Here at the Paraplanners Assembly, we’ve never addressed State Pensions but it’s an important part of many peoples’ plans. So, let’s fix that. Paul Squirrell, National Pensions Development Manager, from FundsNetwork is joining us to discuss this topic.

How this has changed and further proposals to amend

Comparison of old State Pension and new State Pension

Qualifying National Insurance credits and pitfalls to avoid

Differences between old and new state pension

Guiding your client through a State Pension forecast

Eligibility and cost of topping up state pension

Considerations before topping up state pension

Comparison of old State Pension v new State Pension rules

Considerations for deferring and alternative options

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Paul Squirrell – Paul is the National Pension Sales Manager at FundsNetwork. Paul joined FundsNetwork in December 2007 from Scottish Widows where he was a Sales Manager working mainly in the employee benefits sector. Previous to this, he worked as an Independent Financial Adviser in the Suffolk area. Paul has over 30 years’ experience working in UK Financial Services and is qualified to QCF level 6.

Richard Allum – Founder of The Paraplanners (and manages to run a few paraplanner events, or something like that).

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Online Assembly: State pensions with FundsNetwork