14 December 2011
Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) today announces it will add further capabilities to its online Intelligence Centre.1
The Intelligence Centre, accredited by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII), is a free online education programme which has been created to support IFAs, ahead of the Retail and Distribution Review (RDR).
SWIP enhanced the site’s functionality in recognition of the challenges facing financial advisers over the next 12 months and to help navigate them through the transitional process.
A variety of functional enhancements have been made to the centre including:
- Ability to view material on a variety of mobile devices including iPads and iPhones
- 20 CII CPD credit per module
- CPD recording – the printable certificate is a formal record of your CPD hours
- Wide range of online investment and market tutorials from bonds, derivatives and short selling
- Investment article library – giving you topical articles on the markets and asset classes
- New modules launched monthly
- Online quiz – helping you test your understanding of each topic
- Integration of web-casts and slides
- Ability to cross reference test results with module chapters
- More intuitive navigation including site search functionality
- Fast and hassle free registration: http://www.intelligencecentre.com/ifa
The Intelligence Centre, which can be accessed 24 hours a day - seven days a week, is a comprehensive and invaluable learning resource to IFAs.
In addition to web-based ‘Question and Answer’ sessions, users will also have access to over 20 modules2 ranging from Quantitative Easing to Short Selling and Derivatives. The modules are all under 20 minutes long, to provide information in a clear, concise and easy-to-use format.
Kevin Addison, Head of UK Wholesale Distribution at SWIP, comments:-
“The Intelligence Centre is a highly-respected and comprehensive educational resource which not only supports CII and R02 training, but also provides up-to-date and insightful market commentary. It allows free, unlimited access to a variety of interactive resources which we hope will support professional development within the sector.”
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Notes to Editors
1 The new Intelligence Centre can be found at - http://www.intelligencecentre.com/ifa
2 Modules include Hedge Funds, Bonds Level 1 & 2, Private Equity, Global Equity, ETFS, Quantitative Easing, Absolute Return Investing, Short Selling and Derivatives
Scottish Widows Investment Partnership
- SWIP’s ultimate parent is Lloyds Banking Group, one of the largest financial services groups in the UK.
- SWIP has a geographically diverse client base with alliances and clients in the UK, across Europe, USA and Japan.
- SWIP is one of the UK and Europe’s largest fund managers with £136.92bn funds under management (Source: Internal, as at 30 September 2011).
- SWIP has a broad client base, managing assets for Pension Funds, Charities, Local Authorities, Life Funds, Unit Trusts, OEICs, Off-Shore Funds and Specialist Funds across all major asset classes.
- SWIP is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority and is entered on their register under number 193707 (www.fsa.gov.uk).
- Investment markets and conditions can change rapidly and as such the views expressed should not be taken as statements of fact nor should reliance be placed on these views when making investment decisions. Past performance is not a guide to the future.
