The need to develop talent in financial services, such as wealth management, remains a key industry issue in Asia, not to mention other parts of the world.

China’s International Business School of Zhejiang University, or ZIBS, and the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment have inked a partnership designed to give students at ZIBS a competitive edge in sectors such as wealth management.

The collaboration covers the following areas: Promotion and research; talent training/qualifications; study and training support, and membership. 

“This ZIBS/CISI collaboration delivers a dynamic program, further enhancing ZIBS graduates’ attractiveness to prospective employers in the global financial services market,” Ben Shenglin, dean and professor of ZIBS, said. 

The partnership comes at a time when the need to develop talent in financial services, particularly in a fast-growing economic region such as the Greater Bay Area (mainland China, Hong Kong, others) is so important. 

Promotion and research: Leaders, members, experts and professors from both bodies will participate in each others' seminars, forums and live broadcasts. They will support each others' research and establish and expand discipline systems of wealth management, green finance and climate finance.