Safeguarding Customer Funds

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Safeguarding Customer Funds

Details

Get Smart on customer protection and segregation requirements with FIA-IFM Training. This course has been jointly developed by NFA, FIA and industry professionals to help market participants understand the safeguards in place to protect customer funds in the futures market.

This online course also is designed to meet the training requirements mandated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Rule 1.11.  According to the rule, all finance, treasury, operations, regulatory, compliance, settlement, and other relevant officers and employees within the organization must be trained annually.  

e-Learning Content
  • Basics of segregation
  • Residual interest
  • Investment of customer funds and recordkeeping
  • Reporting
  • Notification requirements
  • Interactive exercises to test comprehension

 

Training Duration: Approximately 60 minutes.  A training certificate can be downloaded after successful course completion.

 
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Qualify for a Discount?  FIA Member firms and their employees are eligible for discounts on courses. FIA members include more than 300 financial services firms as well as fund managers, commercial hedgers, global exchanges, technology vendors, and legal and other professional services providers. 

Purchase training for employees via an enterprise, corporate license or individually for just a few.  Read more about our pricing options.


Purchase Options

Cost
$70
Note
$60 FIA Member discounted rate will be applied at checkout.

Volume discounts for training are available for firms with 16 or more participants. Please contact the IFM at 202-223-1528, or via e-mail at info@theIFM.org.

Order Fulfillment: You will receive two emails 1) a confirmation of your transaction after you finalize your order, and 2) an email usually within an hour after you place your order with your training login credentials which are different from those used to place an order. Please note web-delivered product orders are fulfilled during normal business hours, Monday to Friday 9 AM to 5 PM Eastern Time, excluding U.S. holidays.