education

A lot of lip service is paid to getting new blood into the industry although there is very little evidence of anything happening in a structured way.

Those of you who read last month's blog might think that I've got education and training on the brain, as here I am again with one of my old hobby horses. However, this time there's something different for us all to digest.

If you want to improve reputation, you need to do reputable things and make sure that your reputation is not owned by someone else who can dictate what people should think of you. That is the philosophy which lies behind the case for a professional body...

Almost every day I see an article and comments from one sector or another stating that the solution to our ills is education for consumers on the need for protection policies.

'Delivering Customer Focused Change' will be the focus for the next masterclass by the ifs School of Finance on Treating Customers Fairly.

Teenage students will receive financial education in schools with the help of an interactive CD Rom package financed by a life insurer and developed by teachers.

The Financial Services Skills Council (FSSC) will launch a foundation degree in financial services in September 2006 and is calling on industry experts to get involved in developing the degree's framework.

THE NUMBER of people asking about buying a house last month rose at the sharpest rate for two years, suggesting that the property market is beginning to pick up, according to this morning's papers.

The Financial Services Skills Council (FSSC) has been successful in its bid to create a National Financial Services Academy to solve skills problems facing financial services employers, says Education Secretary Ruth Kelly.

JPMorgan Invest is to use 1st Software's Adviser Office software product to support part of its services proposiation, says sales and marketing director Jonathan Watts-Lay.