What You Will Learn
The following topics will be covered in the course:
- The phases of CRM’s implementation
- New requirements for pre-trade disclosure, fixed income compensation, use of benchmark information, and client account statements
- Enhanced trade confirmations and reporting on charges and compensation
- Money-weighted versus time-weighted rates of return
- Compliance and Supervision Issues
- Elements of Communication and How to Handle Difficult Conversations
This course is taught online and includes PDF textbook and online interactive modules.
Course Outline
Lesson 1: The Basic Concepts of CRM2
- The History of the Client Relationship Model
- The Two Phases of CRM’s Implementation
- The New Requirements for Pre-Trade Disclosure, Fixed Income Compensation, Use of Benchmark Information, and Account Statements
- Compliance and Supervision Issues
Lesson 2: 2016: Cost and Performance Reporting
- The Report of Charges and Compensation
- Enhanced Trade Confirmations
- Money-Weighted Vs. Time-Weighted Rates of Return
- Compliance and Supervision Issues
Lesson 3: Tying It All Together
- Discussions Advisors Can Expect To Have With Their Clients
- Compliance and Supervision Issues
- Elements of Communication and How to Handle Difficult Conversations
| Approximate Hours of Study** | |
|---|---|
| Hours of Study | 3 |
** In order to provide some guidance to course participants as to the length of time it will take to be sufficiently prepared to write the final examination, CSI has prepared this estimate of the number of hours an average participant could possibly expect to spend studying for a course. Please note that these are only recommended hours of study developed based on research and our course content, however, this does not mean that some students with exceptional backgrounds would not take less time than recommended or that students with no background at all in finance or economics would not take longer than the maximum.
| QUIZ FORMAT | |
|---|---|
| Quiz Format | Online |
| Question Format | Multiple Choice |
| Questions Per Quiz | 20 |
| Attempts Allowed | Unlimited |
| Passing Grade | 60%* |
| ENROLMENT PERIOD | |
|---|---|
| Enrolment Period | 6 months |
* IMPORTANT: There is no maximum to the number of quiz attempts permitted, but only the first passing grade (60% or over) will appear on official web transcript.
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