On November 14, 2018, the AAFBR Annual Conference took place, celebrating 10 years of its activity!

In this 10th Anniversary year AAFBR developed a commemorative reference paper dedicated to Romania and its local business environment, under the title “Romania after 10 years. Achievements, failures, economic prospects”. Thus, 31 members of the AAFBR, under the guidance of the 10 project leaders, analysed the evolution of the ten main segments of the economy at macroeconomic and microeconomic level in the last decade. The key conclusions of each chapter were presented by each coordinator at the conference.

The TQC Review Panel is part of the of EFFAS standing commission on Training and Qualification with the ultimate task of EFFAS Diploma Designations quality control. Since its foundation in 1990 - as Commission on Training and Qualifications Accreditation Board - the Review Panel has been composed of outstanding personalities of the academic world with wide experience in their fields, who have contributed to make EFFAS the standard setter and referent for high level qualifications in the investment profession.

Since October 2018 the Review Panel has had 5 regular members Dr. Jesús López Zaballos EFFAS Chairman and Prof. Dr. Petra Kalfmann Professor at Corvinus University of Budapest from HCMPS Hungary as well as three recently appointed members: Prof. Dr.Doni Associate Professor at the University of Milano-Bicocca from AIAF Italy, Prof. Dr.Gialdini Associate Professor at Aix Marseille Université and Dr.Porteu de la Morandière Researcher & Lecturer at the ESC Pau Business School, both from SFAF France.

The Federation is honoured with the acceptance of these 3 Honorary Positions and is strongly convinced that with their outstanding profile, expertise and knowledge in the world of academics and research, the new appointed members possess all necessary competences and qualities to guard the EFFAS qualifications and maintain their quality.

30 November Brussels. Directorate General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union European Commission

The Directorate General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union European Commission has invited Mr. Javier de Frutos, Chairman of the EFFAS Commission on Financial Reporting to participate in the High-Level Conference on Corporate Reporting to be held in brussels on 30 November 2018. Mr. De frutos will represent the users on the panel on Corporate Reporting that will gauge stakeholders' view on the future steps for digitalising corporate reporting.

The EFFAS Board as well as the EFFAS Training and Qualification Committee Meeting met in Milan last October 18th & 19th., kindly hosted by The Italian Society AIAF (AssociazioneItalianadegliAnalistiFinanziari).

The Executive Management Committee discussed on the strategic line 2019 as well as the investment of resources to give support to the Federation´s operations, among others, of which those related to the educational offer of EFFAS, such as the approval of the development of further training contents for the Certified European Financial Analyst (CEFA) as well as for the EFFAS Certified Environmental Social Governance Analyst (CESGA).