Madrid, April 7, 2020
In the face of the crisis caused by COVID 19 the Financial Studies Foundation (Fundación de Estudios Financieros) launches “Solidarity Finance” within the general solidarity initiative in the business and financial field. The measures are:
Madrid, April 1, 2020
As a result of the current COVID-19 pandemic, the issuing Council of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) published on March 27 a communication in which it stressed that it is working closely with prudential regulatory bodies and stock markets on the application of IFRS 9 in this environment of COVID-19.
The IASB mentions in its communication that several of these regulators, both at European and global level, have issued recommendations on the "prudent" application of this standard in the results of the first quarter of 2020. The IASB encourages entities to take into account these recommendations from the regulators.
Stockholm, March 30, 2020.
Lars Söderfjell was elected to Chair of the Sveriges Finansanalytikers Förening (SFF) – the Swedish Society of Financial Analysts at their 2019 AGM.
He has a long history within the SFF helping to contribute to their work promoting the role of financial analysts in Sweden. He is Head of Equities at Ålandsbanken and chair of the SFF’s Company Valuation commission.
Milan, March 30, 2020.
Davide Grignani is the new Chairman of AIAF, the Italian Association for Financial Analysis, which brings together all those who practice this profession in Italy. His assignment will last four years.
He is currently Managing Director, Head of Financial Institutions of Société Générale Italy. He will continue the work carried out by the outgoing Chairman Alberto Borgia, whom AIAF thanks for having contributed to the Association helping it become the Standard Setter of financial analysis in Italy.
“I take on this important task in one of the most difficult moments of the last 70 years” - says Davide Grignani. “Today the challenge of our new prestigious team is more than ever to support the role of the financial analyst who is and will be even more indispensable, thanks to his ability to identify and assess risks.”
Read moreMadrid, March 13,2020
Bankia bets on EFFAS CESGA certification to train its professionals in ESG[i].
The in-fashion green certificate the managers of Santander, BBVA or Caixa are fighting for[ii]
The primary focus of the PTF-CRR was on identifying good reporting practices and assessing the level of maturity in the implementation of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) recommendations, while also taking into consideration the climate-related reporting elements of the EU Non-financial Reporting Directive and the related European Commission non-binding guidelines.
