The skills, expertise and ethics of professionals in the securities markets are crucial in providing effective intermediation to investors and in increasing investor confidence in market systems and processes. The School for Certification of Intermediaries (SCI) seeks to ensure that market intermediaries meet defined minimum common benchmark of required functional knowledge

The examination seeks to create a common minimum knowledge benchmark for all persons involved in selling and distributing mutual funds including:

 Individual Mutual Fund Distributors

 Employees of organizations engaged in sales and distribution of Mutual Funds

 Employees of Asset Management Companies especially persons engaged in sales and distribution of Mutual Funds