Kaplan Financial Ltd was founded in 1958 and is one of the UK’s leading providers of training in accountancy and financial services. Kaplan Financial is part of Kaplan Inc., a subsidiary of The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO). Kaplan Financial has been providing professional accountancy, tax and financial qualifications for more than 50 years. It serves more than 48,000 students a year, both in the UK and overseas. Kaplan Financial offers courses in 28 training centres throughout the UK as well as home study and online learning. Kaplan Financial prepares students for professional accountancy and tax exams including the AAT, ACA, ACCA, and CIMA, and investment qualifications such as CFA, CAIA, FRM, IAQ,[specify] IMC and SII. Kaplan Financial also offers a range of postgraduate courses including MBA, MA and MSc, as well as management and personnel qualifications. Kaplan Financial was formerly known as the Financial Training Company, then as FTC Kaplan after its acquisition in February 2003 by Kaplan, Inc., a global provider of education and training services. FTC also produced exam-focussed study materials, test prep and courses for the American Academy of Financial Management, AAT, ACCA and CIMA that were also used widely in other training institutions in the public and private sectors. These materials are now produced by Kaplan Publishing, another company in the Kaplan group.