What is the Certificate in Advanced Investment Advice?
The Certificate in Advanced Investment Advice provides investment advisors with advanced and practical advisory knowledge—enabling them to stand out in a highly competitive financial industry. This certificate also serves as an interim certificate that puts you on the path to the Certified International Wealth Manager (CIWM) designation for high-net-worth wealth management and the Chartered Investment Manager (CIM®) designation for discretionary investment management.
What skills will you develop?
- Share advanced insights with your retail clients and help them make better investment decisions
- Use behavioural finance techniques to identify your clients’ risk tolerance
- Use special techniques to manage your client’s portfolio risk
- Identify advantages, disadvantages and methods of international investing
- Evaluate the merits of traditional and non-traditional investment products
- Evaluate the array of non-traditional investment products and portfolio solutions available in today’s retail market
- Evaluate investor personality types through behavioural finance techniques
- Managing your clients’ investment risk
Expert knowledge in these areas will enable you to offer advanced advice to your retail clients and stand out in a highly competitive industry.
What is the path to the Certificate in Advanced Investment Advice?
This certificate is also on the path to the Chartered Investment Manager (CIM®) designation.
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Note: The FOFP course was decommissioned on October 12, 2022 and is no longer open for enrolment. For students currently enrolled in the FOFP, you can continue with your course work and upon completion will be granted the Certificate in Advanced Investment Advice provided you meet all the specific requirements.
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Important
In addition to the Investment Management Techniques (IMT®) course, individuals seeking the Certificate in Advanced Investment Advice must complete one of the following: Financial Planning I, Financial Planning II, the AMFA Certification Exam, the Personal Financial Planner (PFP®) designation, the Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) designation or the Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU®) designation. Please note these courses and designations are NOT required for the CIM® designation, only for the Certificate in Advanced Investment Advice. For more information on work experience requirements, click here.
The Certificate in Advanced Investment Advice is not required to attain the CIM® designation.
External Designation Recognitions are subject to CSI’s External Designation Recognition policy and fee.
Who should enrol?
Registered advisors working in a securities firm (CIRO platform) in an investment advisory capacity who are looking to enhance their knowledge to better serve their retail clients.
