Introduction to Indian Financial Market

• Understand the macro-economic parameters of Indian Economy.
• Understand the features of Indian Financial Markets.
• Know the structure of Indian Financial Markets.
• Understand the role of the participants in the Indian Financial Markets.
• Valuation Methodologies.
• Know the role of various Regulators regulating Indian Financial Markets (In brief).

Securities Market Segments

• Understand the nature, functions and types of issues in Primary Markets.
• Know the role and function of Secondary Markets.
• Understand the various types of various Corporate Actions.

Mutual Funds

• Understand the meaning and features of a mutual fund.
• Know the key terms and concepts associated with mutual funds.
• Know the regulatory framework for mutual funds.
• Know the various types of mutual fund products.
• Understand the taxation of Mutual Fund Products.
• Know the investment options in mutual funds.
• Know the processes associated with investing in mutual funds.
• Understand the uses and processes of conducting systematic transactions.
• List the benefits of investing with mutual funds.

Investment Products

• Understand the various types of small savings instruments.
• Understand the various types of fixed income / debt instruments.
• Know the various types of alternate investments.
• Know the concept of direct equity as an investment option.

Managing Investment Risk

• Know the concept of Risk.
• Know the Common Types of Risk.
• Understand the ways of measuring risk.

Measuring Investment Returns

• Understand the concept of return.
• Understand the various return concepts.
• Understand the concept of compounding.
• Know the computation of Real rate of return vs. nominal return.
• Know the computation of Tax adjusted return.
• Understand the concept of Risk-adjusted Returns.

Concept of Financial Planning

• Understand what constitutes financial planning.
• Know the need for financial advisory services.
• Understand the scope of financial advisory services.
• Understand the business model for the delivery of financial advice to client.
• Understand assets, liabilities and net worth.
• Understand the preparation of budget.
• Know the financial planning delivery process.

Asset Allocation and Investment Strategie

• Know the various Asset classes.
• Learn about Portfolio construction.
• Understand the concept of Practical asset allocation and Rebalancing Strategies.
• Know the need for portfolio monitoring and re-balancing.

Insurance Planning

• Understand the need for insurance in personal finance.
• List the requirements for a risk to be insurable.
• Understand the role of insurance in personal finance.
• Know the various steps involved in Insurance Planning.
• Know the types of Insurance Products.
• Understand about the Life Insurance Products.
• Understand about the Non-Life Insurance Products.
• Understand the life insurance needs analysis (Human life approach, Needs approach).

Retirement Planning

• Understand the retirement planning process.
• Understand and estimate retirement corpus.
• Determine the retirement corpus.
• Learn about the various retirement products and their features.

Tax and Estate Planning

• Understand Income tax principles.
• Understand Tax aspects of Investment products.
• Learn about the Wealth Tax Act and its implication for clients.
• Know about Estate Planning.

Regulatory Environment and Ethical Issues

• Understand the provisions of the SEBI (Investment Advisers) Regulations, 2013.
• Understand the overall framework of the regulatory system.
• Learn about the roles of regulators: MoF, MCA, SEBI, RBI, IRDA, PFRDA.
• Understand the role of Self-regulatory organizations.
• Understand the provisions of PMLA, 2002.
• Know the codes of conduct by SEBI, AMFI, etc.