CISI exam help, from the inside

The full playbook for passing any CISI exam: format, a realistic study plan, the calculations, exam-day tactics and how to know you're ready. By people sitting them.

Pass the CISI Intro to Securities & Investment first time: the 11 elements and their weightings, a realistic study plan, the calculations, and exam-day tactics.

Pass the CISI UK Financial Regulation exam: the four elements and their weightings, why conduct of business carries the paper, where people slip, and how to revise.

Pass the CISI Securities exam: the nine elements and their weightings, the calculation-heavy bits, where people slip, and how to revise a 100-question paper.

Pass the CISI Derivatives exam: the nine elements and their weightings, the terminology that trips people, clearing and margin, strategies, and how to revise.

Pass the CISI Investment, Risk & Taxation exam: the eight elements and their weightings, the UK tax detail and risk statistics that trip people, and how to revise.

Pass the CISI Financial Planning & Advice exam: the five elements and their weightings, the pensions, protection and advice detail that trips people, and how to revise.

Pass the CISI Global Securities Operations exam: the five elements and their weightings, the settlement and corporate actions detail that trips people, and how to revise.

Pass the CISI Risk in Financial Services exam: the ten elements and their weightings, the credit, market and operational risk detail that carries the paper, and how to revise it.

Pass the CISI Global Financial Compliance exam: the five elements and their weightings, the financial crime and ethics detail that trips people, and how to revise.

A simple guide to choosing your first CISI exam: the foundation papers explained, the Capital Markets Programme, and a decision tree for graduates and new entrants.

Is a CISI qualification worth it? An honest take on who it helps, who it does not, what it costs you in time, and how it compares to the CFA and the IMC.

How hard is the CISI exam really? Honest difficulty by paper, what makes candidates fail, realistic study hours, and which CISI module is the hardest.

How to book a CISI exam: registering with CISI, paying through the online shop, choosing a test centre or sitting remotely from home, and what happens on the day.

How to calculate dividend yield for the CISI exam: the formula, three worked examples, and the distractors CISI uses to catch you. Simple once you have done a few.

Flat yield versus redemption yield, explained for the CISI exam: the formula, a worked example, and the premium and discount relationship candidates always muddle.

The three stages of money laundering for the CISI exam: placement, layering and integration, plus the Proceeds of Crime Act offences and how suspicions are reported.

There are no public CISI past papers. Here's what CISI actually gives you, why the old PDFs floating around are a trap, and the free, current alternative.

What the Capital Markets Programme actually is, the two exams you sit (not three), how to choose between Securities and Derivatives, and how to pass each paper first time.

There are no public CISI Securities past papers. Here's what CISI actually provides for the 100-question paper, and where to get current, weighted mock exams.

There are no public CISI Derivatives past papers. Here's the official material that does exist for the 100-question paper, and where to get current, weighted mocks.

No public past papers exist for CISI UK Financial Regulation. Here's the official material that does, why stale PDFs are dangerous for this paper, and current mocks.

No public past papers exist for the CISI Introduction to Securities & Investment. Here's what CISI provides, and where to get current, weighted 50-question mocks.

No public past papers exist for CISI Global Securities Operations. Here's the official material that does, and where to get current, weighted 50-question mocks.

No public past papers exist for CISI Investment, Risk & Taxation. Here's the official material that does, and where to get current, weighted 80-question mocks.

No public past papers exist for CISI Financial Planning & Advice. Here's the official material that does, and where to get current, weighted 80-question mocks.

No public past papers exist for CISI Risk in Financial Services. Here's the official material that does, and where to get current, weighted 100-question mocks.

No public past papers exist for CISI Global Financial Compliance. Here's the official material that does, and where to get current, weighted 100-question mocks.

IntegrityMatters is the compulsory ethics test you must pass before the Capital Markets Programme. The pass mark is 19 out of 24. Here is how it works and how to approach it.