Your money and career guide

Three steps make you money smart. Learn how money grows, get the licence to work in markets, then add real skills.

Step 1 · Under construction

Financial literacy

How money grows. Saving, SIPs, interest, inflation and tax in plain words. This is what you need to grow your own money.

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Step 2 · Live

NISM exams

The exams that let you enter the markets as a professional. Pick the exam that fits the job you want.

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Step 3 · Live

Market Mastery

Three packages live. A fourth, Preparing for Money Mastery, is coming. It teaches how each market participant thinks across the 5 career paths and 12 NISM categories, so you can take up a job, a role, a service or a business with confidence.

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Careers you can build

Each career lists the NISM exams that open the door.

Sales and distribution

Sell mutual funds, AIFs and PMS to investors. Exams: V A, V D, XIX A, XIX B, XXI A.

Advice and research

Advise clients or write research reports. Exams: X A, X B, XV, XVII.

Trading

Trade currencies, interest rates, equities and commodities. Exams: I, IV, VIII, XIII, XVI.

Operations and compliance

Keep markets running smoothly and within rules. Exams: II A, II B, III A, III C, VI, VII, XXIV and IFSCA.

Fund management

Run money for others, from AIFs to PMS, or work in investment banking. Exams: XIX C, XIX D, XIX E, XXI B, IX.

Study all 3 and you become money smart

Financial literacy grows your money. NISM lets you enter the markets. Market Mastery adds the skills to do well. Together they give you money sense for life and a career you can choose.

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