Hello! I'd like to apply for the assurance programme and I'd also like to start investing. However, I've been made aware that if you work in audit it is not possible to buy/hold any shares in any company audited by the firm you work for and therefore you'd have to sell them in order to be eligible for an audit position at EY. I'd like to start investing, but I don't want to buy into something which I'll have to sell later on in order to work in assurance. My question is: is there any way around this? Are there any passive investments we can still make or is it not possible to invest at all if you work in audit? For example, is it still possible to work in audit for EY and invest in ETF's or Index funds such as the UK FTSE 100? or would those funds have to be free of any companies audited by EY? If that's the case, if your work for EY UK can you for instance buy in to the American S&P 500 or does the rule apply for the entire EY firm worldwide?