Welcome to Brand Financial Training
Hello! I’m Catriona, the founder of Brand Financial Training. We provide a variety of immediately accessible FREE and paid learning materials to help you pass your CII exams.
Our resources have proven to help our customers successfully pass their exams time and time again! Find out more about us
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Understand the CII Qualifications
Find out everything you need to know about all the CII qualifications. Whats involved? What exams are required? Choose your qualification below:
- CII Advanced Diploma in Financial Planning
- CII Award in Financial Administration
- CII Award in Life and Pensions Foundations
- CII Award in Long Term Care Insurance
- CII Award in Pensions Update
- CII Award in Retail Banking
- CII Certificate in Advanced Mortgage Advice
- CII Certificate in Discretionary Investment Management
- CII Certificate in Equity Release
- CII Certificate in Financial Services
- CII Certificate in Insurance
- CII Certificate in Investment Operations
- CII Certificate in Mortgage Advice
- CII Certificate in Paraplanning
- CII Certificate in Pension Transfers
- CII Certificate in Regulated Financial Services Operations
- CII Certificate in Securities Advice and Dealing
- CII Diploma in Financial Planning
- CII Diploma in Regulated Financial Planning
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Providing excellent customer service and support is very important to us. Got a question, then get in touch and we’ll do our very best to help you!
Get in touch- "I would just like to thank you and the team for the hard work you do in creating such manageable and relevant study notes - they really helped me get to grips with where the gaps in my knowledge were and generally assisted me with supporting the knowledge I already had - and the practise questions, which were a breath of fresh air compared to the basic end of chapter questions in the CII text book and on revision mate. One thing's for sure, I will be 100% using Brand's products to help me with my next exam!"
Jon CarterAdministration Assistant, Premier Partnership Ltd, Birmingham - "I passed my exams 1st time after buying the 3 mock exam packs. They are very relevant and gave me that extra confidence in taking the exam. Thank you Brand 🙂 The service is excellent as well I might add."
Lianne JacksonInvestment Sales Adviser, Chelmsford - "The R06 case study analysis was fantastic! There was nothing in the exam that wasn't covered. Brand was recommended to me by a colleague who said "you don't need anything else" and they were correct. I would happily recommend your services."Edward BarstowWealth Account Manager, Aviva, Sheffield
- "Pleased to inform you I passed! I just want to thank you for your calculation work book as I would not have Passed without it. Thanks for an excellent personal service and encouragement."
Christopher HargreavesInvestment Adviser, Southport - I gained Chartered Financial Planner status in early 2017 and wanted to thank you for your support throughout my years of study to attain this qualification. It was a hard slog at times but worth it in the end. I have used Brand material for all exams, bar the G60 exam back in 1998, and have found it invaluable. It has always cut through the rather bland CII material and made study far more palatable. Brand has continued to evolve and improve the delivery of the learning material which has proved to be a fantastic investment.
Gary FrielChartered Financial Planner, Kent Insurance Services, Sittingbourne - "There is no doubt that without Brand Financial Training our road towards passing these exams would have been a lot steeper!! There is no doubt that R02 caused the most pain but without your comprehensive notes on formulas etc it would have been even more painful simply because the book was so bland."
Mark CourageDirector and Lifestyle Financial Planner, Encompass Financial Management Ltd, Berkshire - "A really great resource. Of particular use was the audio masterclass which was constantly on whilst driving between client meetings. This void of "dead time" was filled with a productive revision session instead. I combined this with the study notes which was far easier to digest than the AF3 manual. This paper has the lowest number of candidates passing out of all the AF4 papers and I was delighted to pass this first time, as well as the corresponding JO5 paper."Chris BinnsIndependent Financial Adviser, Model Wealth Management, York
- "I regularly recommend the purchase of your study support materials to staff, as I receive many favourable comments regarding them being very helpful and realistic to aid exam study."
Lee ArmstrongTraining & Compliance Manager, Gibbs Denley Financial Services Ltd, Cambridge - "The calculation workbook helped me to memorise the correct steps which pretty much guaranteed me at least half of the marks in the AF3 paper, whilst also making them appear simple which aided in actually understanding them and how they are used. Would definitely recommend."JordanParaplanner
- "As an IFA with the normal family commitments - my issue with exams is pure and simple - time. I don't have the time to spend hours reading bulky CII manuals. I don't have the time to look for 100% pass marks and I don't have the time to risk failing and having to re-sit. for me, this is where the Brand material brings enormous value: summary study notes,example calculations and practice questions all focussed on one thing that's important - getting a pass mark! ...The Brand material is the solution to any adviser in a similar postion to me. it is inexpensive, yet provides enormous value in terms of time saved and results obtained. I am more than happy to fully endorse it and say a big thank you to Catriona for her outstanding contribution to my personal achievement"Andrew WattsManaging Director, South West Financial Planning Ltd, Barnstaple