The European Federation of Financial Analysts’ Societies (EFFAS), has reached an agreement with Amsterdam-based sustainability-focused education platform Earth Academy to promote the EFFAS Certified ESG Analyst Certification (CESGA) in the USA. EFFAS’ Chair, Jesús López Zaballos, stated that “the USA’s influence on the world makes it a key area where training programmes such as the…
At EFFAS, our mission is to help financial market participants develop the skills necessary to tackle today’s most pressing problems through ethical values and sustainability training. As part of our commitment to this mission, we are glad to offer a free one-month access to our updated Certificate the ESG Analyst (CESGA) Programme. This exclusive offer…
The Association of Financial-Banking Analysts from Romania (AAFBR) in partnership with the Institute of Financial Studies (ISF) is launching the ESG Essentials programme in Romania. It is designed to facilitate an understanding of fundamental concepts and trends in environmental and social issues along with corporate governance (i.e., Environmental, Social, and Governance, known under the acronym…
Javier de Frutos, Chair of the EFFAS Commission on Financial Reporting (CFR), attended the inaugural IFRS Foundation Sustainability Symposium on 17 February 2023 in Montréal, Canada. Here is his summary of the key points. The meeting convened global businesses, investors, and policy makers to discuss progress towards a global baseline of sustainability standards to facilitate…
Everyone at EFFAS was deeply saddened to hear of the recent passing of our valued colleague and friend, Andrea Gasperini. Chartered Accountant and Auditor in Milan, Italy. Since 1993 Andrea was Head of Sustainability and the ESG Observatory at the Associazione Italiana per l’Analisi Finanziaria (AIAF). Andrea was a pioneer and leader in ESG matters…
EFFAS is glad to support the V IBERIAN REIT&LISTED Conference (MADRID 2023 08th February, The Westin Palace). Real estate is the long-term investment, with the best return on adjusted risk, allowing an inflation coverage for main institutional investors. The listed real estate companies – REIT’s – are the most transparent y sustainable to make the…
Serge Pattyn a member of the EFFAS Commission on Financial Reporting (CFR) was appointed with immediate effect as the new Vice Chair of the EFRAG Financial Reporting Board (FRB) by the EFRAG General Assembly on 12 December 2022. Mr. Pattyn is a member of the Belgian Association of Financial Analysts (ABAF/BVFA) and was formerly acting…
EFFAS is delighted to announce that on 12 December 2022 the Certified ESG Analyst (CESGA) was approved under the Pilot Green and Sustainable Finance Capacity Building Support Scheme in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Hong Kong) (https://www.greentalent.org.hk/) with the Programme Identification Code: GTP-260223. As announced by the Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong in…
EFFAS would like to welcome Thorsten Müller as the newest member of the Executive Management Committee (EMC) and look forward to his contributions to the meetings. Mr Müller was co-opted at the EMC Meeting in writing held on 5 December 2022. He is taking over as the representative for DVFA from Mr Klaus Beinke. The…
The Association of Financial and Banking Analysts in Romania (AAFBR) has elected a new Board of Directors to serve for the next two years. They have increased the number of directors by two to a total of seven by adding two more Vice President. Ms. Daniela Ropota CIIA, CESGA was re-elected for a new two-year…