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NISM has revised and launched the NISM-Series-XXI-A: Portfolio Management Services (PMS) Distributors Certification Examination.
The certification aims to increase the knowledge of distribution and related support services in the PMS space. Also, this certifcation exam is mandatory for distributors to obtain the PMS disribution license from the Association of Portfolio Managers in India license or APRN number.
Topics covered
- Investment landscape
- Introduction to securities markets
- Investing in stocks
- Investing in fixed-income securities
- Derivatives
- Mutual funds
- Role of portfolio managers
- Operational aspects of portfolio managers
- Portfolio management process
- Performance measurement and evaluation of portfolio managers
- Taxation
- Regulatory, governance and ethical aspects of portfolio managers
The requirement to obtain this certificate
- The examination consists of 80 multiple-choice questions and 3 case-based questions
- Each question carries 1 mark while case studies can give you 20 marks
- Passing marks to obtain this certificate is 60%
- For every incorrect answer, there will be 0.25% negative marking which means for 4 incorrect answers, 1 mark will be lost
- Certification cost for NISM-Series-XXI-A: Portfolio Management Services (PMS) Distributors Certification Examination is Rs.1,500
- The duration is 2 hours and the certification is valid for three years
Further, NISM has also launched the NISM-Series-XXI-B: Portfolio Managers Certification Examination. This exam is mandatory for PMS officials.
Topics covered in the NISM-Series-XXI-B: Portfolio Managers Certification Examination are the same as those covered in the NISM-Series-XXI-A: Portfolio Management Services (PMS) Distributors Certification Examination.
The assessment structure of the NISM-Series-XXI-B examination is a bit different from the NISM-Series-XXI-A examination. Here are the requirements to obtain this certificate:
- The examination will consist of 150 marks with a duratoin of 3 hours
- The examination consists of 90 multiple-choice questions of 1 mark each and 6 case-based questions of 60 marks
- Passing marks to obtain this certificate is 60% which means 90 marks should be obtained out of 150 marks
- For every incorrect answer there will be 0.25% negative marking
- Certification cost for NISM-Series-XXI-B: Portfolio Managers Certification Examination is Rs.3,000
- The certification is valid for three years