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CISI ICWIM - International Certificate in Wealth & Investment Management

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Total 174 questions

Which currency is most heavily traded on international markets?

A.

British pound sterling

B.

US dollar

C.

Japanese yen

D.

Euro

Which one of the following is true of fundamental analysis? It seeks to establish:

A.

Long-term price trends of a security

B.

Long-term volume trends of a security

C.

The momentum of share prices

D.

The intrinsic value of a security

An inherent disadvantage with a defined contribution pension scheme is that:

A.

The level of retirement income is not known before retirement

B.

Employers never contribute to the scheme

C.

Gains within the scheme are subject to capital gains tax

D.

Employees always have to contribute more than employers

An investor would regard a company’s interest cover ratio as significant as it provides:

A.

An indication of the extent to which the company can service its debts

B.

An indication of what interest rate the company is paying

C.

A breakdown of how much debt a company has in relation to equity

D.

A summary of how much liquid cash an organisation has for funding dividend payments

Which financial instrument is the corporate equivalent of a Treasury Bill?

A.

Bearer Securities

B.

Bill of Exchange

C.

Certificates of Deposit

D.

Commercial Paper

Your client estimates that they will require £50,000 of income annually to live off when they retire. Personal plus state pension will provide £40,000. They wish to retire in 25 years’ time. It is estimated that they can earn 5% per annum, and inflation has been forecast at 2%. Interest rates are currently 1.5%. Allowing for inflation, what lump sum would they need to accrue to supplement their pension?

A.

£252,401

B.

£328,120

C.

£468,745

D.

£546,869

An adviser is reviewing a client's portfolio, which has a time horizon of 15 years and is made up primarily of bonds and cash but with some exposure to equities and other higher-risk investments. It is reasonable to believe that the client's risk appetite is:

A.

Low Risk

B.

Low-Mid Risk

C.

Mid Risk

D.

Mid-High Risk

You are analysing two similar funds, A and B, which have similar returns. However, you notice Fund B has a much higher standard deviation than Fund A. This implies that:

A.

Fund A has taken much higher risks

B.

Fund B is significantly more profitable than Fund A

C.

Fund B has taken much higher risks

D.

Fund A is much cheaper than Fund B

If two sets of data have a correlation coefficient of 1.0, they possess:

A.

No correlation

B.

Weak correlation

C.

Perfect negative correlation

D.

Perfect positive correlation

A stockbroking firm receives buy and sell orders for the same security from different clients. How can they best avoid a conflict of interest?

A.

Withdraw their services for the transaction

B.

Place orders as they are received from the clients

C.

Openly disclose all orders received to the clients

D.

Process the sell orders before the buy orders