Please note upaid memberhip subscriptions are scheduled to lapse on 10 September 2010.

To make an online payment please login to CISI Shop with your membership and passsword to renew your membership.

The CISI membership subscription rates for the year 2010/11 are:

UK:
 
FCSI     £185.00
MCSI    £165.00
ACSI     £120.00 
Student £  50.00
Affiliate  £100.00

International:

FCSI     £138.75
MCSI    £123.75
ACSI     £ 90.00
Student £ 25.00
Affiliate  £ 75.00

If you have any queries please contact memberservies on (0)20 7645 0650 or email billing@cisi.org

The CISI is pleased to announce a subscription option for its retired members. Those no longer working who wish to retain their membership may now opt to pay a one-off fee in order to obtain life-long membership of the CISI. This fee is set at five times the full annual subscription (or 10 times the reduced rate). For more information, please email us.

The eleventh issue of the CISI`s new benefit, aimed at its senior members, is now available to download in the Members Only Area (MCSI & FCSI only). In this issue, author, Dr Arjuna Sittampalam covers the following:

• Asset manager to rescue the US?
• Pay attacks spread beyond banks
• Emerging Markets - an outdated concept?

The RDR will impact anyone who advises or sells any financial services to the retail market, other than packaged products such as general insurance and commercial banking. This includes the sale of securities as well as financial planning. You can find out how it may affect you by visiting the RDR pages.

If you have any further queries related to the RDR not covered on our website, please email us.

The FSA's latest consultation paper - CP10/14 Delivering the RDR published in June 2010 includes an appropriate exam list which includes transitional and RDR ready qualifications. The FSA has approved the new CISI Investment Advice Diploma as RDR - compliant. You can find out more information on this qualification on the Retail Qualifications page. 

Read more about the RDR and related CISI initiatives.

Composed by CISI senior consultant, Christopher Bond MCSI, the Regulatory Update is an indispensable guide to changes and hot topics in the world of financial services regulation. Reading the Regulatory Update may be logged as self-directed learning under the CISI CPD Scheme. The 21 issue and the Glossary of Terms are now available to view.

FCSIs Only! - The Regulatory Update is made available in PDF format to all CISI members. However, Fellows may sign up to be on a distribution list to receive this quarterly update in hard copy format. To do so, please email us.

As an alternative to the traditional route to Member (MCSI), senior practitioners in the securities and investment industry may also apply for MCSI status. The criteria for this is made up of a combination of seniority, experience and relevant professional qualifications. Non-CISI members can also apply to be considered for MCSI status as long as they also meet the criteria.

Please note the FCSI via experience route is no longer available; senior practitioners are advised to apply for  MCSI Via Expericence.

CISI's Professional Refresher, is the newly redesigned version of the CISI Regulatory Refresher product. It offers financial practitioners a wide range of online courses, all in one package. Use of CISI Professional Refresher earns users hours under the CISI CPD Scheme. This fantastic resource is available free to all Affiliate, ACSI, MCSI and FCSI members.

To ensure we keep you up to date on your membership benefits and send your membership subscription to your correct address please ensure you have updated your contact details

You can update your details by using our online booking system and selecting change my details. You will need your membership number and password to login. You can request a password reminder.

Do you think you are in the wrong category of membership? Not sure if we recognise that exam you took all those years ago? You can quickly and easily find out using our Membership Grade Selector. Select your level of experience and your qualification(s) and click `Go` to find out immediately if you qualify for membership, or are due for an upgrade.

Users of the CISI CPD Scheme will know that, wherever possible, the CISI will automatically record activities undertaken by its members on their behalf to save them time. We are also pleased to announce that thanks to recent system enhancements, we have been able to add the Securities & Investment Review online to the list of automatically logged products. Any CISI member reading the online version of our magazine will now automatically be credited with the appropriate number of CPD hours.

The CISI launched a new way of joining as an Associate member by using our online application process. This procees allows our qualified Student members to convert very quickly and easily to Associate (ACSI) status using a pre-filled, online application form.

The CISI can now also offer a further streamlined process to benefit firms who wish to have all of their eligible staff converted to ACSI status upon qualifying. Staff at such firms (who give their prior consent) can now automatically be converted with no need to fill in any forms or make any payment: the CISI will liaise direct with the firms.

As an CISI member we encourage you to use Infolink to share your expertise with other members. You may do this by adding your articles, notes and slides from your presentations, white papers or research papers or suggesting to us any other sources you feel other members maybe interested in. If you would like to contribute an article please email
infolink@cisi.org

Contributing articles to Infolink earns you CPD points under development of others.

The CISI has set up a new, secure system to allow its members to obtain their CISI passwords via our website. You can request a password reminder if you have forgotten your password. Simply input your membership number, date of birth, and the email address with which you provided us for correspondence purposes, and you will receive a reminder within an hour. It is also possible to change your CISI password to something more memorable by using our online booking system and selecting change my details.