LONDON, March 3 /PRNewswire/ --

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Wolters Kluwer Financial Services (http://www.wolterskluwerfs.co.uk/), which provides regulatory intelligence, policy management, process management, and oversight to help financial services organisations address their compliance needs, announced today that it has launched new e-learning courses through an agreement with The Unicorn Training Group, the U.K.'s leading e-learning provider for the financial services sector.

The expanded e-learning courses, offered in conjunction with ComplianceOnline, Wolters Kluwer Financial Services' U.K. compliance portal, provide financial professionals with a wider range of customisable courses that are tailored to their firm's policies, procedures and culture. The extensive list of courses covers various compliance topics, including anti-money laundering, ethics, financial crime and data protection.

As the financial markets experience unprecedented change, the importance of having properly trained staff has never been more apparent, said Neill McWilliams, CEO of the Unicorn Training Group. In working with Wolters Kluwer Financial Services' experts, who offer valuable insight on the current regulatory environment, we can develop training courses that help ensure financial professionals keep up-to-date with regulatory and legislative changes.

The Unicorn Training Group has built a strong reputation in the financial services sector for the breadth and quality of offerings delivered on its training platforms, said Dean Curtis, managing director-U.K. at Wolters Kluwer Financial Services. Together we are able to provide our clients with exceptional technology, content and subject matter expertise in training solutions as part of our complete regulatory and risk solution proposition.

The expanded e-learning offerings complement Wolters Kluwer Financial Services' comprehensive suite of compliance solutions, which address challenges related to regulatory research (http://www.wolterskluwerfs.co.uk/Solutions/reg_research.html), policy management (http://www.wolterskluwerfs.co.uk/Solutions/policy_mang.html), personal account dealing (http://www.wolterskluwerfs.co.uk/Solutions/personal_account.html), anti-fraud (http://www.wolterskluwerfs.co.uk/Solutions/antifraud.html), corporate actions (http://www.wolterskluwerfs.co.uk/Solutions/corporate_actions.html) and anti-money laundering (http://www.wolterskluwerfs.co.uk/Solutions/anti_money.html).

For more information about Wolters Kluwer Financial Services' new e-learning courses, visit www.unicorntraining.com/wolterskluwer.

About Wolters Kluwer Financial Services

Wolters Kluwer Financial Services (http://www.wolterskluwerfs.com/) provides best-in-class compliance, content, and technology solutions and services that help financial organizations manage risk and improve efficiency and effectiveness across their enterprise. The organization's prominent brands include Bankers Systems, VMP(R) Mortgage Solutions, PCi, AppOne(R), GainsKeeper(R), Capital Changes, NILS, AuthenticWeb(TM) and Uniform Forms(TM). Wolters Kluwer Financial Services is part of Wolters Kluwer (http://www.wolterskluwer.com/), a leading global information services and publishing company with annual revenues of (2008) euro 3.4 billion and approximately 20,000 employees worldwide. Please visit our Web site (http://www.wolterskluwerfs.com/About/About.html)for more information.

About The Unicorn Training Group

The Unicorn Training Group is one of the longest established technology based learning businesses in the U.K., with an unbroken record of growth and profitability stretching back to 1988. Unicorn specialises in Web-based training, providing compliance and development solutions. Absolutely Training joined the Unicorn Training Group in 2008, bringing together two of the leading companies in e-learning for the U.K. Financial Services.

Jennifer Marso, Director, Corporate Communications, +1-612-852-7912, jennifer.marso@wolterskluwer.com, or Angela Peterson, Senior Public Relations Specialist, +1-612-656-7745, angela.peterson@wolterskluwer.com, both of Wolters Kluwer Financial Services