This qualification assesses a knowledge and understanding of an ability to analyse financial protection planning issues.
This qualification assesses the understanding of the commercial and regulatory financial services environment, the role and legal obligations of regulated advisers and key concepts of risk and ethics.
The Diploma enhances knowledge in core areas such as regulation, investment principles, risk, taxation and personal financial planning using real-life scenarios to develop the essential skills to apply this technical knowledge in practice
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Black Lion Wealth and Black Lion Insurance is a team of financial advice specialists who are people first and insurance, pensions and investment experts second. That’s us in a nutshell, really. We advise businesses and individuals throughout the whole of the UK, offering sound, practical guidance to anyone who needs it.
We’re passionate about offering the best possible service to our clients. We understand that the world of investments, pensions and insurance is nothing short of immense. The infinite choices, subtly nuanced yields, “small print”, terms and conditions – it’s all there just waiting to trip you up, right?
Not with Black Lion. Definitely not.
We cut through all that complicated stuff to ensure that you’re properly informed. You’ll be able to make the best decision for you, based on sound advice and guidance.
We love what we do, and more importantly, we are qualified to do it – we aim to provide a fully comprehensive service to all our clients.
• We are confident that we will deliver a high-quality service that will be amongst the best in the financial services industry
• We continually strive to improve our personal development
• We follow the principles of treating customers fairly set out by the Financial Conduct Authority
• We treat our clients as we would like to be treated.
Our 4-step approach to financial planning:
We Understand YOU
• By gathering information from you, we always find out about any plans you already have in place
• We explore your attitude to risk and return, your goals and objectives, and build a picture of what you want to achieve
• At this stage you find out what to expect from us
• We do not charge you a fee at this stage
We Plan for YOU
• We’ll go away and research various scenarios and how to make the most out of your existing arrangements
• We’ll then recommend how you can build on your existing plans, so you have the best chance of achieving your goals
We Implement for YOU
• We do all the heavy lifting on your behalf – like what we do for all our other clients. This saves you time and effort.
We Refine YOUR plans
• Nothing stands still. We will sense check the progress of your plans regularly, we suggest this is done once a year
• We will update you on legislation, taxation or you will update us on changes to your circumstances
The value of pensions and investments and the income they produce can fall as well as rise. You may get back less than you invested.
Transferring out of a Final Salary scheme is unlikely to be in the best interests of most people.
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