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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. -
Getting a Good Grasp of the Two Types of Lasting Power of Attorney
A Lasting Power of Attorney, commonly shortened to LPA, gives someone else the legal authority to look after your affairs should you become unable to do so. This article looks at two different types of LPA - useful for candidates studying towards the CII AF1, AF5, J02, R01, R05, or R06 exams. -
How to Determine Periodic and Exit Charges on a Discretionary Trust
Discretionary trust taxation came up on a recent CII AF1 paper, and as much as we have covered this subject before, it seems a timely reminder for those thinking of sitting this exam in the future - also useful reading for J02, R03, R06, and AF5 exam takers. -
What big pensions shake-up was announced in Spring Budget ’23?
During the spring budget 2023, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced the biggest shake-up to the pensions system since the freedoms in 2015. Here, we look at exactly what was announced and the crucial planning points to look out for. This will be key knowledge for anyone studying for their CII R04, J05, or AF7 pension papers, or the wider financial planning papers, R06 and AF5. -
Brand Bitesize: Transfers into Discretionary Trusts
In this Brand Bitesize video, we take a look at how transfers into discretionary trusts work in practice when either the trustees or the settlor pays the tax due. This could be useful for anyone studying for the CII's R03, J02, or AF1 exams. It could potentially appear on the R06 and AF5 exams as well. -
The Financial Implications of the Cuts to the Dividend Allowance
In this article, we look at the financial implications of the cuts to Dividend Allowance as well as some ideas to potentially mitigate their effects. This is useful reading for CII R02, R03, R06, AF1, AF4, and AF5 exam revision. -
The Capital Gains Tax (CGT) annual exempt amount falls
In this article, we look at the financial implications of the cuts to the CGT annual exempt amount as well as some ideas to potentially mitigate their effects. This is useful reading for CII R02, R03, R06, AF1, AF4, and AF5 exam revision. -
Brand Bitesize: Taxation of Dividends
In this Brand Bitesize video, we show you how dividend income is taxed. This could be useful for anyone, sitting the R02, R03, R06, J02, AF1, AF4, or AF5 exams, who might need a quick refresher on the basics of dividend taxation. -
Pensions Tax Relief: What are you being asked?
Those candidates studying towards the CII R04 exam may have noticed the rather prominent ‘be aware’ box in Chapter 2B of the study text regarding the annual allowance and money purchase annual allowance. This points out the importance of reading an exam question carefully particularly when it comes to tax relief on pension contributions. This article is relevant for anyone studying for the AF5, AF7, AF8, R04, or R06 exams. -
Inheritance Tax and Exempt Transfers
For inheritance tax (IHT) purposes, gifts fall into one of three categories: exempt transfers, potentially exempt transfers (PETs), and chargeable lifetime transfers (CLTs). In this article, we focus on the first category – exempt transfers. This article is particularly relevant to the CII R03 and AF1 exams but may also be useful for those studying R01, R05, R06, and AF5. -
ESG and Socially Responsible Investments
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has recently warned of the risks of environmental, social and governance (ESG) benchmarks and will be scrutinising how they are constructed and labelled. But what do we mean by ESG and how does it link in to socially responsible investments (SRI)? This article is relevant to the CII's R01, R02, AF4, R06, and AF5 exams. -
Looking at the Link Between Inflation and Interest Rates
In this article, we look at the link between inflation and interest rates, and how they both impact investments. This is particularly relevant to the CII R02 and AF4 exams but may also be useful to those studying for R01, CF1, R04, AF7, R06, or AF5. -
How CII Exams are Tested
Candidates planning out their exams for the CII qualifications are faced with a bewildering choice. There are many different levels of exams, worth different amounts of credits, which are being tested in different ways. This article looks at the Diploma and the Advanced Diploma units and how they are tested.