CII R02 Exam: Investment Principles and Risk
The CII's R02 exam focuses on investment principles and risk. It forms a part of the Diploma in Regulated Financial Planning.
The exam syllabus covers asset classes and investment products including their characteristics, risks, behaviour and correlation; the macro-economic environment and its effect upon asset classes; investment theories; the impact of risk on investment performance; investment performance.
We provide a number of learning resources and materials for the R02 exam listed below. Simply click on any item you are interested in to find out further information.

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Free R02 mock exam questions plus 3 full sets of 100 questions to purchase. Our answers include cross references to the CII study text. These are written by Brand Financial Training. Our mock papers are not duplicates of the CII's specimen papers, and can be used for additional exam practise. |
"Many thanks for the R01 papers. They were a great help to me. The exam wasn't easy but thankfully I passed it first time, with the help of Brand Financial Training." John Graham, Senior Consultant, London Asset Management Ltd, London (talking about R01) |
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Focussing on the calculations within the exam, the calculation workbook provides over 70 pages of calculation questions and provides full step-by-step answers with explanations covering the R02 syllabus. |
"The calculation workbook was particularly useful in the sense that so much emphasis is placed on the calculations. In fact I sat R02 and passed thanks to it." Chris Pattemore, Managing Director, CP Financial Solutions Ltd, Surrey |
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Covering the R02 learning ouctomes, this 7-module webinar series give you 24/7 online access and includes handouts, formula cribsheet, MP3 audios, study plan, cross-references with CII study text and our resources, plus more. |
"I found Module 1 of the R02 Success Webinars extremely useful, especially if you have revised that section first. It helps to confirm your existing knowledge which is extremely useful. We find your material is really good..." John Katsouris and Company, Weston-Super-Mare |
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Consider our study notes your condensed and more focussed take on the CII's exam syllabus and learning outcomes. Our study notes put the exam syllabus into a sensible order, and eliminates any 'padding'. |
"Your resources have been invaluable to my studying. I recently took R01 and relied totally on your study notes and mock papers rather than the CII text and passed first time with 77%." Dr Paul Jackson, Partner, Professional Practice Services, Worcester (talking about R01) |
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Our 'Pass Exams Easily' kit written by Genius Material shows you - step by step - exactly how to revise so that you retain 80% and more, by spending less time studying. It includes ebook, video and audio MP3. Suitable for all exams. |
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