Post Graduate Diploma In Financial Advising Examination

SYLLABUS:


-PAPER 1: INTRODUCTION TO FINANCIAL PLANNING


-ABC of the Indian Financial and Investment Industry
- Participants in the Indian Finance System
- Indian Economic Environment
- Indian Social Environment and Financial Planning
- Effective Communication in Financial Counseling
Introduction to Investments
- Meeting Clients' needs through Financial Planning
- Recommending Financial Planning Strategies to Investors
- Regulation of the Indian Financial System
- Risk Management and Insurance Products
Fundamental Investment Concepts
- The Economic Environment
- Asset Classes
- Investment Products
Taxation - Part 1
- Taxation - Part 2
- Estate Planning
- Towards a Financial Plan


-PAPER 2: MANAGING AND MARKETING OF FINANCIAL SERVICES


- Strategic Business Planning
- Marketing - The Starting Point
- Marketing - Segmentation and Product Development
- Marketing - Communications
- Marketing - Distribution and Pricing
Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management
- Communication
- Conflict Resolution
-Team Leadership
- Case Study


-PAPER 3: SECURITIES MARKET & PRODUCTS


a) Securities Market & Products

- Investment Concept and Approaches
- Asset Classes
- Statistical Tools
- Risk and Return
-Efficient Market Theory
- Portfolio Analysis and Selection
- Securities Market/Equity Market
- Depository
- Regulatory Framework

b) Technical & Fundamental Analysis of Companies

- Investment decision making process
- Introduction to Efficient Market Hypothesis
- Introduction to Technical & Fundamental Analysis
- Economic Analysis
- Industry Analysis
-Company Analysis
- Valuation
- Technical Analysis

c) Bond & Money Markets

- Debt-Instruments - Concepts
- Indian Debt Market
- Government Securities
-Treasury Bills
- State Govt. Bonds
- Call Money Market
-Corporate Debt
- Commercial Paper : Certificate of Deposit
- Secondary Markets for Government Securities
- Bond Market Indices and Benchmarks
- Ready Forward Contracts (Repos)
- Secondary Market and Trading in Govt. Securities
- Regulatory and Procedural Aspects
- Yield Curve
- Bond Valuation
- Duration
- Fixed Income Derivatives

-PAPER 4: INSURANCE PRODUCTS (INCLUDING PENSION PRODUCTS):


a) Insurance products

-Introduction to insurance and its fundamental principles
- Insurance organization structure and functions
-Regulation and legislation applicable to insurance
- Life Insurance and its practice in India
- Group Life Products
- Rural Social Insurance
- Theory and practice of banking
- Liability Insurance
- Health Insurance
- Motor Insurance
- Fire Insurance
- Marine Insurance
- General Insurance and its practice in India
- Risk Management & Financial planning with insurance
- Marketing and selling of insurance
- Insurance business environment

b) Pension products

- Need for Retirement Planning
- Measuring Needs
- Pension Schemes in India
- Investing your Savings
- Taxation
- Pension Reforms in Organised Sector

-PAPER 5: MUTUAL FUNDS PRODUCTS & SERVICES:


-Mutual Funds - Concept and role
- Mutual Fund Industry
- Formation and Organization
- Fund Accounting and Valuation
- Portfolio Management: Managing Unit holder's money
- Performance Measurement and Evaluation of Mutual Fund Schemes
- Mutual Fund as an investment
- Developing a Model Portfolio for the investor
- Unit holders Protection

-PAPER 6: BANKING PRODUCTS & SERVICES:]


-Introduction
- Types of Deposit Accounts
- Modes of Creating Charge on secured advances
- Retail Banking
- Wealth Management
- Banking Products