ASPECTS OF HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT KNEC NOTES

Sub-topic: Aspects of human growth and development Physical/psychomotor Physical development refers to the physical changes in the size, structure and proportion of the parts of the body that take place at the moment of conception. Directly physical development determines what Read More …

MEANING AND SCOPE PSYCHOLOGY KNEC NOTES

Sub-topic: Meaning of psychology                                                                                                                 The word Psychology is derived from two Greek words Psyche and Logus. ‘Psyche’ means soul, ‘logus’ means science. Psychology is often defined as the study of the mind and behaviour. It is a very broad topic Read More …

PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING AND TAXATION

This is the only Accounting/Taxation paper for CS candidates in the whole CS syllabus. It is therefore expected that candidates will invest time and effort in grasping the fundamental requirements of this paper. Whereas a few candidates demonstrated an acceptable Read More …

FIXED INCOME INVESTMENT ANALYSIS

Some candidates did not perform well in the following questions: Question no. 2 (c) Where candidates were unable to value a particular bond with a put option. Candidates were expected to use the interest rate model (backward induction valuation model) Read More …

PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

Some candidates did not perform well in the following questions: Question no. 3 In which candidates were unable to describe two approaches for undertaking stress testing in portfolio risk management. Candidates also had difficulties in calculating a portfolio’s Sortino ratio. Read More …

CIFA INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

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ADVANCED FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

Candidates have been facing major challenges when it comes to attempting questions in this paper to the satisfaction of the examiner. It is recommended that the candidates invest time in researching into and grasping the theory underpinning the various topics Read More …