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CII Exam Combinations to Consider
For those of you starting to plan your exam journey for 2024, you’ll be pleased to hear the CII have released the exam dates for all their written exams. We use the word ‘written’ in its modern sense as, post-COVID, all these exams, except AF4, are actually written online rather than with pen and paper. The CII refers to them as ‘written’ to distinguish them from their multiple-choice exams. The multiple-choice exams can be taken at any time throughout the year. Now we’ve cleared that up, in this article, we thought we’d give you some food for thought about some of the exams you may want to consider sitting close together as you plan your route towards the Advanced Diploma in 2024. -
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 conventions. This is useful reading if you're studying for the CII's R02, J10 or AF4 exams. -
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 explains what correlation is and provides an example of a table that could appear on the CII R02 exam - also useful for CII J10, AF4, R06 and AF5 revision. -
National Insurance and Stamp Duty Land Tax Changes
2022/23 was quite a year for both Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) and National Insurance contributions (NICs). For the latter, not only did we have the usual tax year changes from 6 April 2022, but we also had two further changes in July and November. In this article, we clarify which SDLT and NIC rates you should be using in your upcoming CII exam(s) - particularly relevant to R01, R03, AF1, R02, AF4, CF6, and R07. -
Current CII Exams Pass Rates – as at May 2023
The CII has now released their pass rates for 2022. Here, we discuss the pass rates and what we can learn from them. -
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 come up in AF4 as well so we thought a working example of how to work some of them out might help. Those studying for their CII R02, J10, AF4, or AF5 exams will find this useful in their revision.