The Skills Workshop: empowering young people to choose asset management

Demystifying the finance industry

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Access to financial education. Improved financial literacy. Access to social capital. Options. Choice. These are the core underlying values of The Skills Workshop; an initiative launched on 7 June in conjunction with #TalkAboutBlack, CFA Society UK, EnCircle and the Diversity Project, alongside more than 60 other partner organisations to help equip future talent with the insight, knowledge, and skills needed to succeed.

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