EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF FINANCIAL ANALYSTS SOCIETIES
Budget
€50 — €0
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
6
0.6 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
Founded in 1962, EFFAS federates 15 nationally based societies of investment professionals in Europe. Our main goals are: - Being a center for reflexion and think tank, encouraging the research and the independent opinion on Economy, Finance and Financial and Stock Markets with the ultimate goal of setting necessary standards for the finance industry. - Being a Working and Discussion Forum for qualified professionals and researchers in those fields and also with the economic and financial authorities in order to facilitate the modernisation and best knowledge of capital markets. - Being an International referent in Training and Professionals´ Qualifications, promoting the recognition among regulators and third parties of the EFFAS Diplomas. Ensuring professional development and continue training through seminars, conferences, professional meetings, among others.
EU Legislative Interests
1. MiFID II/MiFIR regulatory framework 2. The Listing Act” that encompasses a comprehensive revision of the investment research regime under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MIFID II). 3. The Non-Financial Reporting Directive (Directive 2014/95/EU, the “NFRD”) is an amendment to the Accounting Directive (Directive 2013/34/EU) 4. Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 on sustainability‐related disclosures in the financial services sector 5. A proposal for a regulation on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment. This regulation establishes the conditions and the framework to gradually create a unified classification system ('taxonomy') on what can be considered an environmentally sustainable economic activity. This is a first and essential step in the efforts to channel investments into sustainable activities. 6. A proposal for a regulation amending the benchmark regulation. The proposed amendment will create a new category of benchmarks comprising low-carbon and positive carbon impact benchmarks, which will provide investors with better information on the carbon footprint of their investments.
Communication Activities
1. Position statements on European policy choices, oral and written 2. Newsletter 3. Events / conferences 4. Press articles
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
EFRAG - European Financial Reporting Advisory Group - www.efrag.org / represented in the Board by Hans Buysse, in the European Lab Project Task Force on Reporting of Non-Financial Risks and Opportunities by J.P Desmartins, and in the Project Task Force to operate the project on preparatory work for the elaboration of possible EU non-financial reporting standards and the Technical Expert Group by Serge Pattyn 2025. EFRAG Sustainability Reporting Board represented by Susana Penarrubia) ACIIA - Association of Certified Investment International Analysts - www.aciiia.org / represented in the Council by Jesús López Zaballos ECMI - European Capital Markets Institute - www.eurocapitalmarkets.org / EFFAS is represented on the Board by Thorsten Müller IFRS - EFFAS is represented in the IFRS Advisory Council by Jesus Lopez Zaballos, Chair of the EFFAS Board. XBRL - eXtensible Business Reporting Language - www.xbrl.org / represented in the Council by Manuel Puerta Da Costa, EFFAS Board member WICI - World Intellectual Capital Initiative (Europe) - www.wici-global.com / Represented in the council by Stefano Zambon (Chairman)
Organisation Members
(in alphabetical order) AABR - Romanian Association of Financial and Banking Analyst (Romania) www.aafb.ro ABAF - Belgian Association of Financial Analysts Belgium) www.abaf-bvfa.be AIAF - ASSOCIAZIONE ITALIANA DEGLI ANALISTI FINANZIARI (Italy) www.aiaf.it APAF - Associação Portuguesa de Analistas Financeiros (Portugal) www.apaf.org.pt DVFA - Deutsche Vereinigung für Finanzanalyse und Asset Management e.V. / GmbH (Germany) www.dvfa.de HCMPS - Hungarian Capital Market Professionals' Society (Hungary) www.capmarketprof.hu IFS - Institute of Financial Services (Malta) www.ifsmalta.org Instituto Español de Analistas (Spain) www.ieaf.es NFF - Norske Finansanalytikeres Forening - The Norwegian Society of Financial Analysts (Norway) www.finansanalytiker.no OVFA - Oesterreichische Vereinigung für Finanzanalyse und Asset Management (Austria) www.ovfa.at SFAF - French Society of Financial Analysts (France) www.sfaf.com SFAA - Swiss Financial Analysts Association (Switzerland) www.sfaa.ch SFF - Sveriges Finansanalytikers Förenin - The Swedish Society of Financial Analysts (Sweeden) www.finansanalytiker.se FSFA - The Finnish Society of Financial Analysts (Finland) www.sijoitusanalyytikot.fi ZMiD - The Polish Society of Financial Analysts (Poland)
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.