ACI Financial Markets Association
The ACI Diploma is the highest-level qualification offered by the ACI Financial Markets Association. It builds on the ACI Dealing Certificate and ACI Operations Certificate, providing advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of foreign exchange, money markets, commodities, interest rates, derivatives, and risk management practices. Successful candidates earn the designation ACICMP® (ACI Certified Market Professional), recognized internationally.
The syllabus is designed to cover advanced areas of financial markets:
- Foreign Exchange & Money Markets
- Advanced FX instruments and strategies
- Complex money market products and applications
- Commodities & Interest Rate Markets
- Commodity trading and hedging techniques
- Interest rate instruments, swaps, and yield curve analysis
- Derivatives & Risk Management
- Futures, options, and structured products
- Integrated risk management practices across markets
- Market Environment & Applications
- Linkages between FX, money, commodities, and interest rate markets
- Practical dealing and operations in complex scenarios
- Financial Mathematics
- Advanced quantitative methods for pricing and valuation
- Application of mathematics in risk and portfolio management
