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Deciphering Fund Fact Sheets

In this interactive 90 minute workshop you'll learn how to read and understand a fund fact sheet, such as those used for index funds and pensions. You'll learn:
  • What a fact sheet is
  • Why fact sheets are so important
  • The language used in a fact sheet
  • Which information is crucial to know and understand before investing
  • How to understand what your existing investments are in
  • How to differentiate between an active and a passive fund
  • And so much more! 
Watch the workshop!

The workshop was recorded live in October 2022. You can watch the recording by clicking on the video above! Want to watch future workshops live? Join our mailing list!

Why learn to read a fact sheet?

Only invest in what you understand; it's one of the oldest sayings in investing. But to most people, a fund fact sheet is full of gibberish. A wall of text filled with jargon and numbers. But they contain information that you must know before investing your hard-earned money. They tell you how your investments and pensions are performing. If you don't know what you're investing in, you could choose a fund that is not adequately diversified and has exorbitant fees, leaving you potentially thousands of pounds worse off and jeopardising your financial future. Learning to read a fact sheet gives you the knowledge and confidence to understand what you're investing in and choose the right fund for you.
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For Alan and Katie's first investments they trusted a financial advisor without really knowing what they were doing and if they hadn't have found the financial independence world they would have been worth over £300,000 less now!  Knowing this stuff is critical to your financial future. 

Course description and content

The subject:
Have you ever wondered what your hard-earned money is invested in? Ever wondered where your pension or ISA money is invested? Ever tried to read a fund fact sheet? Katie and Alan Donegan are going to take you through deciphering fund fact sheets so you can actually understand where your money is invested.
We will cover:
  • What exactly is a fund fact sheet and why you should care
  • The layout and terminology used in fact sheets
  • How to analyse, understand and evaluate a fact sheet so that you can make an informed decision on whether a fund is right for you and your financial future

About Katie and Alan

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Katie Donegan

Katie is an Excel and data nerd.  She LOVES numbers, maths and creating charts and graphs of financial data.  Katie did a degree in stats, qualified as an actuary, and has spent the last few years helping people take control of their finances.  
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Alan Donegan

Fund fact sheets can be incredibly confusing! Alan's superpower is taking the seemingly complex and making it simple and easy to understand. He is on a mission to help people take control of their financial lives and educate them so they can be confident in making their own investment decisions. 

Objectives and prerequisites

Workshop Objective:
By the end of this workshop you will have the skills to read a fact sheet, understand the terms used in it, what the fund is invested in, the fees involved and ultimately decide if the fund is appropriate for you.

​If you want to get a head start then make sure you have watched the investing weeks of Rebel Finance School starting with Investing
Course Prerequisites
  • Basic financial independence knowledge - we will not be covering index funds, the 4% rule or other basic FI principles in this workshop. We'll be covering how to decipher a fact sheet that describes an index fund
  • Basic knowledge of pensions - we won't be covering what a pension is; rather, we'll cover how to decipher a fact sheet that describes what a pension fund is invested in

Joining Instructions

This workshop was recorded live in October 2022. 

You can watch the recording here.

Want to watch future workshops live? That's the best way to attend as they are interactive. Join our mailing list to find out about future workshops.

Factsheets for the workshop

During the workshop we are going to be using lots of different examples.  So, you can play along please download and save the following fact sheets. 
Example 1: Vanguard FTSE Global All Cap
ftse_global_all_cap.pdf
File Size: 77 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File


Example 2: Scottish Widows International Equity Tracker
scottish_widows_international_equity_tracker.pdf
File Size: 174 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File


Example 3: Aviva mixed investment pension
aviva__pension__h-av_mixed_investment__40-85__shares__s6.pdf
File Size: 914 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File


Example 4:  Not needed as it is only on the slides on the night. 

Example 5: Aviva International Index Tracker
aviva__pension__h-av_international_index_tracking_s2.pdf
File Size: 938 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

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