AMIB Promotor de Fondos study plan

Map the full regulatory architecture of the securities market: identify the law, its implementing regulations, and the main supervisory authority's role

List and explain the core obligations of a fund promoter/distributor under the regulatory framework (registration, disclosure, conduct rules)

Define the key legal concepts (securities, public offering, collective investment vehicle) in your own words without notes

Build a one-page glossary of 20 regulatory terms you must recognize on exam day

Distinguish the legal/regulatory categories of investment funds and their permitted investor profiles

Describe the registration and authorization process a fund must complete before being marketed

Explain the roles and legal duties of the fund's key parties (manager, depositary/custodian, distributor, auditor)

Identify the disclosure documents a fund must publish and what each must contain

Explain how a fund is structured: legal form, governance bodies, and separation of assets

Trace the operational lifecycle of a fund from launch through subscription, valuation, and redemption

Calculate net asset value per share given a portfolio and share count, and explain how subscription/redemption prices derive from it

Differentiate fund fee structures (management, depositary, performance, entry/exit) and compute their impact on an investor's return

Classify funds by investment policy (money market, fixed income, equity, mixed, absolute return) and match each to its risk/return profile

Describe the main money-market and fixed-income instruments a fund may hold and their key features

Explain how interest rate and credit risk transmit into fund returns

Summarize the mechanics of fund mergers, liquidations, and changes to investment policy

Explain the structure and functioning of the primary and secondary markets and the role of exchanges and clearing/settlement

Describe equity instruments and the meaning of price, yield, and total return

Compute and interpret basic bond metrics (price-yield relationship, duration as a sensitivity measure, accrued interest)

Explain the mechanics and risk profile of derivatives (futures, options, swaps) used by funds for hedging or exposure

Compute expected return, variance, covariance, and correlation for a two-asset portfolio

Explain diversification and the efficient frontier conceptually and apply asset allocation logic to a sample investor

Calculate and interpret risk-adjusted performance measures (Sharpe ratio, volatility, maximum drawdown)

Identify the main risk types (market, credit, liquidity, operational, concentration) and the controls that mitigate each

Apply the AML/KYC framework: customer due diligence, beneficial ownership, ongoing monitoring, and suspicious activity reporting

Recognize red flags of money laundering and the promoter's escalation obligations

Distinguish conflicts of interest and unethical sales practices from compliant conduct using concrete scenarios

Structure a client suitability assessment covering objectives, horizon, risk tolerance, and capacity for loss

Draft plain-language explanations of fund risk and cost that a retail client can understand

Complete a full-length timed mock exam and score it by domain

Diagnose the two weakest domains and re-drill their core formulas and rules

Re-verify the highest-yield regulatory and fund-operation facts against your own notes

Build a final one-page 'must-know' sheet for exam-day review