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Fellow (FSI)

Eligibility

Fellowship of the Institute may be applied for by MSI members who hold our Diploma award, SII Masters or the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) qualification, upon achievement of 3 years of logged CPD under the SII CPD Scheme. Please note these are our current requirements. These are subject to change from the 1 October 2009.

The Benefits

In addition to the use of the designatory letters FSI, Fellows receive a wealth of benefits, both personal and professional. These include:

• SII CPD Scheme: The free professional development scheme for SII members.
• SII Infolink: Free and exclusive to SII members, our searchable online information library.
• Investment Management Review - Quaterly publication, exclusive to senior SII members.
• FSI Masterclasses: Heavily discounted, high-level FSI-only seminars.
• Regulatory Update: Free, members only guide to changes in UK financial services regulations. FSI Only - request to receive each issue of the Regulatory Update in hard copy.
• Free attendance at all our CPD events, and access to the online event archive.
• Free access to the Institute's PIFs (Professional Interest Forums).
• A 35% discount on all SII conferences and training courses.
• Law Express: Unlimited, free legal advice for the member and his/her family via the free legal helpline.
• SII Select Benefits: Exclusive discounts on a wide range of goods and services, including mobile phones, CDs and Jermyn shirts.
• SII Professional Refresher: Free access to our exclusive web-based compliance refresher.
• Online Members Directory.
• S&I Review: Our members' magazine, published 10 times a year, and also available online.
• eCPD - SII Webcasts: Free recordings of previous SII events
• As with all categories of SII membership, FSI members who enrol upon any SII qualification are exempted from the Qualification Registration Fee (QRF).

Applying

FSI membership costs £175 annually, renewable every April. There is also a £50 joining fee. In order to upgrade to this category from MSI status (for SII Diploma or CFA holders), please download and complete the Membership Upgrade Form. Details of the pro-rata fees are on the form itself.

Honorary Fellowship - FSI(Hon)

From time to time the Securities & Investment Institute awards industry practitioners with an honorary membership known as Honorary Fellowship, or FSI(Hon). As a reward for their outstanding contributions to the financial services industry and/or to the Institute, FSI(Hon) members enjoy life-long, free membership.

There are currently 43 such honorary members, including our very own Chairman, Scott Dobbie. The full list of our Honorary Fellows is below:

• John Beardwell, Rensburg Sheppards Investment Management Ltd
• Kenneth Beaton
• David Brewer
• Lord Peter Brooke Of Sutton Mandeville CHPC, House of Lords
• Peter Bucks
• Nigel Challis, KPMG LLP
• John Cobb
• John Cole
• Scott Dobbie CBE, Securities & Investment Institute
• Clare Gore Langton, Rathbone Investment Management Ltdv
• Edward Greey
• Tom Grimes
• Sir David Howard, Charles Stanley & Co, Ltd
• Philip Jones
• Sir John Kemp-Welch
• Pendarell Kent
• Richard Lambert
• Sir Andrew Large, Bank Of England
• Richard Lawson
• John Liddle
• Lawrence Linaker
• Alexander Lyell, Bell Lawrie White
• John Maguire, Bloxhams Stockbrokers
• Rodney Margot, City Trust Ltd
• Terry McCaughey
• George Nissen
• Lord Sharman Of Redlynch, KPMG LLP
• Roger Parsons
• Alan Ramsey, HSBC Bank Plc
• Michael Read, Christows Ltd
• Graham Ross Russell
• Iain Saville, Lloyds of London
• Michael Savory
• Takumi Shibata
• Hugh Stevenson, Equitas Ltd
• John Stuttard
• Sir David Walker, Morgan Stanley & Co, Ltd
• Anthony Watson
• Jack Wigglesworth
• Peter Wills
• Brian Winterflood, Winterflood Securities
• Alan Yarrow
• John Young, Lloyds of London