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The ifs School of Finance has partnered with Edexcel to enhance personal finance education, complimenting Edexcel's 14-19 Diploma total solution offering.

A completely independent body needs to be set up to offer generic financial advice, according to the Pensions Policy Institute.

A lack of awareness of the benefits of SIPPs following the A-Day changes could hinder providers and harm consumers according to Fidelity FundsNetwork.

Towry Law says it is training its 500 advisers to degree standard following FSA concerns of "appalling" levels of education in the industry.

Government plans to weave financial education into the school curriculum offer "little more than a tasty soundbite", the Minister for Schools has been told.

One in three workers feel pension education should be taught in schools, as over 90% believe pensions should be made easier to understand.

What is it about the words ‘business' and ‘finance' which reek of the word ‘boring' if you're under 18?

The government has announced a service that will be aimed at providing consumers, including those on low incomes, with "quick, easy and simple access" to good quality advice on financial products.

Younger people do benefit from education specifically targetting financial capability, initial research results into the area by the University of Manchester suggest.

Employers will be exempt from auto-enrolling staff into the national pensions saving scheme if already provide access to pension schemes which are equivalent to or more generous than the proposals set out for personal accounts, says the DWP.