Mr Jose Luis Blasco has been elected on behalf of EFFAS to participate in the Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance which will start meeting as of July 2018 and its mandate will run until 30 June 2019, with possible extension until the end of 2019.

As part of its work on implementing the action plan on sustainable finance, the Commission set up a Technical Working Group on Sustainable Finance in spring 2018. The main tasks of the Group are to assist the Commission in the development of

• an EU taxonomy of environmentally sustainable economic activities
• an EU Green Bond Standard
• a category of "low carbon" indices for use by asset and portfolio managers as a benchmark for a low carbon investment strategy
• metrics allowing improving disclosure on climate-related information.

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.

More details and registration here

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.

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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