Certified Financial Markets Professional – Foundation Level

This certification level is aiming to measure whether a candidate would be able to act as an informed member of a Financial Markets Analysis Team. To this end they need to show they understand the principles and terminology of the method, specifically, candidates must be able to:

• Explain what a different financial markets are and how they work.
• Explain what the Bond Market, the Derivatives Market, Options Mar-ket, Commodities Market, Futures Market and Foreign Exchange Market are and how they work.
• Explain the concept of different funds.
• Explain the financial instruments that are traded on a stock market.
• Explain the role of different participants in a stock market.
• Explain basic trading styles.
• State basic technical analysis concepts and techniques.
• Explain the EMH, CAPM, and the Portfolio Theory.
• State the main purpose, of the major stock exchanges in the world.

Exams

To become a CFMP Practitioner please contact the Management Laboratory under:

exams (at) management-laboratory (dot) com

Exams are usually held in universities that are accredited by the local govern-ment or the German embassy. For prices please contact the Management Laboratory since these may vary significantly from country to country. Finance Professors that are interested in group exams for their students are very wel-come to contact us about free examinations.

Format:

• Multiple-choice
• One hour duration
• 75 questions
• 38 correct answers are required to pass
• Closed-book

Candidates who have passed the CFMP Fundation examination can put CFMP Certified on their business cards. The use of the CFMP Logo however requires authorisation by the Management Laboratory.