Consolo’s securities lending courses achieve CPD accreditation 13 February 2020 London Reporter: Drew Nicol
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Consolo has become the first UK securities finance consultancy firm to be awarded a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) accreditation for its securities lending training courses.
The CPD Certification Service is the leading independent accreditation institution operating across all industry sectors.
According to Consolo, CPD combines a range of methodologies for learning, including training and e-learning programmes, which in this case are designed to enable financial services professionals to significantly enhance their knowledge and understanding of the securities lending sector.
To remain compliant, students are typically required to conduct more than 35 hours of CPD learning every year.
Consolo says that for students these consumed hours of training form an integral part of qualifying for their professional development reviews and contributes to the calculation for meeting their professional key performance indicators.
In a statement on the recognition, Consolo says it is now able to offer its independently validated courses to “a much wider spectrum of students”.
The courses are led by Sarah Nicholson, a director for Consolo and former securities finance director for Aviva Investors, along with a team of trainers boasting extensive market experience, which the firm says will ensure that each course is given by someone with the most relevant experience.
“We are very proud to have been awarded this highly respected accreditation, says Nicholson. “To achieve this, we underwent a rigorous evaluation by the CPD to ensure our training programmes met its exacting standards in terms of both quality and integrity.
“I am pleased to announce we passed with flying colours.”
The accreditation is the latest step in the consultancy’s growth strategy which also recently saw it partner with Securities Lending Times to expand and promote its training academy.
Consolo is also gearing up for the first of its new Breakfast Club networking events to be held this month at Eight Club Bank.
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