Enhance Your Investment Management Expertise
Gain in-depth investment management expertise. The WME-Investment Management Supplement includes specialized analysis and portfolio management knowledge contained within the Investment Management Techniques (IMT) course that is not found within the Wealth Management Essentials (WME) course.
By enrolling you'll enhance your investment policy statement development and investment selection skills while working toward the educational requirements to be an IIROC-registered Portfolio Manager.
- Become an IIROC-registered Portfolio Manager with the CIM® designation
- Completion of WME-Investment Management puts you on the path to earning your CIM® designation
Who Should Enrol
Enrol in the WME – Investment Management Supplement if you're:
- Seeking to attract wealthier and more sophisticated clients
- A graduate of the WME and want to focus on investment management
The WME Investment Management Supplement focuses on the knowledge contained in the Investment Management Techniques course not covered in the Wealth Management Essentials Course.
Learn About:
- Investment Management Process
- Ethics and the Investment Management
- Investment Policy
- Equity Securities
- Analysis of Equity Securities I: Economic and Industry Analysis
- Analysis of Equity Securities II: Company Analysis and Valuation
- Analysis of Equity Securities III: Technical Analysis
- Debt Securities
- Analysis of Debt Securities: Valuation and the Term Structure of Interest Rates
- Analysis of Managed Products
What's Included:
- Interactive resources including textbook material in PDF format
- Interactive exercises and practice quizzes
- Course updates
- A customizable calendar
- Access to online discussion forums and assistance from CSI's academic support specialists
| Approximate Hours of Study** | |
|---|---|
| Hours of Study | 40 - 60 hours |
** 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.
| EXAM WEIGHTINGS (weightings are approximate) |
|
|---|---|
| Investment Management Process | 9% |
| Ethics and the Investment Management | 12% |
| Investment Policy | 14% |
| Equity Securities | 11% |
| Analysis of Equity Securities I: Economic and Industry Analysis | 10% |
| Analysis of Equity Securities II: Company Analysis and Valuation | 9% |
| Analysis of Equity Securities III: Technical Analysis | 6% |
| Debt Securities | 11% |
| Analysis of Debt Securities: Valuation and the Term Structure of Interest Rates | 12% |
| Analysis of Managed Products | 6% |
| EXAM INFORMATION | |
|---|---|
| Exams | 1 |
| Exam Format | Paper Based |
| Exam Duration | 2.5 Hours |
| Question Format | Multiple Choice |
| Questions Per Exam | 75 |
| Attempts Allowed Per Exam | 3* |
| Passing Grade | 60% |
| Assignments | None |
| ENROLMENT PERIOD | |
|---|---|
| Enrolment Period | 1 year† |
*There is no charge for your first attempt at a paper-based exam within Canada, as long as it's at a regular exam center and you provide a minimum of 14 days notice before the date that you want to write the exam. If you would like to write a computer-based exam, an additional fee will be required.
Each subsequent paper-based exam attempt at a regular exam centre within Canada will also require an additional fee. This fee is in addition to any special, computer-based or international fees that may apply. You must provide a minimum of 14 days notice within Canada at a regular exam centre and 4 weeks notice for all other centres. Please note that the date of the exam is not part of any notice period.
†Please note: Access to your online materials will close 2 weeks after successful course completion or course expiry (whichever comes first). This course can be extended by 1 year provided you have not exceeded the attempts allowed for each exam. You can view CSI extension fees here. Your enrolment period can only be extended one time.
Important: During a student's enrolment period, CSI may update this course. In that case, details about the update and how it may affect students will be posted online via My CSI. Students are held responsible for and are examinable on the content in the course textbook(s) provided at the time of enrollment unless stated otherwise in My CSI. Students are encouraged to check My CSI regularly throughout their enrolment period.
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