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RETIREMENT PLUS ANNOUNCES FOUR EXTRA SEMINAR DATES DUE TO OVERWHELMING DEMAND FROM BROKERS   18/02/2008

Retirement Plus has announced that it will be running a further four home reversion ‘top up’ exam seminars due to the overwhelming demand from brokers and IFAs.

The seminars will be held in the following locations:
6th March – morning seminar – Scotland (Glasgow)
13th March – morning seminar – North East (Washington)
18th March – lunchtime seminar – West London (Heathrow)
26th March – morning seminar – South Wales (nr Cardiff)

The seminars are a direct response to the fact that SHIP has set a deadline for advisers to pass their home reversion top-up exam by April 2008. Any adviser who has not passed the exam by that date cannot claim to be whole of market in equity release and will not be able to do home reversion business with a SHIP member after that date.

To encourage advisers to take the exams Retirement Plus is also refunding the exam costs for those who have attended a seminar and passed the exams in one sitting before 30 April 2008.

Duncan Young, CEO said: “We are absolutely delighted with the response we have had so far. The demand for these seminars highlights the growing importance of equity release in the mortgage market.

“The coaching seminars aim to give brokers and IFAs a broader understanding of the expanding home reversion sector, and the part it plays in the wider equity release market.”

Retirement Plus has also announced that it will be running a seminar as part of this year’s Financial Services Scotland Exhibition. The seminar, a major part of this year’s exhibition, will take place in the Retirement Plus Seminar Suite in the SECC in Glasgow on Thursday 6th March 2008.

For more information on the seminar or to reserve a place please email seminars@retirement-plus.co.uk or visit www.retirement-plus.co.uk. Attendance at the seminar is free, however the numbers are limited.