WiseAlpha, the UK’s specialist digital bond market platform, has launched Bond Academy, the company’s Corporate Bonds education platform, on the Open University.  

iCapital Network has partnered with the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association to launch of AltsEdge, a new education initiative designed to help financial advisers better understand alternative investments and how they can leverage these products to improve client outcomes.

Quilter Financial Planning's Level 4 courses have been moved fully online to improve access and flexibility for students studying to become a financial planner.

iCapital Network is to acquire the assets of AI Insight, Inc, an alternative investment education and compliance platform offering financial advisors investment research, training, qualification, and compliance support for a broad range of alternative investments, including private capital, hedge funds, non-traded REITs and BDCs, and alternative mutual funds.

Kingswood Holdings Limited has launched the Kingswood Academy. Recruited externally, the first group of four trainee advisers from across the UK have started a 24-month programme and, upon completion, will receive a Diploma in Financial Planning. 

ESG Ireland and Sustainable Finance Skillnet have launched the first Responsible Investment Advisor and Responsible Investment Trustee Course in Ireland. 

Aviva Investors has launched ‘ESG: Know How’, an initiative designed to meet the rising demand for better adviser knowledge of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing. ‘

PIMFA, the trade association for the wealth management and financial advice industry, in partnership with Morningstar, a leading provider of independent investment research, is delighted to announce the launch of its ESG Academy, an online training platform for financial advisers to equip them to advise their clients about ESG investing.

NSE Academy and Fintso have formed a partnership for the education, skill-development and training of financial intermediaries. 

ProEquities, an independent financial advisory and brokerage firm and subsidiary of Protective Life Corporation, has launched GEN Next Academy, a comprehensive and proprietary programme aimed at helping advisers new to the industry join an established office, while providing senior advisers the assistance they need to train, to mentor and to support them.