CME-2B Compliance Rules Syllabus: Sections and Question Counts
How the 25 CME-2B Compliance Rules questions split by section: Capital Market Institutions Regulations 20%, Anti-Money Laundering Law 20%, with the topics in each section and the source.
- Questions and time
- 25 questions · 30 minutes
- Pass mark
- 68%
- Exam fee
- SAR 1,700
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How the questions are split
The exam has 25 questions in 30 minutes, split across the sections according to the exam specification from Capital Market Authority.
| Section | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Capital Market Institutions Regulations | 5 | 20% |
| Investment Funds Regulations | 4 | 16% |
| Market Conduct Regulations | 3 | 12% |
| Corporate Finance | 3 | 12% |
| Investment Accounts Instructions | 2 | 8% |
| Anti-Money Laundering Law | 5 | 20% |
| Countering Terrorism Crimes and Financing | 3 | 12% |
| Total | 25 | 100% |
The two largest sections are Capital Market Institutions Regulations and Anti-Money Laundering Law: together 10 of the 25 questions (40%). Start with them, then take the rest in order of size.
Topics in each section
Capital Market Institutions Regulations (5 questions)
- Authorisation, notifications and control
- Advertisements and direct communications
- Client money, assets and reporting
Investment Funds Regulations (4 questions)
- Fund terms and custody
- Investment areas and limits
- Fund changes and unitholder approval
- Real estate funds and authorisation
Market Conduct Regulations (3 questions)
- Suspected client misconduct and liability
- Client-order priority
- Execution, price and allocation
- Order aggregation
- Research, recommendations and trading
Corporate Finance (3 questions)
- Private placements and trading restrictions
- Public offerings
- Continuing obligations
- Parallel market
Investment Accounts Instructions (2 questions)
- Client acceptance and account agreement
- Natural-person accounts
- Legal-person accounts
Anti-Money Laundering Law (5 questions)
- Preventive measures
- Due diligence and third parties
- Politically exposed persons
- Correspondent relationships
- Detecting suspicious activity
- Suspicious reporting
Countering Terrorism Crimes and Financing (3 questions)
- Risk assessment
- Due diligence and inability to complete it
- Suspicious reporting
- Tipping-off prohibition
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Sources and references
- Capital Market Authority – exam page cma.gov.sa
- Capital Market Authority – exam specification fa.gov.sa