Bigwig, CEO of HiGrowth Corporation, meets with the president of BigFee Investment Bankers and arranges for BigFee to underwrite an Initial Public Offering (IPO) for the firm. When the IPO comes to market, GetErDone Broker-Dealers is part of the selling group, which handles the sale of the stock to the public. In this scenario, which party is the broker?

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GetErDone Broker-Dealers is the broker in this scenario. GetErDone is simply finding buyers for the securities and receives a commission for doing so. GetErDone is not itself purchasing the securities in the scenario described. It would be considered unethical for the broker-dealer to do so since they are required to make a bona fide public offering of all of the securities allotted to them for distribution under NASAA Model Rules.

Bigwig, CEO of HiGrowth Corporation, Meets with the President of BigFee