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.

25 October 2018. EFRAG seeks feedback from users to assess the impact of the IASB’s Discussion Paper Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Equity on the distinction between debt and equity. EFRAG invites you to complete our user online survey by 26 November 2018. For the survey click here.

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).

The Capital Markets Commission presents its CMC Working Paper No. 3 titled “The Impact of The Normalization of the ECB's Monetary Policy”, where Prof. Dr. Leef H. Dierks, Deputy Chairman of the CMC, analyses the impact on the forthcoming normalization of the ECB’s monetary policy could have on the monetary union’s equity, fixed income and foreign exchange markets, among others.