EFFAS Digital Assets and MiCA Programme: specialized for financial institutions Markets in Crypto-assets (MiCA) Regulation, introduced in 2020, provides a sound legal framework for crypto-asset markets to develop within the EU by clearly defining the regulatory treatment of crypto-assets that are not covered by existing financial services legislation. To address these issues, EFFAS is preparing…
CESGA included under the GSF Training Information Repository, Hong Kong The Green and Sustainable Finance Cross-Agency Steering Group chaired by Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has officially launched the Green and Sustainable Finance Training Information Repository. Friends of the Earth (HK), the official Asia- Pacific Partner of The…
“ESG will revolutionise economies and capital markets” – Interview with Friedrich Mostböck Fritz Mostböck manages the Erste Group Research business area. He recently fulfilled his ambition to become a Certified ESG Analyst (CESGA), one of very few in Austria today. In this interview he explains why he took part in this demanding programme, and why…
New!!! Regional Developments in North America coming soon Module 10 of the EFFAS Certified ESG Analyst Programme (CESGA) is expanding. The body of the programme already extensively covers European ESG issues and information on ESG developments in the APAC region was included in the latest materials update in Module 10 with information on markets in…
Eagerly awaited EFFAS ESG Essentials launch April 2022 EFFAS, pioneer in ESG certifications worldwide, is pleased to introduce the ESG Essentials programme. The concept of responsible investment is here to stay. ESG (Environmental, Social and corporate Governance) factors are no longer the sole reserve of clients committed to protecting the planet: today ESG factors are…
410 New EFFAS Certified ESG Analysts Today we have 410 new EFFAS Certified ESG Analyst® holders to sow the seeds of change for the coming generation. With results now published for the 18 March 2022 EFFAS Certified ESG Analyst® examination we now have a total of 3,057 holders. If we compare the number of holders…
CESGA Regional Developments: North & Latin America In response to the positive feedback received for the complimentary Module 10 on ESG Regional Developments to the EFFAS Certified ESG Analyst u00ae programme, EFFAS decided to expand the module contents. At present Module 10 covers the APAC region. Written by Anthony Cheung, CESGA Holder and EFFAS regional…
Repair, Renew, Reuse, Recycle and NOW Refresh… As a non-profit organization EFFAS is striving to help financial market participants gain the skills necessary to help tackle some of the most pressing problems of our age by promoting ethical values and the push for sustainability through training its members and certification holders in the areas of…
EFFAS Certified ESG Analyst®(CESGA) Continues its leadership.
EFFAS e-certificates Moving with the times and circumstance in 2019 EFFAS quickly adapted at the start of the pandemic to offer its CESGA certification examination in an online version. This allowed candidates to do the exam with minimal interruption to their schedules already affected by the pandemic. n Continuing this digital path EFFAS issued its…