Posted by The Team at Brand Financial Training on October 10, 2023 in Newsletter
10 October 2023
It's not too late!
Although the end of 2023 is very quickly rolling around, it’s not too late to squeeze in a multiple-choice CII exam before Christmas. If there is an exam you wanted to complete this year but haven’t got around to it yet, set some time aside and get it done now. If you could block out a few hours a week between now and December and plan to use that time effectively, you could have another exam passed before the end of the year!
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Learn more about the recent changes to the Lifetime Allowance, PCLS, and death benefits – useful reading for CII AF7, FA2, J05, and R04 exam preparation.
We all have days when we simply do not feel like doing whatever we need to do. Learn some strategies you can use when study is the last thing you want to do.
Available for AF1, AF4, R02, R03, R04, R06, J05, J10, J12, CF6
Many exam-takers lose vital marks when it comes to performing calculations as they haven’t nailed down the exact process and order in which to perform the calculations, and haven’t spent enough time practising them.
The number of marks gained or lost on calculation questions can make the difference between a pass and a fail. Just a little more time taken on calculations during the revision period can give you the confidence you need to perform any calculation that could come up, so that you know you will gain top marks on all those calculation questions.
Our calculation workbooks guide you through the calculations, step-by-step, and providing detailed answers, with cross references to the relevant CII study text. All questions and answers kept up-to-date to reflect changes to the exam syllabus and tax year, and you can download them instantly in PDF format.
..."I passed R02 – No doubt thanks to your fantastic workbook which helped no end! With the extra work that I did going through your workbook, this helped a great deal with feeling confident which in this exam particularly was useful given that the technique and timing is as important as the knowledge and skill in ensuring that you get through the questions in a timely manner. One could so easily become distracted or frustrated trying to work out/remember one particular formula to the deficit of the other questions but your workbook enabled me to feel glad that there were so many calculations in the exam whereby before I actually feared them."...
It is still possible to request an update for valid orders of 22/23 exam resources, if you haven’t yet taken or passed your exam. The 23/24 updates are available for most resources without further charge, please complete this form to request updated resources.
Updates to CII Study Texts
Here’s a reminder 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 find out if you have the most up-to-date information, visit the CII website, navigate to your chosen exam and click on ‘learning solutions update’ in the ‘Unit updates’ section in the sidebar.
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