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Membership Survey Results 2006

Distribution across regions

0 20 40 60

DK/No ans

Isle of Man

Guernsey

Jersey

Scotland

London

TOTALFSIMSIASI

Regions

49% (n=630)

6%

4%

3%

3%

10% (n=122)

Base: All respondents (1273) Q1.4

% of respondents

Membership of Professional Bodies

Base: All respondents (1273) Q1.5

None (33%)

Accountancy (18%)

Various Others(49%)

ACA 10% (n=122)ACCA 4% (n=52)CIMA 2% (n=24)

UKSIP 6% (n=74)ACIB 5% (n=64)CFA 3% (n=41)STEP 2% (n=24)

Approved person status & Controlled functions

Base: All respondents (1273)/(600) Q1.9 a/b

47

42

11

YesNoDK/NS

%

%

%

FSI: 60%MSI: 45%ASI: 32%

FSI: 29%MSI:45%ASI: 56%

CF21 – Investment Advisor (28%)CF27 – Management Investment (21%)CF10 – Compliance Director (13%)CF11 – Money Laundering Oversight (10%)CF1 – Director (9%)

Significant Management Function

YES NO

24% 64%

Controlled Functions

Does your firm pay for subs?

75

241

YesNoN/S

%%

% (70%)

(1%)(29%)

Base: All respondents (1273)/(949) (2005 Results) Q1.11a/b

Firm pays all subscriptions direct to SII

(72%)

I pay and firm repays all

subscriptions to me

(27%)

Firm Contributes

(1%)

N/S(1%)

YES

If your firm didn’t pay – would you?

72

19

9

YesNoDk/NS

%

%

%

(30%)

(1%)

(69%)

Base: All respondents (1273)/(949) (2005 Results) Q1.12

Accountants (73% n=22)Consultants (74% n=32)Fund Managers (71% n=141)

Perceptions of Membership

Q “How necessary to your profession do you consider your membership of the Securities & Investment Institute?”

Base: All respondents (1279) 0 = average Q1.13

Very Beneficial Not all beneficial

6 15 4 3 2(21%) (26%) (24%) (13%) (11%) (1%)

Mean = 4.2

Do you use your designatory letters?

Base: All respondents (1273) (2005 Results) Q1.8

61

37

2

YesNoN/S

%

%

%

(59%)

(2%)(39%)

FSI: 70% (70%)MSI: 61% (63%)ASI: 49% (57%)

FSI: 28% (29%)MSI:38% (35%)ASI: 50% (42%)

Importance of new Membership Benefits

Regulatory Update

SII CPD Scheme

Webcasts

Jobs online

Careers Centre

FSI Masterclasses

Infolink

Annual Conference

IT PIF

CF PIF

OPS PIF

S&I Review online

London Annual Dinner

More important

Less important

Importance of existing membership benefits

CPD Events

Designatory letters

PIFS

Reg Refresher

Regional Activities

Conference Discount

S&I Review

Online Membership Directory

Book discounts

Base: All participants/users of benefits (1118) Q2.2

More important

Less important

Personal membership Benefits

39

61

Aware Unaware

Base: All respondents (1273) / all aware of benefit (497) Q2.3

15

85

Used Not used

Aware

%

%%

%

Importance of potential new Membership benefits (1 not important - 6 very important)

Base: All respondents (1273) Q2.4

2.4 2.6 2.8 3 3.2 3.4

POD Casts ofpop events

Webast ofLondon Events

MembershipCard

Private clientPIF

FSI: 3.4MSI: 3.3ASI: 3.2

FSI: 2.8MSI: 3.0ASI: 3.2

FSI: 2.6MSI: 2.9ASI: 2.9

FSI: 2.5MSI: 2.9ASI: 3.1

Mean scores

CPD Seminars/events

36

57

7

YES

NO

DK/NS

Have you attended a CPD seminar in the last 12 months?

Base: All respondents (1273) / All who have attended a seminar (454) (Survey 2005) Q3.3a/b/3.6

%

%

(61%)

(37%)(2%)

How would you rate the overall quality of the session?

4 Excellent 26%3 Good 63%2 Fair 7%1 Poor 1%N/S 3%

Mean = 3.2 (Good to Excellent)

%

27

43

30

6

8.30-10.0012.30-14.0017.30-19.00DK/NS

%% %

%

Time of day more likely to attend a CPD event

• 97% of members believe that maintaining competence is very important or important