30/60/90-day RSE study plans aligned to CIRO topic weights. Weekly focus + what to drill, with links to the syllabus, cheat sheet, and timed mock exams.
Treat RSE like a workflow + product-fit exam. Prep improves fastest when you practice one repeatable loop:
Read -> turn it into rules -> drill scenarios -> review misses -> repeat.
Start here when you’re ready to drill: RSE Practice (mock exams + drills) .
Use the weights as a guide: heavier topics should show up more often in your weekly mixed practice.
| Week | Focus (by weighting) | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | KYC + suitability (23%) + Monitoring (6%) | Build your KYC checklist and suitability trigger rules; drill “best next step” scenarios and documentation/escalation cues. |
| 2 | Fixed income (8%) + Equities (10%) + Managed products (13%) | Product-fit reps; learn core mechanics, risks, costs, and how to explain them simply. Add controlled math drills. |
| 3 | Securities analysis (11%) + Portfolio construction (11%) | Financial statement and ratio interpretation; diversification and risk/return intuition; controlled CAPM/performance concepts. |
| 4 | Recommendations (12%) + Execution/integrity (6%) + Mixed review | Mixed sets 3-4x/week; run 1-2 timed mocks; review every miss and re-drill weak objectives. |
| Weeks | Focus | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| 1–2 | KYC + suitability | KYC completeness, conflicts, authority, suitability triggers, and handling unsuitable instructions (document + escalate). |
| 3 | Fixed income | Bond basics + yield/price intuition; recognize suitability cues and interest rate risk. |
| 4 | Equities | Common vs preferred, dividends, basic valuation intuition; corporate actions vocabulary. |
| 5 | Securities analysis | Financial statements + ratios; macro drivers; exhibit interpretation drills. |
| 6 | Managed products | Mutual funds, ETFs, fees (MER/spreads), Fund Facts/ETF facts interpretation, suitability and cost/tax awareness. |
| 7 | Portfolio construction | Allocation, correlation, diversification, risk measures, controlled CAPM/performance metrics. |
| 8 | Recommendations + execution + monitoring | Practice “best fit” recommendations; order types and trade lifecycle; integrity red flags; finish with timed mocks and weak-area reinforcement. |
| Weeks | Focus | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| 1–3 | KYC + suitability | Build a KYC checklist + suitability trigger rules; do small scenario drills weekly. |
| 4 | Monitoring and maintaining relationships | Reporting, ongoing KYC updates, and how to spot triggers from client events and portfolio changes. |
| 5 | Fixed income | Product mechanics + risk; small math drills. |
| 6 | Equities | Structure, risks, and controlled valuation concepts. |
| 7 | Securities analysis | Statements, ratios, and macro drivers; exhibit interpretation sets. |
| 8 | Managed products | Mutual funds/ETFs, fees and disclosures, performance interpretation. |
| 9 | Portfolio construction | Allocation, diversification, risk measures, performance metrics. |
| 10 | Recommendations | Behavioural biases, tax-aware framing (when inputs are provided), and explaining tradeoffs. |
| 11 | Execution + market integrity | Order types, trade lifecycle, best execution mindset, and integrity red flags. |
| 12 | Mixed review | Two mixed sets/week; review misses; tighten timing; run 1-2 mocks. |
Your job in the last stretch is to remove avoidable misses and tighten timing.
Timing target: the official format is 120 questions in 3 hours (roughly 90 seconds per question). Practice under time so you don’t overthink “almost-right” choices.
✅ Next: open the Syllabus and start checking off objectives.