Value: A premium designation amongst your compliance professional peers

Scope: Twenty 2-hour courses to be completed within 18 months

Requirements: 12 required compliance courses, 8 electives, 2 years of work experience and passing the certification examination

What You Earn: IACCP designation

NRS Education Next Step: Continuing education requirements to maintain the IACCP designation

A comprehensive yet flexible curriculum for those professionals seeking the benefits and prestige of one of the industry’s premier professional designations, the Investment Adviser Certified Compliance Professional (IACCP).

Required Compliance Education – 10 Courses

The following 10 (2-hour) courses:

  • Advisers Act (Six Required Courses)
    • Framework of the Act—Duty to Supervise; Who Must Register; Exclusions and Exemptions; State and Federal Responsibilities
    • Books and Records—Today’s Requirements
    • Brochure Rule; Insider Trading; Codes of Ethics; Contracts
    • Anti-Fraud Rules Part 1—Fiduciary Duty, Principal and Agency Cross Transactions, Pooled Investment Vehicles, Advertising Rule
    • Anti-Fraud Rules Part 2—Custody, Solicitors, Financial and Disciplinary Disclosure, Proxy Voting
    • Compliance Programs Rules and Mastering the Annual Review
  • Ethics (Two Required Courses)
    • Investment Adviser Codes of Ethics—Requirements and Best Practices
    • Ethical Decision-Making and Lessons Learned from SEC Enforcement Cases
  • Disclosure (Two Required Courses)
    • Form ADV Part 1 and Regulatory Reporting
    • Form ADV Part 2 and Identifying and Disclosing Conflicts of Interest

Additional Required Courses

  • Ethics (One 2-hour course)
    • Mastering Critical Skills for High Performance Compliance Professionals
  • Disclosure (One 2-hour course)
    • Investment Adviser Performance and Advertising

Electives – 8 Courses Needed

Complete your education by selecting eight additional 2-hour courses designated as IACCP-eligibile on the 2010 NRS Education Schedule

Two years of work experience

Certifying IACCP Examination

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IACCP Designation

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