Monthly Roundup for July 2017

Here's your Monthly Roundup of Brand Financial Training's Blog posts.

We send this to you each month because we understand you're busy people and we want to ensure you don't miss out on any useful information that will help you with your CII exams. 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.

Best Wishes,

Catriona and the Team
Brand Financial Training

Did you know that the new pension exam, AF8 Retirement Income Planning, will not be assessed by written exam but will instead be assessed by coursework? This article explains the requirements and the advantages of this method of assessment.

Next in line for our past paper analysis is J02, the exam which covers trusts – useful for those preparing to sit CII J02.

Distractions are all around us, and the experts say that hours of time are lost in businesses as employees struggle to cope with a multitude of tasks and demands on our attention. But intentionally allowing your mind to wander at strategic times allows your unconscious mind to work its magic. Read on to learn some ways to help your brain to focus naturally.

It’s time to focus our attention on the CII AF3 Pension Planning module, as we scrutinise the April 2017 exam paper – of interest to those planning to sit AF3.

The AF4 exam is always a challenge and, as is the case with all AF exams, the successful student is the one that has put the right amount of preparation work in. In this article, we go through the questions from the April 2017 exam ’ useful for those preparing to sit CII AF4.

As we all know, purchases of second and buy-to-let properties incur an extra 3% Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT), but we wonder if everyone is aware of the finer detail. Be sure to have a go at answering the bonus practice question – helpful for your CII CF6, R02, R03, R06, R07, AF1, AF4 or AF5 exam revision.

Here, we’re looking at the CII J03 April exam – the tax and legal aspects of business. This will be of interest to you if you’re planning to sit J03 in October.

In this article, we discuss the questions set in the April 2017 exam paper for CII J05 – Pension Income Options. This will be useful for you if you are preparing to sit J05; it will help you to focus your revision on the areas that are likely to be examined.

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 7 July

Friday 14 July

Friday 21 July

Friday 28 July