IFSCA Grade A study plan

Map the Banking domain syllabus into a one-page concept tree covering prudential regulation, credit and NPA classification, payment systems, and IFSC banking units

Explain how IFSC Banking Units differ from domestic banks in permitted currency, deposit-taking, and capital norms, and write a 150-word note capturing the distinctions

Trace the primary market lifecycle from DRHP filing through listing, and list the SEBI intermediaries involved at each stage

Solve 30 mixed Banking and Capital Market questions under timed conditions and log every error with its root cause

Diagram the fund management value chain from sponsor to trustee to AMC to custodian, and state the fiduciary duty attached to each role

Compare AIF Categories I, II, and III on permitted leverage, investor threshold, and registration route, and summarise the comparison in a table

Distinguish BATF-permitted services from ordinary broking, and identify which activities require separate registration

Compute NAV and expense ratio for a worked example fund and verify the arithmetic against the stated formula

Define the Global In-House Centre model and separate captives from third-party service providers on ownership and control

List the regulatory expectations for GICs on data localisation, outsourcing oversight, and business continuity, and rank them by exam likelihood

Classify fintech activities into payments, lending, wealth, and regtech, and match each to its governing regulator or framework

Explain sandbox and innovation-hub mechanisms and state the entry and exit conditions a participant must satisfy

Break insurance into life and general, then map the product, distribution, and claims stages to the responsible regulated entity

Explain reinsurance, solvency margin, and actuarial valuation in plain language without relying on formulas you cannot derive

Outline the metals and commodities ecosystem covering spot, derivatives, vaulting, and price discovery

Describe how commodity derivatives are settled physically versus in cash and identify the operational risk at each settlement step

Complete 40 timed questions spanning Insurance and Commodities and score at least 60 percent

Explain the economics of aircraft leasing including lease types, residual value risk, and repossession rights under the Cape Town Convention

Contrast ship leasing structures on bareboat, time, and voyage charter terms and state who bears which operating cost

Identify the tax, registration, and security-interest steps that make an aircraft or ship lease enforceable in an IFSC

Compare aircraft and ship leasing on asset life, collateral mobility, and default recovery, and note where the two regimes diverge

Revisit the three heaviest domains and close every unresolved item in the error log from weeks 1 and 2

Practise 50 mixed questions weighted toward Banking, Capital Market, and Fund Management, and finish within the per-question time budget

Re-derive the key numerical formulas (CRAR, NAV, expense ratio, solvency margin) from first principles without notes

Summarise each of the three domains into a single recall sheet no longer than one page per domain

Sweep the seven lighter domains using only your own recall sheets and glossary, flagging any term you cannot define in one sentence

Answer 60 rapid-fire questions across all ten domains and record accuracy per domain

Rewrite every flagged term into a corrected flashcard and test yourself on the corrected set the next day

Identify the two domains with the lowest accuracy and schedule targeted revision for them in week 8

Take two full-length timed simulations under exam conditions and score both before reviewing any answer

Analyse every wrong answer from both simulations and separate knowledge gaps from time-management and misreading errors

Drill the two weakest domains identified in week 7 until accuracy exceeds 70 percent on a fresh 20-question set

Finalise a one-page exam-day strategy covering question sequencing, skip rules, and time checkpoints