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- Accounting and Taxation — NISM Series I
- Accounting and Taxation — NISM Series VIII
- Accounting and Taxation — NISM Series XVI
- Accounting and Taxation of Derivatives — NISM Series XIII
- Accounting and Taxation of Interest Rate Derivatives — NISM Series IV
- Accounting, Valuation and Taxation — NISM Series V-A
- Alternative Investment Fund Structuring — NISM Series XIX-A
- Alternative Investment Funds in India — NISM Series XIX-A
- Application of Futures — NISM Series VIII
- Application of Options — NISM Series VIII
- Banking Operations in Mutual Funds — NISM Series II-B
- Basics of Derivatives — NISM Series V-D
- Basics of Derivatives — NISM Series VIII
- Basics of Derivatives (Equity, Currency and Interest Rate) — NISM Series XIII
- Basics of Mutual Funds — NISM Series II-A
- Basics of Mutual Funds — NISM Series II-B
- Basics of Registrars and Transfer Agents — NISM Series II-B
- Behavioral Finance — NISM Series XXI-B
- Characteristic of Equities — NISM Series II-B
- Characteristics of Debt Securities — NISM Series II-A
- Characteristics of Debt Securities — NISM Series II-B
- Characteristics of Equity Shares — NISM Series II-A
- Characteristics of Other Securities — NISM Series II-A
- Characteristics of Other Securities — NISM Series II-B
- Clearing Process — NISM Series VII
- Clearing Settlement and Risk Management of Commodity Derivatives — NISM Series XVI
- Clearing, Settlement and Risk Management — NISM Series VIII
- Clearing, Settlement and Risk Management in Exchange Traded Currency Derivatives — NISM Series I
- Clearing, Settlement and Risk Management of Interest Rate Derivatives — NISM Series IV
- Client Servicing — NISM Series II-A
- Code of Conduct and Investor Protection Measures — NISM Series XVI
- Code of Conduct and Investor Protection Measures in Interest Rate Derivatives — NISM Series IV
- Codes of Conduct and Investor Protection Measures — NISM Series I
- Collective Investment Vehicles — NISM Series XXI-A
- Commodity Futures — NISM Series XVI
- Commodity Indices — NISM Series XVI
- Commodity Options — NISM Series XVI
- Company Analysis – Business and Governance — NISM Series XV
- Company Analysis – Financial Analysis — NISM Series XV
- Concept & Role of a Mutual Fund — NISM Series V-D
- Concept of Informational Efficiency — NISM Series XXI-B
- Concepts in Alternative Investment Funds Industry — NISM Series XIX-A
- Corporate Actions — NISM Series XV
- Debt Management and Loans — NISM Series X-A
- Depositories Act 1996 — NISM Series III-A
- Depository and its Business Partners — NISM Series VI
- Depository Services — NISM Series II-A
- Derivative Markets — NISM Series XII
- Derivatives — NISM Series XXI-A
- Derivatives in Portfolio Management — NISM Series XXI-B
- Economic Analysis — NISM Series XV
- Equity Portfolio Management Strategies — NISM Series XXI-B
- Ethical Issues — NISM Series X-A
- Evaluating the Financial Position of Clients — NISM Series X-A
- Exchange Traded Currency Futures — NISM Series I
- Exchange Traded Currency Options — NISM Series I
- Exchange Traded Interest Rate Futures — NISM Series IV
- Exchange Traded Interest Rate Futures — NISM Series V-D
- Exchange Traded Interest Rate Options — NISM Series IV
- Exchange Traded Interest Rate Options — NISM Series V-D
- Financial Transactions — NISM Series II-B
- Fixed Income Portfolio Management Strategies — NISM Series XXI-B
- Foreign Exchange Derivatives — NISM Series I
- Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPI) — NISM Series VI
- Forwards and Futures — NISM Series VIII
- Functions of Depository Participant – Account Opening — NISM Series VI
- Functions of Depository Participant – Account Operations — NISM Series VI
- Functions of Depository Participant – Dematerialisation — NISM Series VI
- Functions of Depository Participant – Trading and Settlement — NISM Series VI
- Functions of Depository Participant – Transmission and Nomination — NISM Series VI
- Fund Distribution and Channel Management Practices — NISM Series V-D
