Learning the tools of the financial trade

After two years working in the motor claims department at Commercial Union and a brief spell selling...

After two years working in the motor claims department at Commercial Union and a brief spell selling student insurance at Endsleigh, it appeared that at the tender age of 22, my career was going nowhere fast. I decided I needed a degree under my belt so went for one in Financial Services. My BA (Hons) Financial Services at the University of the West of England commenced in 1990. In the initial two years, it shared many of its core subjects with a traditional business studies degree - law, economics, quants, strategic analysis, marketing - but always with a financial services slant. By ...