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…
The European Federation of Financial Analysts Societies (EFFAS) held the Executive Management Committee (EMC) meeting in a hybrid form in Madrid and via Zoom on 28th October 2022. The EMC meeting was hosted by IEAF, the EFFAS Spanish member society, at there headquarters in Madrid. The meeting was chaired by Dr. Jesús López Zaballos (IEAF,…
The CIRA (Cercle Investor Relations Austria) Annual Conference 2022 took place on 12 October 2022. This year, the ÖVFA was again a cooperation partner of this first-class event for capital market specialists in Austria. The conference began with the lecture “Who is simulating here?” by simulation researcher Niki Popper. The conference featured top-class panels on…
Iberian Property and Real Asset Media are pleased to resume the successful series of investment related events, with the IBERIAN INVESTMENT BRIEFING, a half-day conference focused on Iberia, which will bring together the real estate investment community in London, on Tuesday 18th of October. Manuel Puerta Da Costa, member of the EFFAS Executive Management Committee…
During its first pilot year in Spain and Germany the EFFAS ESG Essentials has already surpassed 1,000 title holders. At this point we want to thank our Spanish and German Societies IEAF and DVFA, as well as their corporate clients for trusting in the EFFAS brand and our high-quality certifications to provide structured training on…
To accomplish EFFAS’s mission to offer relevant and high-quality training the EFFAS Certified ESG Analyst® Programme has been revisited and updated by the EFFAS ESG Faculty. The 2022 update incorporates new relevant emerging topics, especially in the fast-evolving regulatory landscape, but also in responsible investing across asset classes and ESG reporting. Additionally, the complementary Module…
The European Federation of Financial Analysts Societies (EFFAS) welcomed the new Chair of the Arbitration Board, Mr. Michel Berger (SFAF). The Arbitration Board is formed by Mr. Henning Esskuchen (ÖVFA), Stefano Volante (AIAF) and Mr. Berger whose nominations were approved at the EMC meeting on the 12 May 2022 in Vienna and then ratified at…