Education & Test Prep

IMCA provides the following resources for candidates, please click on the links to find out more information. (note: As a candidate, you may be contacted with information about these services. These IMCA-sponsored offerings are NOT REQUIRED for certification, nor does IMCA make any assertion regarding the quality of these offerings. Other review providers are available (see below), and consultants and contractors assembling the resources available through IMCA have no knowledge of the examination items included on the qualification or certification exams.)

• Introduction to the CIMA® Certification Program: Self-Study Texts
• Qualification Examination Review Course
• Essentials of Investment Consulting Certificate Program (this is an online educational program, NOT a review course)

Independent Self-Study Texts
The books listed on this page may be helpful for CIMA candidates. They are listed only as a representative sample of texts available and are not to be considered as recommendations.

In addition, the books included on this list have been used to reference exam item answers and may be helpful tools for candidates to familiarize themselves with the detailed content outline topics found on pages 7–8 of the Candidate Handbook. These books are not intended to provide exhaustive or comprehensive coverage of all topics found on the Qualification and Certification Examinations. These simply serve as suggested titles to consider for enhancing candidates' knowledge in the key areas taught in the CIMA certification program.



 

Best of IMCA: Denver
May 24, 2012 I Denver, CO 

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Live Audio Broadcast:
Economic Update
June 17, 2012 I 4:15 PM ET

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Best of IMCA: Dallas
June 28, 2012 I Dallas, TX 

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Advanced CIMA® Workshop:
The Best of Wharton
July 16–17, 2012 I Philadelphia, PA

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Live Audio Broadcast: Financial
Advisor Discretionary Platform
July 19, 2012 I 4:15 PM ET

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Live Audio Broadcast: DOL Fee
Disclosure Regulation Update: What
CFOs Need to Know
August 16, 2012 I 4:15 PM ET

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Best of IMCA: Atlanta
August 22, 2012 I Atlanta, GA

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IMCA Essentials of Investment
Consulting Certificate Program

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