The Certified Financial Markets Praktitioner (CFMP) Certification designation was introduced in 2007 to provide training and create an objective measure of the experience, knowledge, and integrity that is necessary to conduct work in the financial markets.

A syllabus of material, referred to as the Body of Knowledge (which can be bought over this website), was developed, which outlines concepts that all professionals practicing in financial markets should master. The Body of Knowledge includes comprehensive educational material in management, accounting and finance. Review courses and examinations are offered on these topics through the Management Laboratory or Organisations certfied by the Managent Laboratory to hold these classes.

Professionals must meet stringent standards of education, experience, and professional conduct that have been developed and are administered by the standards committee in conjunction with the faculty.

Each person who completes the requirements is expected to serve his or her clients in an independent, competent, and professional manner, and to exercise unprejudiced and unbiased judgment on each client´s behalf. In addition, each person who achieves certification is required to remain active as a professional, to abide by the association´s Code of Ethics, and to complete at least 20 hours of continuing professional education during each two-year period, including one hours of ethics credit.

CFMP – 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 demonstrate deep knowledge of Financial Markets.

CFMP – Practitioner Level

This level is aiming to measure whether a candidate would be able to apply Financial Market Principals to different scenarios and real world examples. To this end they need to exhibit the competence required for the Foundation qualification, and show that they can apply and tune the studied material to address different situations and problems of a specific scenario, specifically, candidates must be able to demonstrate deep knowlege of Financial Markets and prove the that they are able to successfully aply the studied material to various senarios.

Certification Maintenance

Continuing Education Credit Reporting

As of January 1, 2008, the Management Laboratory Press have been required to report 20 hours of continuing education over each two-year period, including one hours of ethics credits. Please contact the Management Laboratory direktly in order to find out which classes are accepted and certified.