Please note that the certification of persons who carry out or intend to carry out professional activities in the stock market, as this is specified by the Regulations on the procedure for certification of specialists in the stock market, approved by the NSSMC Resolution dated 25 June 2020 No. 319 (as amended), will start to be carried out beginning with 01 September of the year that follows the year of termination or cancellation of martial law in Ukraine.
On February 2, 2017, the NSSMC signed a Memorandum of Intent to build a transparent system of certification of stock market specialists in Ukraine with the Association of Investment Professionals, licensed by the CFA Institute and representing the CFA Society Ukraine, in order to reform the system of training and certification of stock market specialists. The Association aims to help the NSSMC to create a transparent system of training and certification of stock market professionals with an emphasis on professional competencies. It is based on an independent assessment of candidates in accordance with international best practices. The updated system will allow to take into account the needs of the market in specialists, make the tests more professional, provide a transparent and non-discriminatory procedure for conducting exams. The public will have full open access to information on the progress and results of the system reform.
- Memorandum of Intent to cooperate in building a transparent system of certification of stock market specialists and asset managers in Ukraine
- The concept of “Training and certification of stock market professionals and asset managers: transparency and compliance with modern requirements and international standards”
The NSSMC, jointly with the USAID Financial Sector Transformation Project and the CFA Society Ukraine, presented a Review of Ethics Codes in the Financial Investment Area: Feature Analysis and Common Features.
This research will contribute to the further introduction of ethical standards in the Ukrainian financial markets.
Pursuant to the Regulations on the Procedure for Сertification of Stock Market Specialists, approved by the NSSMC Resolution #319 on June 25, 2020 and registered by the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on September 10, 2020 under №868/35151, the NSSMC approved (NSSMC Resolution № 833 on December 24, 2020) programs of qualifying examinations in the following sections:
- Taxonomy of section I of the Program. Basic knowledge (Annex 1);
- Taxonomy of section II of the Program. Ethnical standards (Annex 2);
- Taxonomy of section III of the Program. Special legislation on capital markets and organized commodity markets: financial instruments trading activities (Annex 3);
- Taxonomy of section III of the Program. Special legislation on capital markets and organized commodity markets: depository activities (Annex 4);
- Taxonomy of section III of the Program. Special legislation on capital markets and organized commodity markets: asset management activities of institutional investors (Annex 5);
- Taxonomy of section III of the Program. Special legislation on capital markets and organized commodity markets: activities on the organization of trade in financial instruments (Annex 6);
- Taxonomy of section III of the Program. Special legislation on capital markets and organized commodity markets: activities on the organization of trade in organized commodity markets (Annex 7);
- Taxonomy of section III of the Program. Special legislation on capital markets and organized commodity markets: clearing activities (Annex 8);
- Taxonomy of section III of the Program. Special legislation on capital markets and organized commodity markets: activities on administration of private pension funds (Annex 9);
- Taxonomy of section III of the Program. Special legislation on capital markets and organized commodity markets: property management activities to finance construction and / or real estate transactions (Annex 10);
- Taxonomy of section III of the Program. Special legislation on capital markets and organized commodity markets: chief accountants of professional participants in capital markets and organized commodity markets (Annex 11);
- Taxonomy of section IV of the Program. Practical skills: trading in financial instruments (Annex 12);
- Taxonomy of section IV of the Program. Practical skills: depository activities (Annex 13);
- Taxonomy of section IV of the Program. Practical skills: asset management activities of institutional investors (Annex 14);
- Taxonomy of section IV of the Program. Practical skills: activities on the organization of trade in financial instruments (Annex 15);
- Taxonomy of section IV of the Program. Practical skills: activities on the organization of trade in organized commodity markets (Annex 16);
- Taxonomy of section IV of the Program. Practical skills: clearing activities (Annex 17);
- Taxonomy of section IV of the Program. Practical skills: activities for the administration of private pension funds (Annex 18);
- Taxonomy of section IV of the Program. Practical skills: property management activities to finance construction and / or real estate transactions (Annex 19);
- Taxonomy of section IV of the Program. Practical skills: chief accountants of professional participants in capital markets and organized commodity markets (Annex 20).