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Judgment & ambiguity · When to escalate

In an exam, a regulator makes an informal comment that your treatment of a certain fee looks aggressive — no formal finding, no written directive, just a verbal signal from the examiner. Do you change practice now, wait for the formal report, or escalate — and to whom?

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An informal examiner comment is weak in form but strong in signal — examiners rarely float something they haven't already half-decided, so I don't dismiss it as 'just a remark.

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