- Fund Due Diligence – Investor Perspective — NISM Series XIX-A
- Fund Monitoring, Reporting and Exit — NISM Series XIX-A
- Fundamental analysis of commodities — NISM Series XV
- Fundamentals of Research — NISM Series XV
- Fundamentals of Risk and Return — NISM Series XV
- Good Practices — NISM Series XIX-A
- Grievance Redress Mechanism — NISM Series X-A
- Industry Analysis — NISM Series XV
- Interest Rate Derivatives — NISM Series IV
- Interest Rate Derivatives — NISM Series V-D
- Introduction to Capital Market — NISM Series IX
- Introduction to Capital Market Theory — NISM Series XXI-B
- Introduction to Commodity Markets — NISM Series XVI
- Introduction to Compliance — NISM Series III-A
- Introduction to Currency Markets — NISM Series I
- Introduction to Depository — NISM Series VI
- Introduction to Forwards and Futures — NISM Series V-D
- Introduction to Forwards and Futures — NISM Series XIII
- Introduction to Indices — NISM Series XXI-B
- Introduction to Interest Rate, Interest Rate Instruments and Fixed Income Market — NISM Series IV
- Introduction to Interest Rate, Interest Rate Instruments and Fixed Income Markets — NISM Series V-D
- Introduction to Investment — NISM Series X-A
- Introduction to Modern Portfolio Theory — NISM Series X-A
- Introduction to Modern Portfolio Theory — NISM Series XXI-B
- Introduction to Options – Options on Equities and Currencies — NISM Series XIII
- Introduction to Options — NISM Series V-D
- Introduction to Options — NISM Series VIII
- Introduction to Personal Financial Planning — NISM Series X-A
- Introduction to Research Analyst Profession — NISM Series XV
- Introduction to Securities — NISM Series II-A
- Introduction to Securities — NISM Series II-B
- Introduction to Securities Broking Operations — NISM Series VII
- Introduction to Securities Market — NISM Series XV
- Introduction to Securities Markets — NISM Series XXI-A
- Introduction to Securities Markets and Participants — NISM Series XXI-B
- Introduction to the Financial System — NISM Series III-A
- Introduction to the Indian Capital Market — NISM Series VI
- Introduction to the Indian Financial Markets — NISM Series X-A
- Introduction to the Merchant Banking — NISM Series IX
- Introduction to the Securities Market — NISM Series VII
- Introduction to the Underlying Markets — NISM Series XIII
- Introduction to Trading, Clearing, Settlement & Risk Management — NISM Series XIII
- Investing in Fixed Income Securities — NISM Series X-A
- Investing in Fixed Income Securities — NISM Series XXI-A
- Investing in Fixed Income Securities and Bond Valuation — NISM Series XXI-B
- Investing in Stocks — NISM Series X-A
- Investing in Stocks — NISM Series XXI-A
- Investing in Stocks and Equity Research — NISM Series XXI-B
- Investment Landscape — NISM Series V-A
- Investment Landscape and Required Return — NISM Series XXI-B
- Investment Process and Governance of Funds — NISM Series XIX-A
- Investments — NISM Series XXI-A
- Investor Grievances and Arbitration — NISM Series VII
- Investor Interface with the R&T Agent — NISM Series II-A
- Investor Services — NISM Series V-A
- Investor Services — NISM Series V-D
- Investor Services — NISM Series VI
- Investors in Mutual Funds — NISM Series II-B
- Issue Management – General Obligations of Merchant Bankers and Due Diligence — NISM Series IX
- Issue Management – Important Terms — NISM Series IX
- Issue Management – Process and Underwriting — NISM Series IX
- Key Regulations — NISM Series X-A
- Legal & Regulatory Environment of Commodity Derivatives — NISM Series XVI
- Legal and Regulatory Environment — NISM Series V-A
- Legal and Regulatory Environment — NISM Series VIII
- Legal and Regulatory Environment — NISM Series XIII
- Legal and Regulatory Environment — NISM Series XV
- Legal and Regulatory Framework — NISM Series V-D
- Legal Documents and Negotiations – Investor Perspective — NISM Series XIX-A
- Legal Structure of Mutual Funds in India — NISM Series V-D
