trade against the street once it has executed it.  
Where the [[manager]] instructs the transaction first and allocates it to a given client later — which is usually how managers like to carry on — this puts a [[dealer]] in an invidious position in between times. For a [[dealer]] cannot reject a trade against the street once it has executed it.