The 11th edition of the Summer School will take place from 4th to 6th July 2018 in the Grupo Santander Financial City, Boadilla del Monte (Madrid). Plenary sessions and lectures on most actual and relevant topics for our profession in Europe and simultaneous workshops will be given by professors and experts from various industry sectors. Last places available! More information here.

We are glad to publish the results on the survey on ´financial analysts opinion regarding its professional situation´.

The survey has been completed by high-level professionals around Europe and nearly 300 answers have been received from Finland, Sweden, Portugal, UK, Poland, France, Switzerland, Hungary, Italy, Germany, Austria and Spain.

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On the frame of the Annual General Meeting of ÖVFA (Austrian Association of Financial Analysis and Asset Management), Mr. Jean-Claude Trichet will give a key note speech of on 26 June 2018 in Vienna at the headquarters of the Austrian Central Bank.

The event will start at 17.00 and it will be introduced by Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ewald Nowotny, Gouverneur of the Austrian Central Bank.

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Breaking news 21 June 2018.

We have been informed that regrettably Mr. Jean-Claude Trichet has been injured on an Asian mission and for health reasons he cannot hold the key note speech on 26.6.2018. We are very happy to inform you that Prof. Dr. Andreas Dombret, Board member of the Deutsche Bundesbank aD, will hold the key note speech of our Annual General Meeting on 26 June 2018 in Vienna at the headquarters of the Austrian Central Bank.

Integrated reporting can help to better understand the businesses and consequently the associated risks of a company. Therefore, from an investors point of view the better understanding of allocation of capital and long term return perspectives are key to make an appropriate company evaluation.” Frank Klein, EFFAS representative in the IIRC Council

The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) is a global coalition of regulators, investors, companies, standard setters, the accounting profession and NGOs. The coalition is promoting communication about value creation as the next step in the evolution of corporate reporting. The IIRC’s mission is to establish integrated reporting and thinking within mainstream business practice as the norm in the public and private sectors. The coalition comprises entities drawn from broad global communities, including business and other reporting entities; providers of financial capital; policy makers, regulators, the accounting profession, reporting framework developers and standard setters and civil society.

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