Monthly Roundup for December 2018

With the winding down of 2018, we know you may be occupied with other activities, so here’s a quick snapshot of the CII-related articles we’ve posted this month.

This Monthly Roundup allows you to see, at a glance, what articles have been posted and you can simply click on any that are of interest to you.

Now the CII have released the papers for the October 2018 exams, we can see how we did in our AF5 pre-exam analysis.

Are you aware that the CII update their study texts throughout the examinable year to either incorporate new legislations, correct errors or clarify information? Many candidates aren’t aware of this, which can result in candidates studying out-of-date information. To make this easier for you, we have collated the most recent CII study text updates. As some of them affect Brand Financial Training’s learning resources, we have also updated the relevant parts of our resources, which are noted below. Note that we always keep our resources up-to-date.

With reports that cases of bankruptcy are on the increase, we thought we would look at an alternative which might suit some people: an individual voluntary arrangement (IVA). Bankruptcy can be tested in the CII AF1 and AF2 exams as well as in J02 and J03.

Balancing the constantly conflicting demands of work, study and your personal life is always going to be challenging. Occasionally, your employer, tutor and family members may simultaneously feel their hold on your time is the most important one. But while it can seem daunting, it’s by no means impossible.

The CII have released the R06 exam paper from their October sitting, so it’s time to look at our pre-exam analysis and see how well we did.

This is a bit of Friday Fun where we provide you with 5 questions (and answers) relevant to a mix of CII exams. The challenge is for you to answer them in 5 minutes. We post them on the blog every Friday.

To try your 'hand' at answering the questions, visit our blog at one (or all) of the links below:

Friday 28 December

Friday 21 December

Friday 14 December

Friday 7 December