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Compare live CISI practice test pages for UK regulation, investment, risk, financial crime, and investment management, with Finance Prep diagnostics, topic drills, and qualification guidance.

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Prepare for UK investment, advice, compliance, and investment-management qualifications with the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI). This section now includes six live exams with 24-question public sample sets plus guide pages for IAD, the IOC path, and International Introduction to Investment. Those six live exams currently map to more than 6,000 UK CISI questions inside Finance Prep. Use these pages to confirm which path fits your role, review UK-specific scope, and continue into Finance Prep on web, plans, login, or downloads.

Quick path selector

If your target path is…Best page to openWhy
The cleanest UK-first foundation with a live 24-question sample setCISI Introduction to InvestmentBest fit when you want the broad UK-first paper for markets, products, wrappers, taxation, and advice basics.
The UK regulatory core for advice, compliance, and conduct workCISI UK Regulation & Professional IntegrityBest fit when you need FCA, PRA, complaints, client-asset, and financial-crime rules.
The retail-advice core covering products, risk, taxation, and suitabilityCISI Investment, Risk and TaxationBest fit when your path centres on UK advice, wealth, and investor outcomes.
Broad cross-role risk coverageCISI Risk in Financial ServicesBest fit when you want operational, credit, market, liquidity, governance, and ERM breadth.
AML, sanctions, fraud, bribery, and market-abuse focusCISI Combating Financial CrimeBest fit when your audience is compliance, controls, financial crime, or regulated-firm oversight.
Valuation and portfolio depth for the Level 4 investment-management laneCISI Investment Management (Level 4)Best fit when you want the technical unit used with UK RPI for the Level 4 Certificate in Investment Management.
A broad international foundation rather than a UK-first paperInternational Introduction to InvestmentBest fit for new entrants or cross-functional teams that want a global markets overview.
The broader UK advice qualification overviewInvestment Advice Diploma (IAD)Best fit when you want the wider diploma structure rather than one core unit in isolation.
The broader operations qualification overviewInvestment Operations Certificate (IOC)Best fit when your path is operations, servicing, controls, or oversight rather than advice.

Live CISI paper comparison

PageReal paperLive bank sizeStrongest emphasisBest first use
Introduction to Investment50 questions in 60 minutes900 questionsMarkets, products, wrappers, trusts, and advice basicsBest first UK-specific foundation page
UK Regulation & Professional Integrity80 questions in 120 minutes900 questionsFinancial crime, conduct, authorisation, client assets, and complaintsBest regulatory core for advice, compliance, and supervision
Investment, Risk and Taxation80 questions in 120 minutes1,100 questionsTax, products, suitability, portfolio review, and advice processBest advice-core paper
Risk in Financial Services100 questions in 120 minutes1,025 questionsOperational, credit, market, liquidity, governance, and ERMBest broad risk paper
Combating Financial Crime50 questions in 60 minutes1,000 questionsAML, sanctions, bribery, fraud, and financial-crime controlsBest compliance niche paper
Investment Management (Level 4)80 questions in 120 minutes1,098 questionsSecurities valuation, portfolios, collectives, and data analysisBest Level 4 technical paper

Best page to open next

If you need to…Best pageWhy
See the non-official UK sequence firstUK RoadmapBest page when you want the order before you commit to one qualification.
Compare the live CISI exams side by sideCISIBest page when you are still choosing between foundation, advice, risk, compliance, and investment-management tracks.
Browse the wider securities exam catalogFinance exam pagesBest page when you want the broader Canada, U.S., UK, insurance, planning, and CPA page set in one place.
Open Finance Prep on web or see plansFinance Prep Web App , Finance Prep downloadsBest page for web access, login, installs, pricing, and billing notes.

Live CISI exams

PageBest fitOpen first
CISI Introduction to InvestmentFirst UK paper for markets, instruments, wrappers, taxation, and advice basicsIntroduction to Investment
CISI UK Regulation & Professional IntegrityFCA/PRA supervision, ethics, complaints, client assets, and financial crimeUK Regulation & Professional Integrity
CISI Investment, Risk and TaxationUK retail-investment advice, taxation, products, and portfolio reviewInvestment, Risk and Taxation
CISI Risk in Financial ServicesRisk management across operational, credit, market, liquidity, and governance themesRisk in Financial Services
CISI Combating Financial CrimeAML, sanctions, bribery, fraud, tax evasion, and firm control designCombating Financial Crime
CISI Investment Management (Level 4)Valuation, data analysis, client portfolios, and the Level 4 investment-management laneInvestment Management

Exam pages and broader qualification views

Foundation and path entry
Advice and regulation core pages
Risk, compliance, investment management, and operations
Current set: six UK CISI exams are now live in Finance Prep. Use them first to choose the right qualification lane, review official scope, and continue into Finance Prep on web, plans, login, or downloads.

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Free study guides

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Revised on Tuesday, May 26, 2026