Which certification exam must you pass to become a Mutual Fund Distributor?<\/h3>
NISM conducts an exam called NISM VA (Mutual Fund Distributor), which must be cleared to become an MFD.<\/p><\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
People have many goals in life, like getting married, having children, buying a dream home, etc. However, nobody knows how to properly plan for such events. This is where investment advisors come in, helping you with thorough financial planning. The problem is, many people confuse SEBI\u2019s Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs) with Mutual Fund Distributors (MFDs). […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5365,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"is_paper_insight":false,"paper_insight_image":0,"paper_insight_pdf":0,"paper_insight_ppt":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-personal-finance"],"acf":{"freelancer":"Akash Gupta"},"yoast_head":"\n
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