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17 January 2018

FINRA Publishes Content Outline For Securities Industry Essentials Exam

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FINRA released a content outline for the new Securities Industry Essentials ("SIE") examination.
United States Corporate/Commercial Law

FINRA released a content outline for the new Securities Industry Essentials ("SIE") examination.

As previously covered, the SIE is a general knowledge examination that all representative-level applicants will be required to pass (in addition to a specialized, job-specific examination) in order to fulfill FINRA's Continuing Education requirements. Representatives will be required to pass the SIE and job-specific examinations beginning on October 1, 2018. FINRA shared that the content outline will be broken into four parts:

  • knowledge of capital markets;
  • understanding products and their risks;
  • understanding trading, customer accounts and prohibited activities; and
  • overview of the regulatory framework.

FINRA also submitted the SIE selection specifications to the SEC on a confidential basis.

The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your specific circumstances.

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