- Market Participants in the Securities Market — NISM Series VII
- Modes of allotment of shares other than Public Offers — NISM Series II-A
- Mutual Fund — NISM Series XXI-B
- Mutual Fund Products — NISM Series II-B
- Mutual Fund Products — NISM Series V-A
- Mutual Fund Scheme Performance — NISM Series V-D
- Mutual Fund Scheme Selection — NISM Series V-D
- Mutual Funds — NISM Series X-A
- Mutual Funds — NISM Series XII
- Net Asset Value, Total Expense Ratio and Pricing of Units — NISM Series V-D
- NISM certifications
- Non-Financial Transactions — NISM Series II-B
- Operational Aspects of Investment Management — NISM Series X-A
- Operational Aspects of Portfolio Managers — NISM Series XXI-A
- Operational Aspects of Portfolio Managers (Onboarding and Fees) — NISM Series XXI-B
- Operational Concepts of Mutual Funds — NISM Series II-B
- Option Trading Strategies – Strategies using Equity Options and Currency options — NISM Series XIII
- Other Merchant Banking Activities – Disinvestment, Buyback of Equity Shares — NISM Series IX
- Other Merchant Banking Activities-Mergers, Acquisitions & Takeovers — NISM Series IX
- Other Services Provided by Brokers — NISM Series VII
- Overview of Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) — NISM Series X-A
- Overview of Alternative Investments — NISM Series XIX-A
- Performance Measurement and Evaluation of Portfolio Managers — NISM Series XXI-A
- Performance measurement and evaluation of Portfolio Managers — NISM Series XXI-B
- Portfolio Construction Process — NISM Series X-A
- Portfolio Management Process — NISM Series XXI-A
- Portfolio Management Process and Asset Allocation — NISM Series XXI-B
- Portfolio Manager — NISM Series X-A
- Portfolio Performance Measurement and Evaluation — NISM Series X-A
- Portfolio Rebalancing — NISM Series XXI-B
- Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 — NISM Series III-A
- Primary Markets — NISM Series XII
- Processes Related to Depositories — NISM Series II-A
- Processes related to Public Offering of Shares — NISM Series II-A
- Proxy Advisors — NISM Series III-A
- Public Offer of Securities — NISM Series II-A
- Qualities of a Good Research Report — NISM Series XV
- Registrars and Transfer Agents Regulations — NISM Series II-B
- Registration, Code of Conduct & General Obligations of Merchant Bankers in India — NISM Series IX
- Regulatory Framework – General View — NISM Series III-A
- Regulatory Framework – Indian Context — NISM Series XIX-A
- Regulatory Framework for Exchange Traded Currency Derivatives — NISM Series I
- Regulatory Framework for Interest Rate Derivatives — NISM Series IV
- Regulatory, Governance and Ethical Aspects of Portfolio Managers — NISM Series XXI-A
- Regulatory, Governance and Ethical Aspects of Portfolio Managers — NISM Series XXI-B
- Risk — NISM Series XXI-B
- Risk and Return – Investor and Fund Perspective — NISM Series XIX-A
- Risk Management — NISM Series VII
- Risk, Return and Performance — NISM Series V-A
- Risk, Return and Performance of Funds — NISM Series V-D
- Role of Portfolio Managers — NISM Series XXI-A
- Role of Portfolio Managers in India — NISM Series XXI-B
- Roles and Responsibilities in a Public Issue — NISM Series II-A
- Sales Practices and Investor Protection — NISM Series VIII
- Sales Practices, Code of Conduct and Investor Protection Measures — NISM Series XIII
- Scheme Related Information — NISM Series V-D
- Scheme Selection — NISM Series V-A
- SEBI – Role and Regulations — NISM Series II-A
- SEBI (Credit Rating Agencies) Regulations, 1999 — NISM Series III-A
- SEBI (Custodian) Regulations, 1996 — NISM Series III-A
- SEBI (Debenture Trustees) Regulations, 1993 — NISM Series III-A
- SEBI (Depositories and Participants) Regulations 2018 — NISM Series III-A
- SEBI (Foreign Portfolio Investors) Regulations, 2019 — NISM Series III-A
- SEBI (Intermediaries) Regulations, 2008 — NISM Series III-A
- SEBI (Investment Advisers) Regulations, 2013 — NISM Series III-A
- SEBI (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations 2018 — NISM Series III-A
