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Pensions & Investment CPD hub

Online resources for your continued professional development.

You need to complete a minimum of 35 hours of CPD each year for retail investment activities, of which 21 hours should be structured. If you also sell insurance, the 15 hours required by the Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD) can be included in that.

Consumer Duty - a practical guide (pensions)

Join technical experts Craig Muir and Justin Corliss as they explore key considerations for pension advisers.

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Auto-enrolment

The future of auto-enrolment: building on 10 years of success

In this report we look at the impact auto-enrolment has had on UK savings behaviours and retirement outcomes.

Read the report (CPD - 30 mins)

Consumer Duty

The meaning of value

Join Jamie Jenkins, (Policy, Communications and External Affairs Director at Royal London) and Mike Barrett, (Consulting Director at The Lang cat) as they discuss the findings of our new research report: The meaning of value.

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Consumer Duty – a practical guide (pensions)

In this session we’ll start by looking at what outcomes the FCA are looking to achieve, followed by a reminder of what’s changing, and just as importantly, what the duty doesn’t do.

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Delivering value in uncertain times

Join Ryan Medlock, Senior Investment Development Manager as he looks at how to articulate and evidence the value aspect of Consumer Duty, attributed to good customer outcomes.

Watch webinar (CPD - 45mins)

Contributions, annual allowance and tax relief

Annual allowance, who's afraid of the big bad tax charge?

Join Fiona and Justin as they dig deeper into some of the technical aspects of the annual allowance (AA), including how it interacts with tax relief, carry forward, the taper and the MPAA.

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Tax relief and annual allowance

Jim Grant and Jennifer Irvine dig deeper into the technicalities of tax relief and the annual allowance in our webinar master-class.

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Pension hot topics

In this webinar, Fiona Hanrahan and Craig Muir investigate three of the hottest technical pension topics.

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Death benefits and Inheritance tax

Death benefits – Facts and planning

The changes to death benefits have had a fundamental impact on advisers, their clients and also the beneficiaries of clients.

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Death benefits

Pensions freedoms in 2015 introduced major changes to pension death benefit options and taxation.

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General

The gender gap – not just a pensions issue

There’s a lot in the press about the gender pensions gap, and a timebomb ticking for women in retirement which isn’t going away any time soon. But is there a gender gap across all ages and life stages? And how does this impact pensions, protection, and financial resilience overall?

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State Pensions and related benefits – what you need to know

In this webinar, we investigate the pension concerns Royal London’s technical team are regularly asked about, as well as questions raised during our customer research.

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Bridging the gender pension gap

In this report we look at pensions inequality in the UK, the various factors that contribute to this gap, and the steps can be taken by industry, employers and individuals to improve and deliver more equal retirement outcomes.

Read the report (CPD - 30 mins)

Tax year end - your top questions answered

We look at how to solve common tax year issues and answer your frequently asked tax year end questions.

Pension business owner webinar

In this webinar, Clare Moffat and Fiona Hanrahan highlight the rise in business owners and discuss some of the implications in terms of the need for financial planning.

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The business owner – planning for a catastrophe

In this webinar we'll highlight the rise in business owners and discuss some of the implications in terms of the need for financial planning.

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The impact of the cost of living crisis

In this webinar, we explore the results of our third independent cost of living survey of consumers in the UK, together with research carried out with advisers in relation to their clients and the impact of the cost of living crisis.

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The Family Tree - Intergenerational planning

As we now enter a period of asset preservation, how can financial advisers support clients to retain their financial resilience and ability to pass wealth onto future generations?

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Opening the door to workplace pensions and business protection

In this webinar, we consider the key differences in different types of workplace pension agreements, recent market findings and the use of salary exchange.

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Lifetime allowance and benefit options

Planning for age 75

When it comes to pensions, reaching age 75 is an important milestone and for many this is a vital time for financial advice.

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Centralised retirement propositions

In this webinar, Ryan explores the intricacies of centralised investment proposition (CIP) and centralised retirement proposition (CRP) frameworks.

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Income drawdown - the good, the bad and the ugly

Hear from Craig Muir as he summarises the main concerns from the FCA in their Retirement Outcomes Review (ROR), the key changes impacting the advice process and upcoming changes.

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The McCloud remedy

Adviser overview – Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)

In this webinar, our Senior Pension Development and Technical Managers, discuss the changes to the McCloud remedy and how this may affect the pension benefits LGPS members are entitled to.

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Adviser overview – unfunded schemes

In this webinar, our Senior Pension Development and Technical Managers, discuss the changes to the pension benefits of unfunded public sector members as a result of the McCloud remedy.

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Taxation and corrections - unfunded schemes

In this webinar, our Senior Pension Development and Technical Managers, discuss the changes to the pension benefits of unfunded public sector members as a result of the McCloud remedy.

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Pension transfers

Pension switching: to switch or not to switch - that is the question

Craig looks at the main regulatory concerns with pension switching and how advisers can overcome these.

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Transfers in drawdown

The introduction of Pension Freedoms in 2015 had a significant impact on the defined contribution (DC) at-retirement market.

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Pension transfers – look before you leap

Justin and Fiona will investigate the things advisers should consider when assessing the suitability of a pension transfer.

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