Everything for the ACI Candidate in 2025…

Since its formation in 1992 Lywood David International Group incorporating Lywood David International Limited and its sister company Multimedia TradeWind Limted’s products and services have been used by over five hundred financial institutions world-wide. Until 2016 the Group companies presented open training events and fulfilled bespoke consultancy commissions for individuals and client institutions across the five continents. Alongside London based open courses the company presented many training events throughout Europe and the Middle East and in the emerging markets of the Caribbean, Africa and the Far East.

Over the years many local ACI / Financial market Associations in international centres have used the company’s services with training courses towards ACI qualifications having been held in Basel (BIS), London (over 20 for client institutions and 2 open courses per annum), Jersey (2), Katowice (Poland - 4), Poznan (Poland), Rovinj (Croatia), Bratislava (2), Bucharest (2), Cyprus, Dublin (2), Luxembourg (3), Moscow, Paris, Prague, Stockholm, Doha (2), Dubai (3), Accra (3), Lusaka, Riyadh (2), Tel Aviv (2), Tunis (4), Casablanca (3), Tripoli (2), Kuwait (4), Abu Dhabi (7) and Jeddah.

Participants on the company’s training programmes have always found the experience invaluable in their preparations for ACI qualifications and many excellent results have been achieved over the years.

Lywood David International Limited’s open courses in London and overseas financial centres and in-house training on behalf of client institutions world-wide ceased in 2016 and the company has now ceased trading but the reputation for top quality training materials continues through Multimedia TradeWind with WinFOREX distance learning software and published financial textbooks. For clients’ ease of contact the well-known longstanding website access address of Lywood David International Limited has been retained alongside the address: https://www.multimediatradewind.co.uk.

Interactive training software products

Since the mid-1990s Multimedia TradeWind Limted in association with Nick Bygrave of Tradewind Design has led the way in the design and marketing of a range of  training software products for general Treasury training (WINDEAL for Spot FX and WINDEAL for Money market dealing simulation software).

Interactive self-study software products

WinFOREX interactive PC based distance learning software for candidates for ACI - The Financial markets Association industry standard qualifications has been developed over this period and updated each time ACI has revised their syllabuses and examination formats. Multimedia TradeWind now offers WinFOREX software for each of the current 2025 ACI qualifications - the ACI Dealing Certificate New Version (June 2022), ACI Operations Certificate New Version  (July 2024), ACI FX Global Code Certificate (Aug. 2021) and ACI Diploma New Version (July 2024) syllabus training.

Please note that all syllabuses on the ACI website are now dated July 2024 when examination price changes were announced. The New Version syllabuses and examination formats were originally published by ACI in 2020 with further syllabus revisions/updates in June 2022, (ACI Diploma - December 2021). The WinFOREX software and question and answer databases were revised at these dates and these are still current for 2025. With major changes planned by ACI over coming months, candidates are advised to regularly check the website https://www.acifma.com for the status of all examinantions and deadlines for booking current syllabus and examinaiton formats.

Financial Textbooks

Phil is the author of several textbooks targeted at the ACI qualifications. 'Mastering the ACI Dealing Certificate' was initially published by FT Prentice Hall in 2003 and 'The ACI Dealing Certificate and How to Pass it' was published in 2009 by Riskmatrix.

Lulu-published textbooks for the ACI syllabuses and examination formats were introduced initially in 2013 and have all been updated and republished following any revisions by ACI. The Treasury Operations Handbook (5th edition)  aimed at ACI Operations Certificate New Version candidates and Global Financial markets and the ACI Dealing Certificate (3rd edition) for ACI Dealing Certificate New Version candidates are still targeted at the current ACI syllabuses.

There are also Lulu-published Question and Answer textbooks for the ACI Dealing Certificate New Version 2025, ACI Operations Certificate New Version 2025 and ACI FX Global Code 2025.

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Please note that all Lulu published textbooks are still dated 2024 but with no significant changes in the ACI syllabuses since June 2022 (the July 2024 date refers to when examination price rises were implemented) these texts are still applicable to currently available syllabuses and examination formats.