- SEBI (KYC Registration Agency) Regulations, 2011 — NISM Series III-A
- SEBI (Merchant Bankers) Regulations 1992, etc. — NISM Series III-A
- SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices) Regulations, 2003 — NISM Series III-A
- SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015 — NISM Series III-A
- SEBI (Registrar to an Issue and Share Transfer Agents) Regulations, 1993 — NISM Series III-A
- SEBI (Research Analyst) Regulations, 2014 — NISM Series III-A
- SEBI (Stock Brokers) Regulations, 1992 — NISM Series III-A
- SEBI Investor Awareness Test: Free Online Guide
- SEBI- Role and Regulations — NISM Series II-B
- Secondary Market Transactions — NISM Series II-A
- Secondary Markets — NISM Series XII
- Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 — NISM Series III-A
- Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 and Rules, 1957 — NISM Series III-A
- Securities Market Segments — NISM Series X-A
- Securities: Types, Features and Concepts of Asset Allocation and Investing — NISM Series XII
- Settlement Process — NISM Series VII
- Special Services – Debt Instruments & Government Securities — NISM Series VI
- Special Services – Pledge & Hypothecation — NISM Series VI
- Special Services – Public Offering / Corporate Actions — NISM Series VI
- Strategies Using Equity Futures and Equity Options — NISM Series V-D
- Strategies Using Exchange Traded Currency Derivatives — NISM Series I
- Strategies Using Exchange Traded Interest Rate Futures and Options — NISM Series IV
- Strategies Using Futures — NISM Series XIII
- Strategies Using Interest Rate Derivatives — NISM Series V-D
- Structure and Constituents of Mutual Funds — NISM Series II-B
- Structure of Mutual Funds — NISM Series V-A
- Taxation – India specific — NISM Series XIX-A
- Taxation — NISM Series V-D
- Taxation — NISM Series XXI-A
- Taxation — NISM Series XXI-B
- Technical Analysis — NISM Series XV
- Terminology in Equity and Debt Markets — NISM Series XV
- The Investment Landscape — NISM Series V-D
- Time Value of Money — NISM Series X-A
- Trading Mechanism — NISM Series VIII
- Trading Mechanism — NISM Series XVI
- Trading Mechanism in Exchange Traded Currency Derivatives — NISM Series I
- Trading Mechanism in Exchange Traded Interest Rate Derivatives — NISM Series IV
- Understanding Derivatives — NISM Series X-A
- Understanding Index — NISM Series V-D
- Understanding Securities Markets and Performance — NISM Series XII
- Understanding the Index — NISM Series VIII
- Uses of Commodity Derivatives — NISM Series XVI
- Valuation — NISM Series XIX-A
- Valuation Principles — NISM Series XV
Certification guides
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- NISM Series I exam pattern — Currency Derivatives
- NISM Series II-A exam pattern — Registrars to an Issue and Share Transfer Agents - Corporate
- NISM Series II-B exam pattern — Registrars to an Issue and Share Transfer Agents - Mutual Fund
- NISM Series III-A exam pattern — Securities Intermediaries Compliance (Non-Fund)
- NISM Series IV exam pattern — Interest Rate Derivatives
- NISM Series IX exam pattern — Merchant Banking
- NISM Series V-A exam pattern — Mutual Fund Distributors
- NISM Series V-D exam pattern — Mutual Fund - Specialized Investment Fund Distributors
- NISM Series VI exam pattern — Depository Operations
- NISM Series VII exam pattern — Securities Operations and Risk Management
- NISM Series VIII exam pattern — Equity Derivatives
- NISM Series X-A exam pattern — Investment Adviser (Level 1)
- NISM Series XII exam pattern — Securities Markets Foundation
- NISM Series XIII exam pattern — Common Derivatives
- NISM Series XIX-A exam pattern — Alternative Investment Funds (Category I and II) Distributors
- NISM Series XV exam pattern — Research Analyst
- NISM Series XVI exam pattern — Commodity Derivatives
- NISM Series XXI-A exam pattern — Portfolio Management Services (PMS) Distributors
- NISM Series XXI-B exam pattern — Portfolio Managers
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