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OEICs & Unit Trusts
General characteristics of OEICs & Unit Trusts
Passive vs Active Funds
Diversification Rules
OEICs and Unit Trusts – People Involved
Income vs. Accumulation Units
Taxation of OEICs and Unit Trusts
Multi-Manager Funds
Offshore Funds
Offshore Funds Taxation
Investment Trusts
Investment Trusts – Introduction
Investment Trusts – Share Classes
Investment Trusts – Warrants
Life Assuarnce Based Investments
Intro to life assurance based investments
With profits policies
With profits policies – market value reduction
Unitised vs. Conventional With Profits Policies
Advantages and Disadvantages of With Profits Policies
Pound Cost Averaging
Early Encashment of Life Assurance Policies
Taxation of Life Assurance Policies
Second Hand Life Assurance Policies
Friendly Society Policies
Onshore & Offshore Bonds
What are Onshore and Offshore Bonds
Onshore vs. Offshore Bonds
ETFs
Exchange Traded Funds
Property Based Investments
Types of Property Based Investments
EIS, SEIS & VCT
EIS
SEIS
VCT
ISAs
What is an ISA
CTF vs. JISA
Derivatives
What is a Derivative
Futures
Options
Hedge Funds
Hedge Fund Strategies
Structured Products
What is a Structured Product
Solo 2 Tests
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Passive vs Active Funds
Passive
A passive fund is one which aims to return the market performance.
These are much cheaper to invest into than Active Funds.
On average these can cost around 0.1%-0.2% to hold as a client.
Active
Active funds are managed in a way that tries to beat the market or index.
This is done by the fund manager using his knowledge and skills to select stocks that will perform better than the market.
On average these types of funds could cost 1.5% to hold as a client
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