In May of this year and with a revision-free Summer ahead, I was
delighted to pass the final module of my Investment Advice Diploma
qualification (IAD).
It was, no doubt, gratifying to see written confirmation of the
qualification awarded. However, working in the trust industry and
as a member of the Affinity Trust team, I had decided to undertake
the course of study purely for a greater knowledge of the subject,
which I still consider both fascinating and overwhelming at the
same time. Fascinating due to the interchange between global
issues, the economy and the investment arena; and overwhelming for
the same reason.
I was hoping to achieve a better sense of the world and the way
it works, which I had come to understand is dominated by global
superpowers and corporations - from reading esteemed works of Noam
Chomsky... and lesser substantiated posts on Facebook. As I was to
accept, somewhere around chapter three of the first module, the IAD
was not going to fill
