HKSI Paper 12 pass rate

Asset Management

Average
75.94%
Difficulty rank
16/17
Best month
100%
Nov 2025
Worst month
52.94%
Mar 2026

Across Aug 2025–Jul 2026 (12 sitting months), HKSI Paper 12 averaged 75.94% — 16th hardest of 17 papers. The month-to-month spread is 47.06 percentage points. The most recent half of the window averaged 68.6% versus 83.3% earlier — a decline of 14.7 points.

Month-by-month pass rate

Aug 2025
81.82%
Sep 2025
71.43%
Oct 2025
64.52%
Nov 2025
100%
Dec 2025
95%
Jan 2026
87.1%
Feb 2026
69.44%
Mar 2026
52.94%
Apr 2026
72.97%
May 2026
72.22%
Jun 2026
75.56%
Jul 2026
68.29%

Source: 香港證券及投資學會(HKSI Institute)官方「考試合格率」頁 Snapshot 2026-09-02.HKSI publishes a rolling 12-month window only; months outside it are no longer shown officially.

Which topics candidates actually get wrong

Measured from 131 real answers by 7 devices across 127 questions in our Paper 12 app. This is practice accuracy, not an exam pass rate. Topic names follow the Chinese chapter labels used in our question banks; the examinations themselves are bilingual.

Sample note: this paper has 131 answers from 7 devices — smaller than our other papers, so read the ordering as indicative rather than settled.

TopicAccuracyAnswers
How to read this: official pass rate for this paper is 75.94%, while practice accuracy is 23.7%. Practice allows repeat attempts and shows explanations, so it always reads higher. The useful signal is the ordering of topics, not the absolute number.

FAQ

What is the pass rate for HKSI Paper 12?
75.94% on average across Aug 2025–Jul 2026, based on HKSI's own monthly figures. The best month was Nov 2025 at 100%; the worst Mar 2026 at 52.94%.
Is HKSI Paper 12 hard?
Relative to the other papers it is 16th hardest of 17 papers. Month-to-month it swings 47.06 percentage points (52.94%–100%), so the sitting you pick matters less than preparation.
Which topics do candidates get wrong most in Paper 12?
From 131 real practice answers, the weakest topic is “undefined” at undefined% accuracy, and the strongest is “undefined” at undefined%.

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Pass rates are reproduced from the HKSI Institute for reference only and may be revised at any time; confirm against the official page before relying on them.

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