Taxmann’s Investment Adviser (Level 2) by NISM – Edition December 2021

This book aims to create a common minimum knowledge benchmark for all associated individual investment advisers or principal officers of a non-individual investment adviser and persons associated with investment advice under SEBI (Investment Advisers) Regulations, 2013 and offering investment advisory services.

This book covers all important topics to enhance the quality of investment advisory and related services in the financial services industry. It covers topics related to the following:

• [Know the Aspects] of the following:
  • Insurance Planning
  • Insurance Products
  • Risk Management
  • Taxation Aspects of Different Financial Securities
  • Role of Behavioural Finance
  • Risk Profiling in providing Financial Advice
• [Understand] the following:
  • Various Retirement Products and their features
  • Role of Investment Advisers in Retirement Planning
  • Important of Estate Planning
  • Role of Estate Planning Tools

The Present Publication is the July 2021 workbook version, published exclusively by Taxmann for NISM Certification Examination X-B | Investment Adviser (Level 2), with the following contents:

• Risk Management and Insurance Planning
  • Basics of Insurance
  • Life Insurance Products
  • Non-Life Insurance Products
• Retirement Planning
  • Retirement Planning Basics
  • Retirement Products
• Taxation
  • Concepts in Taxation
  • Capital Gains
  • Income from Other Sources
  • Taxation of Debt Products
  • Taxation of Equity Products
  • Taxation of Other Products
  • Tax Provisions for Special Cases
• Estate Planning
  • Basics of Estate Planning
  • Tools for Estate Planning
• Behavioural Finance
  • Basics of Behavioural Finance
  • Behavioural Finance in Practice
• Comprehensive Investment Advice
  • Risk Profiling for Investors
  • Comparison of Products Across Categories
• Case Studies