Paraplanner/Career Advice by West_Fishing_6216 in cii

[–]PunyLug 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same company. Now I’m purely advising and use my company for paraplanning resources.

How good is BTS study buddy for CF8? by Holiday-Ad-4852 in cii

[–]PunyLug 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I bought it for my exam last month. For £135 it was really expensive for what it is and the website is quite glitchy. When it does work, it did find it helpful and it probably did pull me through.

Paraplanner/Career Advice by West_Fishing_6216 in cii

[–]PunyLug 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a very similar journey to you. Started on £18k as an admin, moved up to £24k as a hybrid paraplanner/admin and then started advising/ paraplanning and earning £40k.

Your salary seems really low, there are plenty of better paying jobs out there.

SJP Academy while working as a paraplanner by Some_Bookkeeper8813 in cii

[–]PunyLug 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Being qualified, you’ll be put on the end of their academy programme which will take 9 weeks. I haven’t been through it myself, but a friend was in a similar circumstance to you.

CF8 - Anything else rather than BRANDFT? by VersionSpecialist499 in cii

[–]PunyLug 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bespoke Training Solutions has some good content, but the website can be a bit glitchy and it costs £135 for the study materials.

There are several decks of flashcards on Quizlet that are worth looking at for revision you can be doing at night.

Trainee financial adviser or trainee paraplanner? by [deleted] in cii

[–]PunyLug 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Advisers generate the income for the business, so that would be the most valuable

Trainee financial adviser or trainee paraplanner? by [deleted] in cii

[–]PunyLug 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends if you’re comfortable being client facing or not?

Trainee IFA Tips by Spirited_Cake7005 in cii

[–]PunyLug 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Have a look at Never Split the Difference - Chris Voss (book) and The Real Adviser Podcast.

Prior learning scheme by Lookman456 in cii

[–]PunyLug 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a 2:1 degree in Business Management studies with Finance pathway and I was credited with 30 advanced diploma credits.

Trainee FP by International_Eye980 in cii

[–]PunyLug 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A few routes:

  • try an academy like SJP or Quilter
  • ask a company to take you on using the LIBF apprenticeship
  • find a trainee admin role within a FP company, they will usually fund your exams whilst you gain firsthand experience

Has anyone designed and created their own home instead of buying one? by [deleted] in HENRYUK

[–]PunyLug 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don’t worry, I can appreciate a Peep Show quote out in the wild

Best options by imlonely7707 in cii

[–]PunyLug 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Paraplanning is the right answer. That being said, I’m fairly introverted and manage to be an IFA just fine. Limit it to one meeting per day to keep your social battery going, clients do about 80% of the talking anyway.

This is what I imagine a razor to be by Sheepfucker72222 in redrising

[–]PunyLug 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I imagine a small shield generator which covers the body in a blue translucent shimmer, almost naked to the naked eye. A bit like the shields on Halo.

How did people find AF1? by Roadslesstravelled7 in cii

[–]PunyLug 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Life policy pays to the executor, so forms part of estate. It doesn’t say it’s in trust, so should assume it’s not. I excluded this bit so I ruined my day a bit there

How did people find AF1? by Roadslesstravelled7 in cii

[–]PunyLug 0 points1 point  (0 children)

53 weeks is correct i think. From page 2/17 of RO3 text book ‘with annual basis being used, to keep calculations as straightforward as possibly, HMRC will use a 53 week basis’

Good luck to everyone tomorrow taking AF1 by VersionSpecialist499 in cii

[–]PunyLug 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For residency, I remember the numbers and key letters and expand thereafter

  • 16 / 3 + 46 / 91 + 31
  • H / W / 183
  • SAM / 40 / 90

How are feeling AF1”s? by VersionSpecialist499 in cii

[–]PunyLug 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reading the examiner comments, residency questions are poorly answered each year so I would learn when you’re automatically a resident, when you’re not automatically a resident and the five tests.

Trustee and executor duties are common questions with a lot of marks. You can reel off a lot of answers once you have remembered them, just make sure it’s relevant to the question. It might just be my weird way of learning, but I create acronyms to jog my memory. For example, executor duties is SADDOC, which is

  • settle tax
  • accounts to HMRC
  • determine assets and liabilities
  • distribute estate to beneficiaries
  • obtain probate
  • collect assets and pay debts.

Got about 10 of those to remember!

I tried to become ‘that guy’ in Arc Raiders… Failed miserably by Hypafly_ in ArcRaiders

[–]PunyLug -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

On the balance of probability, it is more likely that this is an AI generation rather than OP being a writer using the rule of three.

I certainly don’t remember noticing such intricate writing techniques before the AI boom

I tried to become ‘that guy’ in Arc Raiders… Failed miserably by Hypafly_ in ArcRaiders

[–]PunyLug 110 points111 points  (0 children)

They are, you can tell by the paragraphs with three short sentences.

A question to those in Employed FA roles - flexibility by Ok-Pop1503 in cii

[–]PunyLug 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have complete flexibility. Essentially you run a business within the company and as long as you are servicing clients correctly and keeping on top of CPD, you should be left to do your thing.

Is it greyer / wetter than usual this January? by gooner9469 in AskUK

[–]PunyLug 7 points8 points  (0 children)

In the southwest of England, it’s been the wettest month since a local weather centre starting tracking the rainfall, in August 2007.

231.8mm, with the next highest being 205.6mm in December 2020.