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Welcome to the Retirement Provision Certificate for 2026 examinations.

RPC aims to provide you with essential knowledge and understanding of retirement provision in the UK, and to build a foundation for those who plan to develop a career specialising in one aspect of retirement provision or for those seeking a broad understanding of the subject.

PMI is pleased to be working in partnership with leading companies in the pensions field on the production of study support for a range of PMI qualifications under the banner of “Moving Pensions Forward”.

However, if you have any queries on the content of the material please contact the Qualifications Team at PMI.

In the first instance e-mail: pmiqualifications@pensions-pmi.org.uk or Telephone 020 7392 7400.

The learning materials are updated each year and the available material is relevant for the 2026 exams.
 

The online material is based on the syllabus from the previous financial year, meaning the 2026 exams will be based on practice as it existed as at 5 April 2025 unless stated otherwise.

This programme contains various external links to other websites that are included for useful further/background information. However, all of the content that is required for examination purposes is included within the different pages.

It is important that learners preparing for the RPC exam understand and digest information from all areas of the manual.

Exam questions are randomised across the specification and are taken form all areas of the syllabus.  This means they can cover any topic within the manual, and with this in mind it is essential the manual is broken up into chunks so that all topic areas are covered during self-study.