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).
During the TQC meeting, special attention was given to the EFFAS leading qualification, the Certified European Financial Analyst (CEFA) and to the Certified ESG Analyst (CESGA), with special emphasis on the release of the new training program based on the 2018 syllabus. The update of the CESGA materials, resulted in an in-depth in deep revision of the Programme thanks to the active implication of experts from Germany, Italy, France and Spain, and leaded by Prof. Bassen, the academic advisor. This new version will be released in the first quarter 2019.
Other important topics of the TQC Milan Agenda were the reflections on the successful 11th EFFAS Summer School and the updated Manuals that are now available to all students preparing the CEFA Common Exam, the Certification in Financial Modelling, with Modex as certifying entity, and the discussion on the Framework for Agreements with universities (full and partial cross recognition).