| 22 June | ifs School of Finance welcomes FSA’s RDR Consultation Paper The ifs School of Finance has welcomed the release of the FSA’s Consultation Paper on the Retail Distribution Review, which puts forward a number of proposals for the future of the regulation of the retail investment market. |
| 11 June | Sir James Sassoon announced as new Chairman of the ifs School of Finance Sir James Sassoon, formerly Managing Director, Finance and Industry at HM Treasury, will become the new Chairman of the ifs School of Finance it was announced today. Sir James will take over officially from current Chairman Donald Brydon CBE in December of this year. |
| 2 June | ifs School of Finance donates historic Paper Money Collection to the British Museum The ifs School of Finance has agreed to donate its historic Paper Money Collection to the British Museum. The collection, which comprises some 30,000 items, has been on loan to the Department of Coins and Medals of the British Museum since 1988 and as such forms a significant part of one of the world's finest numismatic collections. |
| 27 May | ifs launches new qualification in international trade and finance The ifs School of Finance has launched a new professional qualification for Trade Finance specialists that will enable them to hone their knowledge, skills and expertise, and set themselves apart in the competitive international trade and finance environment. |
| 26 May | ifs and University of Surrey launch new Masters Degree in Financial Services Management The ifs School of Finance in partnership with the School of Management at the University of Surrey, have launched a new dual award postgraduate qualification - the MSc in Financial Services Management and Charter ed Associateship of ifs School of Finance. |
| 15 May | ifs welcomes Select Committee call for greater focus on greater banking expertise and qualifications among non-executive directors The ifs School of Finance has welcomed recommendations, outlined in the report released today by the Treasury Select Committee, for a greater focus on expertise and appropriate qualifications for non-executive directors in the banking sector. |
| 14 May | ifs calls for increased focus on financial capability in wake of FSA report The ifs School of Finance has called for there to be an increased focus on financial capability following a report released by the FSA today. ‘Financial capability and wellbeing: Evidence from the BHPS’ draws on the British Household Panel Survey to examine the links between people’s ability to manage and take control of their money, and their psychological well-being. |
| 11 May | ifs launches third 'Skills Exchange Day' The ifs School of Finance has launched its third ‘Skills Exchange Day’ - a one-day event that provides a forum for teams from businesses across a range of disciplines to come together and learn new, highly transferrable skills within a fast-paced and engaging learning environment. |
| 05 May | Teenagers get to grips with the credit crunch to claim national Student Investor Challenge prize A team of four students from Loreto College in Northern Ireland have tackled the issues raised by the financial crisis and the credit crunch, and held off competition from over 40,000 other teenagers, to win the 2008-9 ifs Student Investor Challenge - a national financial education competiti on run by the ifs School of Finance. |
| 28 April | ifs welcomes increased focus on financial education in schools The ifs School of Finance has welcomed the Government's announcement that it plans to make financial capability education in primary and secondary schools compulsory from September 2011. |
| 28 April | 20,000 students register for ifs School of Finance Financial Capability courses More than 20,000 students nationwide registered for the ifs School of Finance's GCSE, AS and A-Level equivalent qualifications in financial capability in over 360 schools and colleges during the 2008-09 academic year. This is up from some 12,000 students in the previous year. |
| 24 April | ifs launches new retail banking qualifications The ifs School of Finance is launching two specialist qualifications designed to set a new independent benchmark in customer service excellence and help UK retail banks embed the FSA's newly announced framework for the conduct of retail banking business within their organisations. |
| 15 April | Ofqual approves amendments to ifs Level 4 DipFA Ofqual has confirmed that it has formally approved the amendments the ifs School of Finance made to its Level 4 Diploma for Financial Advisers (DipFA), designed in response to the FSA's Retail Distribution Review (RDR). |
| 14 April | New poll shows 70% of youngsters would like more financial education in schools The ifs School of Finance has welcomed the results released today of a new poll carried out by Abbey National and the Citizenship foundation, in which 70% of respondents said that they would like to receive more financial education in school. |
| 23 March | MP commends value of employee share ownership Former Minister Alan Milburn MP has called for employer share ownership to be made more accessible to a wider employee base. |
| 11 March | Advisers excited by ifs DipFA accreditation confirmation The announcement that the ifs Level 4 Diploma for Financial Advisers has received the expected accreditation from Ofqual has delighted financial advisers, keen to have a relevant alternative to old solutions. Networks such as, Positive Solutions, Foster Denovo and threesixty are amongst the many who will be encouraging advisers to take the ifs qualification. |
| 16 February | Ofqual Accredits DipFA at Level 4 The qualifications regulator, Ofqual, has approved accreditation of the ifs School of Finance’s Level 4 Diploma for Financial Advisers (DipFA). This follows the recent support for the DipFA by the Financial Services Skills Council (FSSC). |
| 30 January | FSSC Approves ifs Diploma The Financial Services Skills Council (FSSC) today confirmed their support for the accreditation submission for the ifs School of Finance's level 4 Diploma for Financial Advisers (DipFA). |
| 28 January | Three year study confirms financial education achieves lasting improvements in teenagers The University of Manchester today published the findings of their three year study into the effectiveness of standalone qualifications in personal finance. |
| 15 January | Bankhall turns to ifs Diploma for Financial Advisers The ifs School of Finance today confirmed that Bankhall Investment Associates Ltd. has signed up to offer their members the ifs Diploma for Financial Advisers (DipFA). |
| 15 January | Treasury Minister commends ifs School of Finance Last night Stephen Timms MP, the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, opened the new ifs School of Finance campus next to the Monument in London. |
| 09 January | Education, Education, Education The ifs School of Finance, a business school for and about finance, today announced the launch of their largest ever offering of financial education training programmes for financial services professionals. In total, more than 100 courses are on offer. |
| 09 January | ifs School of Finance celebrates 130 years of success This year marks the 130th anniversary of the ifs School of Finance. |
