Certificate in Pensions Management
This programme provides learners with comprehensive knowledge and competence relating to Life
Assurance, Savings and Investment, Pensions and Retirement Planning, Retirement Funding and
General Taxation.
At a macro level, it incorporates the fields of Corporate Benefit Design, Operational Governance,
Financial Risk Management, Financial Planning, Financial Regulation and Government Policy. The
programme also develops students’ transversal skills in the areas of communication, written and
oral, active listening, relationship management, problem-solving and business awareness.
It is ideally suited to graduates from Accountancy, Business, Finance, IT, Human Resources, Law and
related disciplines who wish to join Ireland’s large and growing financial services industry or learners
who wish to advance their career in financial services.
Those undertaking the Certificate in Business Pensions, Insurance and Investment will gain a wide
understanding of the financial services industry. The five modules cover an extensive range of core
topics required to operate in the financial services industry, life assurance industry, investment
industry and pensions industry.
The programme was developed in consultation with the financial services industry and with the
regulator.
It is a professional designation that was specifically designed to meet the Central Bank’s Minimum
Competency Code (MCC) requirements for selling and advising on Life Assurance, Pensions, Savings
and Investment. The code sets out the minimum professional standards for persons providing
certain financial services, in particular when dealing with consumers.
Graduates will also be awarded membership of the Irish Institute of Pensions Management (IIPM)
and permitted to use the designation MIIPM (subject to application to the IIPM). This designation is
supported by all the large industry players including the Pensions Regulator.
The programme is delivered by experts from both the college and the industry.
Students may choose to progress onto the Higher Diploma in Pensions Management