Hi all, im cuurently working as an analyst at a full house consultancy but I know I want to specialise in the financial servcices industry, with a view to going into the industry either soon and returning to consulting later or a bit later on in my career. I just wanted to know how many consultants in financial services have the IMC or know of anybody who does? Is it useful? respected? cheers

Isn't IMC a more general qualification, rather than just Financial Services focussed ? Its not really well recognised. I know when I worked for PwC, they used to give you Associate memebership just for applying, so its not as if its particularly useful.

Ok, there seems to be some cofusion here. IMC (Institute for Management Consultancy) is not a qualification; it's a professional body for management consultants. It's got 4 grades of membership: Associate, Member, Fellow and Affiliate (depending on your years/achievements in consultancy). IMC also offers a CMC (Certified Management Consultant) qualification. To get it you need to demonstrate that you have consulting skills as well as expertise in your field (strategy, HR, Finance etc.) It would normally take you a couple of years of experience to get to the CMC level. See http://www.imc.co.uk for more detail. Suggest you contact the institute and ask to be put in touch with people working in financial services to get their feedback.

Sorry, perhaps I didnt make myself clear enough. I am refering to the investment management certificate?

Or were you referring to the International Magicians Circle ??