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Diploma in Employee Benefits and Retirement Savings


The Pensions Management Institute

Summary

Price
£560 inc VAT
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There are three modules at £560 each and an annual student membership fee of £178.

Study method
Distance learning
Duration
420 hours · Self-paced
Qualification
No formal qualification
Additional info
  • Exam(s) / assessment(s) is included in price

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Overview

  • The aim of the Diploma is to provide holders with a comprehensive background to employee benefits and savings in the UK. This will equip them for work in pensions and allied areas and can lead to further study or towards completion of the Advanced Diploma qualification.

Description

This qualification comprises three compulsory units. These units are a selection from those available for the PMI Advanced Diploma.


Two core units

Understanding Retirement Provision To provide an introductory overview of retirement provision in the UK including an appreciation of:

    • how workplace pensions have developed, the different types of workplace provision and how they sit alongside State pension provision
    • the key features of automatic enrolment, trust and contract-based provision
    • the roles and responsibilities of those involved in running workplace pensions
    • personal savings and the options for retirement saving
    • employee engagement with retirement provision.

Regulation of Retirement Provision

To provide an overview of the regulation of retirement provision in the UK including an appreciation of:

    • legal and taxation aspects
    • compliance with regulation and where administrators need to focus on compliance issues
    • the bodies responsible for defining, monitoring and oversight
    • how the employee is supported by the financial services industry current issues

Plus a specialist option unit

Reward and Retirement Provision

To provide an understanding of the main employee benefits, their value, cost structures, taxation implications and how they interact with saving for retirement. To include appreciation of:

    • the employee and employer perspectives
    • rewards strategies
    • communication and engagement

Who is this course for?

This qualification is ideal for those working at the margins of pensions who need to understand the area in the wider savings and employee benefits context.

Requirements

There are no formal prerequisites for this qualification; either qualifications or knowledge and experience.

However, we would anticipate most candidates would be working in the field.

Candidates undertaking the qualification will need to be at least a Student Member of the PMI.


Candidates completing the qualification successfully will be eligible to seek election as Diploma Members of the PMI with the designatory initials DipPMI.

Career path

These units can also be selected as options within the PMI Advanced Diploma in Retirement Provision.

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