Memory champion's top tips for IFAs taking JO exams

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A memory world record holder has put together his top tips for financial advisers bidding to reach Level 4 by the end of 2012.

David Thomas, who holds a Guinness World Record for reciting Pi to 22,500 digits, says the tips form part of his Effective Learning System, which he is passing on to IFAs via conferences in London and across the UK. The system has been devised specifically for the Chartered Insurance Institute's (CII's) JO series of papers, in conjunction with LV= and SimplyBiz's New Model Business Academy. Thomas says he can take a group of IFAs through the JO exam with a pass rate more than 50% higher than the CII average. David's Top JO Exam Tips Give yourself enough time to prepare - at lea...

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