One in Four Finance Professionals Would Do This to Get an Edge (Hint: It’s Not a Good Thing)

The financial system isn’t exactly renowned for its sparkling ethical record, and a new study released by [Jordan Thomas][prior firm][‘s] yesterday certainly isn’t going to help the cause. The study surveyed 500 U.S. and U.K. fund managers, bankers, analysts and asset managers and found that nearly a quarter of respondents felt that “financial services professionals may need to engage in unethical or illegal activity to get ahead.” What’s more, a full 12% believed it was likely that such unethical or illegal activity had already occurred within their own offices.