education

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.

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...