Vienna, April 3 &4, 2019 Last week ÖVFA hosted in Vienna the April meetings of the Executive Management Committee (EMC) and the Training and Qualification Committee (TQC) on two consecutive days, 3rd and 4th of April. We would like to express our gratitude to ÖVFA Chairman Mr. Mostboeck & Mr. Bunk, ÖVFA Secretary General and ÖVFA team for the excellent premises and organisation of the meetings, as well as for the joint dinner hosted for both committees.

Frankfurt, 25 March 2019 ABAFwill kindly host the EFFAS AGM in Brussels on 13 and 14 June 2019. The notice of meeting has been circulated to our National Members Societies, that are welcome to participate in the meetings through their Representatives.

Frankfurt, 1 April 2019 EFFAS, the European Federation of Financial Analysts Societies, has reached an agreement with Modex (finmodex.com), a Modelandum* company, to offer all EFFAS members three new certificationsin financial modelling:

March 18, 2019 The Commission on Financial Reporting (CFR) meeting was held at the EFFAS office and attended by Friedrich Spandl, Luca D’Onofrio, Henning Strom, Serge Pattyn, Jacques de Greling and Javier de Frutos. Dr. Carsten was in Brussels attending an EU conference on Corporate Reporting.