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Financial Planning Events / Retirement Seminars

A number of third party companies provide retirement seminars for members.

Bookings should be arranged with the third party direct.

Police Mutual Retirement Seminars

At Police Mutual we’ll tell you what’s best for you, not what’s best for us!

When it comes to providing you with support as you approach retirement, we’ve gone further than most. 

This bespoke course has been designed specifically for Superintendents, it is ideally suited to those officers with 12 months or less to retirement and is aimed at helping to ensure that you’re fully prepared for retirement, both financially and emotionally.

Retirement can bring huge changes to more than just your income. Our one-day virtual course covers lifestyle as well as financial aspects of your retirement and delegates are encouraged to really think about the retirement they want and how they can achieve it. The course itself is highly interactive with many delegates leaving having gained a great deal of value.


Key areas covered include:


·         Coping with change

·         Understanding the Police Pension Scheme and your options

·         Financial Planning for Retirement

·         Investing your commutation 

·         Life beyond the Force

·         Career Planning

·         Wills and Estate Planning


We have virtual courses being held on:

·         Wednesday 20 March 2024

·         Tuesday 11 June 2024

·         Tuesday 15 October 2024
 

To reserve a place, simply email [email protected] with your name, retirement date if known and preferred course date.


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Life in the Police Service has changed a lot since we were set up in 1922. As policing continues to change, we’ve recognised your needs are changing too and have broadened our services to make sure we’re as relevant to the Police today as we were over 90 years ago, for more information visit www.pmas.co.uk
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Reflect Financial - Retirement Seminars



Pre-Retirement Seminar Programme 2024

Helping you plan today, for a future of financial wellbeing.

Welcome to Reflect Financial; a Financial Services Practice with a specialist team catering for the needs of serving and retired senior police officers. 

Our team has over three decades of experience within the financial services sector.  The team comprises Financial Advisors: Philip Pearson, Adam Norris, and Tom Hoban, as well as Tim Jackson QPM (retired Chief Superintendent and former National Secretary of the PSA).

Our insightful Pre-Retirement Seminars, which spouses/partners are welcome to attend, cover key topics including:

·         Managing Your Finances (fundamentals of financial planning)
·         Developing a Financial Plan (including investment strategy and risk)
·         Wills* & Estate Planning (input from specialist Solicitors)
·         Preparing for Retirement (non-financial planning considerations)
·         Personal Taxation (maximising tax-efficiency)
·         Understanding the Police Pension Schemes; the Remedy, and pension-related taxation matters (how and when to optimise your pension)

*The writing of a Will involves the referral to a service that is separate and distinct from those offered by St. James's Place. Wills and Powers of Attorney are not regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

Intended primarily for those members who are within two years of retirement, members with 25 years or more service are also welcome to attend. 

Refreshments and a buffet lunch will be provided at each seminar.

Programme of PSA Pre-Retirement Seminars for 2024:

·         20th March – London
The Victory Services Club 63-69 Seymour Street, London, W2 2HF (a short walk from Marble Arch Underground Station) 
·         9th April – Liverpool
The offices of Reflect Financial Limited, 12 Princes Parade, Prince’s Dock, Liverpool, L3 1BG (convenient for main line rail and motorway networks)
·         16th May – London
The Victory Services Club 63-69 Seymour Street, London, W2 2HF (a short walk from Marble Arch Underground Station) 
·         17th September – London
The Victory Services Club 63-69 Seymour Street, London, W2 2HF (a short walk from Marble Arch Underground Station) 
·         10th October – Birmingham
The Birmingham Conference & Events Centre (BCEC), Hill Street, Birmingham, B5 4EW (just a minutes walk from Birmingham New Street Station)
·         12th Nov – Liverpool
The offices of Reflect Financial Limited, 12 Princes Parade, Prince’s Dock, Liverpool, L3 1BG (convenient for main line rail and motorway networks)
·         4th December – London
The Victory Services Club 63-69 Seymour Street, London, W2 2HF (a short walk from Marble Arch Underground Station) 
 
To register for an upcoming Pre-Retirement Seminar, please click here: https://forms.gle/NYADKrRazzMjr1jo7 

To contact the Reflect Financial Police Team for further information, you can email: [email protected] 

The value of an investment with St. James's Place will be directly linked to the performance of the funds you select and the value can therefore go down as well as up. You may get back less than you invested.

Reflect Financial Limited is an Appointed Representative of and represents only St. James's Place Wealth Management plc (which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority) for the purpose of advising solely on the group's wealth management products and services, more details of which are set out on the group's website www.sjp.co.uk/products.

SJP Approved: 2/1/2024

 



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Amber River True Bearing Retirement Seminars

Please see below information provided by Amber River True Bearing Financial:
 
Amber River True Bearing
Amber River - True Bearing Financial Planners
We offer independent financial advice to clients throughout the North West, North East, through to London. Our Financial Advisers have decades of experience in advising clients and passionately believe in face-to-face financial advice. We are extremely proud of our service and the awards we have won, but this isn’t the only reason to choose us. We were awarded the prestigious “Chartered Financial Planners” title by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) in 2010. Chartered status is an exclusive title only awarded to 4% of all UK IFAs firms, which meet rigorous criteria relating to professionalism and capability.
 
We pride ourselves on excellent communication with our clients and in 2010 we were the first IFA to achieve Investors in People Gold accreditation in recognition of our staff and systems, we have retained the Gold accreditation ever since. In 2018 True Bearing won ‘GOLD Employer of the Year’ at the Investors in People Awards 2018 for category 50 to 249 employees. It was the first time Amber River True Bearing entered the awards as it was an opportunity to benchmark ourselves against high performing organisations, not just within the UK but on a global scale.
 
