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Home > Learning > Courses > Advanced Mutual Funds Advice Program (AMFA) > Client Discovery (AMFA Program) > CLDI Curriculum
CSI’s online learning system helps you meet your study goals. You’ll benefit from:
Upon successfully completing each course module (by completing the module’s online quiz), you will earn multi-jurisdictional continuing education (CE) credits as shown in the table below. Thus, you will earn CE credits incrementally as you progress through the course.
Once you complete all modules in this course, you will have completed the full course. You can then download a Notice of Course Completion through your student profile. This notice will remain on your profile as formal confirmation of your course completion.
In this module, we provide a process for getting to know everything necessary about your clients. You will learn the federal legal requirements regarding business conduct and the collection and sharing of client information. We also discuss the account-opening requirements of the regulators. Finally, we explain how to engage in a probing dialogue with clients to collect and document information beyond the minimum required by law.
Topics covered in this module:
Once you have collected all necessary financial and non-financial data, you must use that information to assess your clients’ wealth planning needs. In this module, you will learn how to create a budget and savings plan based on a specific client’s net worth and available cash flow. The module explains how to incorporate savings strategies that suit the individual client and funding strategies for any emergencies that might arise, which are necessary components of every financial plan. Finally, we discuss various forms of credit and the steps taken to evaluate a client’s creditworthiness.
Topics covered in this module:
This module takes a closer look at behavioural finance as it applies to a wealth advisor’s role in understanding a client’s risk tolerance. You will learn what behavioural finance is and the role it can play in the relationship between the client and advisor in the pursuit of making better investment decisions. You will also learn about the purpose and limitations of risk tolerance questionnaires. Finally, you will learn about behavioural biases and how to work with them when structuring an asset allocation program.
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