Welcome to the CISI
The Professional Body of Choice for the Financial Services Sector
The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment is the leading professional body for securities, investment, wealth and financial planning professionals. The CISI has been dedicated to professionalism since it emerged from the London Stock Exchange in 1992.
We encourage all of our members, and all who strive for the highest professional standards, to stand tall – proud of the values they hold and the work they do each day.

The CISI in the Philippines

"The scientists have done their job, now it's time for financial services to do ours"

George Littlejohn, Chartered MCSI

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As the leading body for financial services professionals, you can see our wealth of insightful sustainable and responsible finance learning materials for those working in and interested in financial services.

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Online learning

Our cutting-edge elearning tool, Professional Refresher, is designed to refresh or develop your knowledge on a variety of topics, all achievable during your lunch break or commute.

Greenwashing

Responsible and Sustainable Investment Funds and the Equity Markets

Environmental, social and governance investing

The Review

Our award-winning members’ magazine, available online and in print, incorporates the latest news, insight and thought leadership affecting your profession.

Five innovations accelerating responsible finance

Impact measurement in private equity – cutting through the complexity

Making homes greener

CISI TV

Build new skills and shine a spotlight on ESG Investing. Watch videos of our most popular events online, anywhere, anytime, on any device.

Investing in the future: enabling decarbonisation

Demystifying impact investing: Most common myths discussed

What does impact investing mean for you and your clients

Qualifications & Assessments

Essential learning on all things relating to sustainable and responsible investment with our short online course or enhance your credibility with these global qualifications.

Sustainable and Responsible Investment - Professional Assessment

Green and Sustainable Finance Certificate - Level 4 exam

Climate Risk Certificate - Level 5 exam

Why CISI qualifications?

The Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment offers a range of qualifications which are designed for you to learn and enter the financial services sector. Our study pathways in Operations, Wealth Management, Compliance/Risk, Capital Markets/Corporate Finance, Financial Planning and Islamic Finance, will provide you the specialist understanding needed to start out and progress in your chosen discipline.

Written by practitioners

Specialist knowledge

Globally portable

Remote learning

Recognition and employability

Practical and relevant

Instant results with computer based testing

Flexible approach

Career Pathways

Fundamentals of Financial Services (Level 2)

International Introduction to Investment (Level 3)

Operations Wealth Management Compliance & Risk Capital Markets & Corporate Finance Islamic Finance

National advisory council

We have an established a CISI National Advisory Council (NAC), made up of veteran financial services practitioners, working voluntarily to represent and promote local membership and the securities and investment profession in the Philippines. The NAC supports the provision of continuing professional development (CPD) opportunities and networking events for local CISI members.

President

Mark Abeleda Chartered MCSI

Vice President at HSBC

Miles Uy, MCSI

Vice President, J.P. Morgan

Mark Anthony Valino

Vice President, Pru Life UK

Lawrence Yu ACSI

Executive Vice President SEAOIL Philippines, Inc . and Managing Director Novel Capital, Inc.

Kris Curaming ACSI

Senior Vice President, Citi

Nicomedes Buenaventura Chartered MCSI

Business Consultant, SimCorp

Strategic alliances

The CISI has formed strategic alliances with local bodies and educational institutions with the objective of supporting capacity building for the financial services sector in the Philippines.

News, insight & analysis

Defining financial advice

May 24, 2016

Financial planners wade into the difficult waters of defining advice as the Financial Conduct Authority strives to reform the understanding of financial advice, following the Financial Advice Market Review

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Challenges of finding a single way to define financial planning

May 24, 2016

CISI Chief Executive Simon Culhane, Chartered FCSI talks about the various challenges to finding a single way to define financial planning

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Word on the web: Haldane’s mea culpa

May 20, 2016

A speech by Bank of England Chief Economist Andy Haldane revealed his concerns about the financial services sector

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Learning from the Middle East

May 19, 2016

Following the successful expansion of the CISI into the Middle East, Matthew Cowan, Chartered MCSI is now sharing his experience with the CISI’s India and Sri Lanka country heads to further develop the Institute’s activities in South East Asia’s most promising markets – India and Sri Lanka

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Contact us

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customersupport@cisi.org

Welcome to the CISI

The Professional Body of Choice for the Financial Services Sector