CISI Asset Servicing Exam Preparation
Exam preparation for the CISI Asset Servicing technical unit, aligned to Version 22 for exams from 11 June 2026 to 10 June 2027.
Course syllabus information reviewed for 2026. Always check the awarding body’s latest official syllabus and candidate updates before booking or sitting your exam.
Build the operational knowledge required for the CISI Asset Servicing examination, from the lifecycle of a corporate action through mandatory and voluntary events, tax, participants, legal duties, risks and controls. Every one of the 50 official question allocations is represented in the eight-chapter syllabus map.
Exam Format & Details
| Assessment | Multiple-choice examination |
| Duration | 60 Minutes |
| Standard Pass Mark | 70% |
| Level | CISI Level 3 |
| Total Qualification Time | 80 hours |
Key Benefits
Corporate-actions lifecycle
Follow events from announcement and entitlement through elections, settlement and reconciliation.
- ✓ Mandatory events
- ✓ Voluntary events
- ✓ Operational deadlines
Weighted syllabus plan
Prioritise all eight chapters according to their official share of the 50-question exam.
- ✓ Chapter question counts
- ✓ 60-minute assessment
- ✓ Targeted revision
Controls and risk context
Connect servicing processes with governance, taxation, legal duties and operational controls.
- ✓ Market participants
- ✓ Legal and compliance
- ✓ Risks and controls
Syllabus
Module 1: Life Cycle of an Event 14% syllabus weight
End-to-end corporate-action processing from announcement through entitlement, instruction, settlement and reconciliation.
- • Event capture
- • Key dates and entitlements
- • Instructions and settlement
Module 2: Mandatory Events 20% syllabus weight
Processing events that occur without a holder election.
- • Cash and stock dividends
- • Interest and redemption
- • Reorganisations
Module 3: Voluntary Events 16% syllabus weight
Events requiring investor decisions, elections and deadline management.
- • Rights and offers
- • Tender events
- • Election processing
Module 4: Corporate Governance 10% syllabus weight
Shareholder rights, meetings, voting and issuer governance.
- • Meetings and resolutions
- • Proxy voting
- • Shareholder communications
Module 5: Tax 10% syllabus weight
Tax consequences, withholding and relief relevant to asset-servicing events.
- • Withholding tax
- • Relief at source
- • Tax documentation
Module 6: Participants 8% syllabus weight
Roles of issuers, agents, custodians, depositories and other infrastructure providers.
- • Issuers and agents
- • Custodians and CSDs
- • Information vendors
Module 7: Legal and Compliance 16% syllabus weight
Legal ownership, documentation, disclosure, sanctions and regulatory obligations.
- • Legal title
- • Disclosure rules
- • Compliance obligations
Module 8: Risks and Controls 6% syllabus weight
Operational risks, reconciliations, controls, claims and incident management.
- • Operational risk
- • Reconciliations
- • Control frameworks
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CISI Asset Servicing Exam Guides
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Frequently Asked Questions
The assessment contains 50 multiple-choice questions and lasts 60 minutes.
This page follows Asset Servicing Version 22, applicable to exams from 11 June 2026 to 10 June 2027.
The eight chapters contribute 7, 10, 8, 5, 5, 4, 8 and 3 questions respectively, totalling 50.
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