The Institute of Financial Services has plans to integrate the ProShare financial programme into two of its existing education structures after acquiring the service for the professional body.
A statement issued yesterday by the ifs says the new package, which includes a widely-known investment portfolio game played by 30,000 schoolchildren to help them understand how shares work, will be known as ifsProShare but will be expanded to help consumers and businesses learn more about the benefits of investing in equities. Use of the ProShare Student Investor Portfolio Challenge - one of four games using real-time trading data and played by 900 schools - education programme will become part of the ifs’ existing 14-19 Education Faculty used by 3,000 schools while a new section of th...
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