Structured preparation for the Level 6 MAMR unit in the CISI Diploma in Corporate Finance, covering all five current syllabus elements and the case-study assessment structure.
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Mergers & Acquisitions and Market Regulations is the Level 6 third unit in the current route to the CISI Diploma in Corporate Finance. It develops the transaction, financing and regulatory judgement required to evaluate acquisitions, disposals, demergers and listed-company obligations.
This course page follows the latest official syllabus structure reviewed for 2026. The 70-minute examination contains 30 questions: 15 standalone questions and three case studies with five questions each. Question styles may include multiple choice, drag and drop, numerical answer and multiple response questions.
| Assessment | Computer-based mixed-format examination with case studies |
| Duration | 70 Minutes |
| Level | CISI Level 6 |
| Total Qualification Time | 100 hours |
Connect acquisition strategy, due diligence and public-offer execution with the documents and decisions used in practice.
Evaluate how purchase structure, consideration and financing affect the acquirer and target shareholders.
Prepare for the rules and ethical considerations that govern listed and quoted-company transactions.
M&A strategy, target selection, synergies, due diligence, private and public acquisition processes, the Takeover Code, agreed and hostile offers, and transaction documentation. The fixed standalone section allocates four questions to this element.
Share and asset purchases, acquisition pricing, forms of consideration, financing documentation, earn-outs, variable rates, deal effects and the allocation of merger gains. The fixed standalone section allocates three questions to this element.
Disposal motivations and sale processes, purchaser selection, auctions, and the benefits, problems and implementation methods associated with demergers. The fixed standalone section allocates three questions to this element.
UK Listing Rules, prospectus requirements, continuing obligations, UK MAR, significant and related-party transactions, reverse takeovers and AIM Rules. The fixed standalone section allocates two questions to this element.
The UK regulatory environment, ethics, governance, company and financial-market legislation, financial crime, competition, pensions and national-security intervention. The fixed standalone section allocates three questions to this element.
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Mergers & Acquisitions and Market Regulations is a 70-minute computer-based examination containing 30 questions. It may use multiple choice, drag and drop, numerical answer and multiple response formats. Computer-based tests may also include up to 10% additional unidentified trial questions with proportionately more time.
The paper has 15 standalone questions plus three case studies with five questions each. The standalone questions are allocated 4, 3, 3, 2 and 3 across the five syllabus elements, while each case study may cover any element.
MAMR is the Level 6 third on-demand unit in the current Diploma route. It follows Level 3 Financial Reporting and Financial Statements Analysis and Level 4 Sources of Finance, Capital Investments and Valuations, before Corporate Finance Strategy and Advice.
It covers making acquisitions, deal structuring and financing, disposals and demergers, regulations for listed and quoted companies, and other regulatory and ethical considerations.
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