Details on Financial Industry regulatory Agency Series Exams Certifications

Many people assume that MBA (Master OF Business Administration) is the only option of breaking into finance. MBA is a great course. Many people don't have sufficient monetary reserves and time to take up MBA. For such aspirants who desperately want to break into finance, there are many more options. 1) Series 4 - Registered Options Principal 2) Series 9 and 10 - General Securities Sales Supervisor 3) Series 23 - General Securities Principal - Sales Supervisor Modules 4) Series 24 - General Securities Principal 5) Series 26 - Investment Company Products/Variable Contracts Limited Principal 6) Series 27 - Financial And Operations Principal 7) Series 28 - Introducing Broker/Dealer Financial and Operations Principal 8) Series 39 - Direct Participation Programs Limited Principal 9) Series 51 - Municipal Fund Securities Principal 10) Series 53 - Municipal securities Principal 11) Series 6 - Investment Company Products/Variable Contracts Limited Representative 12) Series 7 - General Securities Representative Series 7 Exam is a popular exam among the finance community. It is administered by FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority). Series 7 exam qualifies an individual to process trades with different types of corporate securities. Futures, options are derivatives and are not covered under Series 7 exam. An individual gains the knowledge needed to function as a Registered Representative (RR) on clearing Series 7 exam. It is used to test the competence of an individual and is considered a tough exam among the financial community. 13) Series 17 - Limited Registered Representative 14) Series 37 and Series 38 - Canada Module of the Series 7 15) Series 11 - assistant Representative - Order Processing 16) Series 22 - Direct Participation Programs Limited Representative 17) Series 42 - registered Options Representative 18) Series 52 - Municipal Securities Representative 19) Series 55 - equities Trader Limited representative 20) Series 62 - Corporate Securities Limited Representative 21) Series 72 - Government Securities Limited Representative 22) Series 79 - Limited Representative - Investment Banking 23) Series 82 - Limited Representatives - Private Securities Offering Representative 24) Series 86 and Series 87 - Research Analyst 25) Series 63,65,66 - Uniform Investment Advisor 26) Series 14 - compliance Officer 27) Series 5 - Interest Rate Options 28) Series 3 - National commodities Futures 29) Series 30 - Branch Managers 30) Series 31 - Futures Managed Funds 31) Series 32 - Limited Futures