RE1 Mastery Suite 2026 — Key Individual Study Guide, Flash Cards & Full 80-Question Mock Exam (Syllabus-Aligned, Updated 2026)
RE1 is not RE5 with more questions. It's a different exam about a different job — and most candidates walk in unprepared for that.
RE1 tests whether you can run an FSP's compliance from the top: fit and proper across every representative, licensing obligations, the Code of Conduct as a management system, FICA governance, complaints, debarment, and your personal accountability as a Key Individual. The RE1 Mastery Suite teaches all of it from the KI's chair — every chapter answers the question the real exam asks: what must you DO as the KI?
What's inside — one interactive file, three tools:
📘 Ten study chapters built on the RE1 qualifying criteria:
- Key Individuals and personal accountability — including the sole-proprietor trap (RE1 and RE5, no exceptions)
- FSP licensing, categories, conditions, suspension vs withdrawal
- Fit & Proper for KIs: the five components, experience, CPD's real 6/12/18 hour bands
- The Code of Conduct as a management system: compliance officers, conflict of interest policies, quality audits, the R1,000 gift cap
- FICA oversight: the RMCP, reporting deadlines (15 days for STRs, 3 for cash reports), tipping-off, KI liability
- Complaints and the Ombud — the current R3.5 million limit and the correct six-weeks / six-months escalation path
- FSCA supervision, debarment step by step, and enforcement
- Exam traps, key numbers, a 35-term glossary — plus five bonus case studies and governance drills you won't find in any other pack
🃏 40 Flash Cards — every deadline, threshold, and definition, sorted by topic.
📝 Full-length 80-question mock exam — original scenario questions in the exam's own style, in timed mode (2.5 hours, 65% pass mark, exactly like the real thing) or practice mode with instant explanations, plus per-topic results so you know where you stand before you book.
Why this suite:
- ✅ Taught from the KI's perspective — the single thing that decides RE1 outcomes, and the thing generic material misses.
- ✅ Current figures, verified against primary sources. The R3.5 million Ombud limit (much material still says R800,000), the real STR and CTR deadlines, the actual CPD bands, the statutory suspension-vs-withdrawal terms.
- ✅ Honest exam specs. 80 questions, 2.5 hours, 65% — 52 correct answers to pass. Matched exactly by the mock's timer and pass threshold.
- ✅ Independently authored. No recycled exam content, no rebadged third-party notes — original writing checked against the statutes, the FSCA, the FIC, and the FAIS Ombud.
How it works: Instant download. One HTML file, any browser, any device, works offline. Unlimited retakes with reshuffled questions.
Who it's for: New and aspiring Key Individuals, sole proprietors (who need RE1 and RE5), compliance officers stepping up to KI approval, and anyone rewriting RE1 who wants material that respects their time.
Sovereignty by Char is an independent education publisher, not affiliated with or endorsed by the FSCA, the Ombud for Financial Services Providers, or any examination body. This suite supports your preparation; results depend on your own study. Figures reflect the legal position as at the 2026 edition date.
