investments
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November 5, 2024
Multi-Asset Funds Explained: Key Advantages and Disadvantages
Multi-asset funds play a crucial role in building diversified investment portfolios, making them a key topic for financial advisers...
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July 9, 2024
PE Ratios – What are they and what do they mean?
The price/earnings ratio is a quick way to see if a share you’re interested in is cheap or not....
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April 16, 2024
A Look at Recent Past Papers for the CII AF4 Exam – April 2024
In this article, we are taking a look at the questions asked in four past papers of the CII’s...
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February 13, 2024
Brand Bitesize: Enterprise Investment Scheme
In this Brand Bitesize video, we talk about Enterprise Investment Schemes. This is useful for CII R02, R03, or...
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December 12, 2023
Brand Bitesize: Earnings Per Share
In this Brand Bitesize video, we talk about Earnings Per Share. This is useful for CII R02, J10, J12,...
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October 31, 2023
Jane’s CII AF4 Exam Experience: Insights, Tips, and Challenges
To ensure we stay in touch with candidates’ exam experiences, we regularly ask our team members to sit the...
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October 24, 2023
Understanding Gilts: Two Types and Trading Conventions
In this article, we look at gilts, focusing in particular on the two different types available and two trading...
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October 3, 2023
Correlation is key to diversification, but what does it mean?
We are often told that correlation is a key aspect of diversification, but what does it mean? This article...
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September 5, 2023
Questions That Often Appear on the CII R02 Exam
The most common queries we get from R02 students are around investment ratios. This week we’re looking at a...
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April 25, 2023
Four Investment Ratio Calculations You Need to Master
We get regular queries surrounding the calculation of investment ratios - these are usually tested in R02 and often...
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April 18, 2023
What are the common types of investment risk?
Successful investing rests upon understanding, accepting and managing the various types of risk you could face. This article discusses...