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29 certifications
Covers what a mutual fund distributor needs to know about funds, costs, taxation and investor servicing.
Often relevant to: Mutual fund distributors, Bank relationship staff, Wealth sales teams
Covers trade life cycle, clearing, settlement and risk management in broking operations.
Often relevant to: Broking operations staff, Risk and settlement teams
Covers equity futures and options, trading mechanics, clearing and risk.
Often relevant to: Dealers and approved users, Derivatives sales staff
Level 1 of the investment adviser pathway: financial planning basics, products and regulation.
Often relevant to: Aspiring investment advisers, Financial planners
Level 2 of the investment adviser pathway: asset allocation, portfolio construction and client suitability.
Often relevant to: Investment advisers (after Level 1)
A beginner-friendly overview of how securities markets, instruments and investors fit together.
Often relevant to: Students, Career changers, New joiners in broking or banking
Covers company analysis, valuation basics and research-analyst regulations.
Often relevant to: Equity research analysts, Research associates
Covers commodity futures and options, exchanges, delivery and risk.
Often relevant to: Commodity dealers, Commodity desk staff
Covers PMS products, costs and regulation for people who distribute portfolio management services.
Often relevant to: PMS distributors, Wealth relationship managers
Covers portfolio management practice and regulation for people working at a portfolio manager.
Often relevant to: Portfolio managers, PMS investment teams
Covers currency futures and options, trading, settlement and rules.
Often relevant to: Currency derivatives dealers, Approved users
Covers the registrar and share transfer agent role for company securities.
Often relevant to: RTA staff (corporate)
Covers the registrar and transfer agent role for mutual funds.
Often relevant to: RTA staff (mutual funds)
Covers compliance duties at brokers and other non-fund intermediaries.
Often relevant to: Compliance officers, Compliance teams
Covers compliance duties at mutual funds, AIFs, REITs and InvITs.
Often relevant to: Fund compliance officers
Covers bond markets and interest rate futures and options.
Often relevant to: Interest rate derivatives dealers
A shorter mutual fund exam for a special cadre of distributors such as postal agents and retired officials.
Often relevant to: Postal agents, Retired officials and teachers
Covers mutual funds plus derivatives for distributing Specialized Investment Funds.
Often relevant to: MF and SIF distributors, AMC sales staff
Covers depositories, demat accounts and DP operations.
Often relevant to: Depository participant staff
Covers IPOs, open offers, buy-backs and delisting at merchant bankers.
Often relevant to: Merchant banking staff
One exam covering equity, currency and interest rate derivatives.
Often relevant to: Derivatives approved users, MF distributors offering SIFs
Covers retirement planning and NPS for PFRDA-registered retirement advisers.
Often relevant to: Retirement advisers
Voluntary exam on distributing Category I and II AIFs.
Often relevant to: AIF distributors, Placement agents
Voluntary exam on distributing Category III AIFs.
Often relevant to: AIF distributors, Placement agents
Covers managing AIFs: portfolio theory, valuation, governance and rules.
Often relevant to: AIF managers, Investment teams
Covers managing Category I and II AIFs.
Often relevant to: Category I/II AIF managers
Covers managing Category III AIFs.
Often relevant to: Category III AIF managers
Covers assessing and reporting social impact.
Often relevant to: Social impact assessors
Covers anti-money laundering and counter-terror-financing rules in securities markets.
Often relevant to: Intermediary employees, KYC and AML teams
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