Amber River True Bearing is directly regulated and authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). We provide advice across the whole of the market and we do not sell products; our incentive is getting the best results for our clients. This is achieved through impartial, unrestricted advice that considers every financial solution on the relevant market. We have Chartered IFAs, Society of Later Life Advisers (SOLLA), some of whom are qualified under The Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners (STEP).
 
Having been actively involved in the retirement workshops for a number of years, Amber River True Bearing officially launched its own Pre-Retirement Workshops in 2013. Currently we work with Cumbria Constabulary, Lancashire Constabulary, Cheshire Constabulary, and Merseyside Police. Since our launch we support over 60 major employers and deliver over 150 workshops per year to the private and public sectors. Following the delivery of courses to the Chief Police Officer's Staff Association, saw us recommended to other police forces throughout the UK.
 
We are thrilled to be working with the Police Superintendents Association again this year and are offering webinars and workshops noted below.
 
Amber River True Bearing - Pre Retirement Workshops will cover:
  • Life Time Allowance and Annual Allowance 
  • Police Pension 
  • Taxation 
  • Financial Planning before and after retirement 
  • Estate Planning 
  • Making Wills 
  • Lasting Powers of Attorney 
  • State Benefits 
  • Managing the change process
If you would be interested in attending one of our Pre-Retirement Workshops please register your interest with [email protected]  or (07545 834030). 
For further information on the company visit www.truebearing.co.uk.
 
The dates for 2024 are:-
·         Tuesday 20th February 2024 – virtual meeting via MS Teams
·         Thursday 23rd May 2024 – Nunsmere Hotel (Knutsford - Cheshire)
·         Wednesday 11th September 2024 – Nunsmere Hotel (Knutsford - Cheshire)
·         Thursday 12th December 2024 – virtual meeting via MS Teams
Kind regards
 
MARIA​ DABIPI DipM MCIM, FCMI
Business Development Manager
Tel 01257 260011
Mobile 07545834030
www.amberriver.com/true-bearing
Second Floor, Assurance House, Chorley Business & Technology Centre, Euxton Lane, Chorley , Lancashire, PR7 6TE
 


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Close Brothers


Providing financial education and guidance - every step of the way

Close Brothers have been providing financial education, advice and investment management services to members of the Police Superintendents’ Association for over 20 years. 

Our retirement events are provided to Association members free of charge and are held from 09:30 to 16:30 in London - refreshments, lunch and reference materials are provided and your spouse/partner is also very welcome to attend.

Forthcoming 2023 dates are:

23rd June
12th October


We recommend that members attend when they have approximately 25 years police service to allow sufficient time to plan their retirement from the Police Service, and to assess the effects of the current pension tax charges on future pension benefits, caused by the reduction in the Lifetime Allowance.

Our events cover a wide range of topics including:

•             When is the best time to retire?
•             Working, earning and tax!
•             Salary -v- Pension
•             2015 Pension Reforms – applicable to your ‘next phase of life’
•             Financial security and how to improve your position in the years ahead 
•             Life after the Force 
•             Estate planning and wills
•             Understanding personal taxes and planning opportunities
 
Capital may be at risk. Tax benefits depend on individual circumstances and tax rules may change.

To book onto an event or to find out more, visit:
Or contact Jane Scarff on [email protected] or 07710 650 925

Telephone calls made to any member of Close Brothers Asset Management may be recorded. For more information about how we process your data, please see www.closebrothersam.com/legal-centre/privacy-policy/.

 

Here are what some of your member colleagues thought of our events: 

 “Thank you for your constant enthusiasm and positivity” Ch Supt, Leicestershire 

Invaluable session.  Well explained and areas clarified if delegates lacked understanding” Supt, The Met 

Fantastic opportunity; Food for thought, unbiased sound advice” Supt, The Met

This was an excellent presentation, thank you so much” Supt, The Met

About Close Brothers

Strong traditions, proven experience

We are an award-winning provider of financial education in the workplace, driving financial wellbeing through holistic education, advice and investment solutions for over 50 years.  We work with over 250 of the UK’s best known organisations including AstraZeneca, BAE Systems, BP,  Jaguar Land Rover, National Crime Agency and Shell who trust us to deliver informative, inspirational and engaging communications to thousands of their employees every year.

Our support doesn’t end with financial education; - we are one of the few firms to provide a complete financial planning and investment service, our driving aim is to make life simple for our clients, providing peace of mind as we protect, manage and grow their wealth.

Our clients rely on us to look after their wealth – in many instances their entire livelihoods, everything that they have earned in their working lives. In effect they give our team the privilege of looking after what is probably the most important thing in most peoples' lives after their personal health and their families.

It’s important to remember that the value of investments can go down as well as up, and you may get back less than you invest.

 



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Police Clubs Financial

Please see below information provided by Police Clubs Financial:

Police Clubs Financial has over 18 years’ experience providing independent financial advice to police officers and staff, and has supported the Police Superintendents’ Association for over 12 years.

After a very challenging 2022 and with the ongoing cost of living crisis, they have launched a series of virtual presentations on a range of financial matters of benefit and interest to members.   As holistic financial planners, Police Clubs Financial will provide information on core areas associated with financial planning from mortgages, protection and regular savings to pensions and lump sum investment.

The presentations will be held from 10am to 11.30am via Microsoft Teams on the following dates:

-        Tuesday 23rd May

-        Tuesday 27th June

If you would like to attend, email [email protected] to reserve a space.

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