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- You register with an approved centre. That is a college, training provider or employer Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment has approved to offer this qualification. Zavmo is not an approved centre, so you register with them, not with us.
- The centre assesses, and Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.
The CISI Level 3 Certificate in Risk in Financial Services examines risk management principles within the financial sector. It covers UK financial regulation and the broader financial services environment. Successful candidates will gain an understanding of business risk and regulatory frameworks.
These are the units Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated. Zavmo teaches towards them on your own work, and work done here is recognised as prior learning under the agreements we hold.
Zavmo is not an awarding body, is not an approved centre, and is not affiliated with Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment. It does the teaching and the mapping. Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment sets this qualification and awards it, and a qualified human assessor makes the assessment decision.
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What each unit actually teaches you to do
Risk in Financial Services Real unit · Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the general principles of business risk management
- Understand the key risks that arise within the financial services industry
- Understand the approaches used to identify risks in financial services
- Understand the approaches used to manage risks in financial services
- Understand the approaches used to reduce risks in financial services
UK Financial Regulation Real unit · Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the financial services regulatory environment in the UK
- Understand the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000
- Understand Associated Legislation relevant to financial services
- Understand Regulation relevant to financial services
- Understand the FCA Conduct of Business Sourcebook
- Understand the regulations relating to Client Assets
- Understand the procedures for handling Customer Complaints
- Understand the processes for Customer Redress
The national standards these units are built against
What the job actually needs, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.
- Standard
Assess business strategy and commercial risks that a Training and Competence Scheme must address
- Standard
Assess risks for a financial services organisation
- Standard
Identify risks for a financial services organisation
The jobs these credits are mapped to
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- 1 record
Where this can lead
Chief Risk Officer
This role can lead to Chief Risk Officer at group level, a place on a board risk committee, or independent risk advisory work.
See the whole journeyThe credits, and who awards them
Level 3 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment rather than by Zavmo. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you have covered and what is next.
What you would be collecting
Risk in Financial ServicesUK Financial Regulation
Each one is a real unit registered against this qualification.
How you’d practise it
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What you leave holding
The standards this credential builds, in the shape the product keeps them
Nothing here is marked learned. There is no learner on a public page, so the map shows what the qualification covers rather than what anybody has done.
- Assess business strategy and commercial risks that a Training and Competence Scheme must address
- Assess risks for a financial services organisation
- Identify risks for a financial services organisation
How you would learn this
One to one, on the work you already do
A tutor sets the task against your own job and marks the reasoning, at your pace. There is no cohort to fall behind.
A lesson from Risk in Financial Services, one of this qualification's own units.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
Learners will understand the principles of business risk management and the risk management process. The unit covers key risks in the financial services industry, including credit, market, and operational risks, and approaches to identify, manage, and reduce them.
- 1 Remember
- 2 Understand
- 3 Apply
- 4 Analyse
- 5 Evaluate
- 6 Create
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Built for CISI Level 3 Certificate In Risk in Financial Services
2 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.
- Risk in Financial Services
- UK Financial Regulation
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