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.

Advisers and wealth managers are taking advantage of the continued period of lockdown by finding time to update and improve their knowledge in technical areas of financial planning which affect their clients. 

Coinciding with Talk Money Talk Pensions Week, St James's Place (SJP) has launched START, a financial education portal aimed at equipping young people with the tools and information to take control of their own financial future.

Nasdaq is to launch of an options education program based on actionable trading ideas and content to the Nordic investment community, in partnership with OptionsPlay.

Investing app Invstr has launched Invstr Academy, an interactive and gamified learning experience that enables total beginners to become confident investors.

Addidi ‘s ‘Are you in?’ campaign launched this week in central London, described as a movement designed to bring behavioural change within the financial services industry, from the bottom up and from the top down, at the same time.