This workbook has been developed to assist candidates in preparing for the National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM) Mutual Fund Foundation Certification Examination. NISM-Series-V-B: Mutual Fund Foundation Certification Examination seeks to create common minimum knowledge benchmark for new cadre of mutual fund distributors, involved in selling and distributing simple and performing mutual fund schemes (as per SEBI circular CIR/IMD/DF/21/2012 dated September 13, 2012).

The book covers all important topics to impart basic knowledge of the mutual funds, their role and structure, various types of mutual fund schemes and their features, distribution of mutual funds, evaluation of specified schemes and rules and regulations related to distribution of specified products. It also covers basics of financial planning as an approach to investing in mutual funds and ways of recommending suitable schemes by this cadre of distributors to prospective investors.