Investment Adviser (Level 1) book by National Institute of Securities Markets

This book aims to create a common minimum knowledge benchmark for all individual investment advisers or principal officers of a non-individual investment adviser and persons associated with investment advice under SEBI (Investment Advisers) Regulations, 2013 and offering investment advisory services.

This book covers all important topics to enhance the quality of investment advisory and related services in the financial services industry. It covers topics related to the following:

[Know the Basics] of the following:
Personal Financial Planning
Time Value of Money
Evaluating the Financial Position of Clients
Debt Management & Loans
[Understand the Indian Markets] for Finance and Securities segments.
[Get Oriented to Different Investment Products] such as:
Equity
Debt
Derivatives
Managed Portfolios such as mutual funds, portfolio management services and alternative investment funds
[Knowledge] about the portfolio construction, performance monitoring and evaluation
[Understand] about the operational aspects of investment management, key regulations, ethical issues of investment advisers and grievance redressal system
The Present Publication is the August 2023 workbook version, published exclusively by Taxmann for NISM Certification Examination X-A | Investment Adviser (Level 1), with the following contents:

Personal Financial Planning
Introduction to Personal Financial Planning
Time Value of Money
Evaluating the Financial Position of Clients
Debt Management and Loans
Indian Financial Markets
Introduction to the Indian Financial Markets
Securities Market Segments
Investment Products
Introduction to Investment
Investing in Stocks
Investing in Fixed Income Securities
Understanding Derivatives
Investment Through Managed Portfolios
Mutual Funds
Portfolio Manager
Overview of Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs)
Portfolio Construction, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation
Introduction to Modern Portfolio Theory
Portfolio Construction Process
Portfolio Performance Measurement and Evaluation
Operations, Regulatory Environment, Compliance and Ethics
Operational Aspects of Investment Management
Key Regulations
Ethical Issues
Grievance Redress Mechanism