ACIIA council members and representatives from 13 countries converged upon Korea in mid-November for the ACIIA council meeting in Seoul. Key discussion topics at the meeting included a review of the examination marking process and accreditation of the CIIA by USA and UK authorities.

The warm welcome from the hosts, the Korea Certified Investment Analysts Association (KCIAA), made sure that the long journey to Seoul was truly worthwhile. A steadily increasing number of Korean candidates have been participating in CIIA examinations since 2002 and the meeting was a good opportunity for the ACIIA executive and the KCIAA to discuss the future development of the CIIA in Korea.

The seminar "International Capital Markets", an event organized by the KCIAA, was well attended by the local investment community.

The seminar was moderated by the ACIIA Deputy Chairman, Jean-François Balmary, from France, and included presentations from ACIIA Chairman, Kiyoto Hagiwara (Japan), Jean-Claude Dufournet (Switzerland), Gary Cheung (Hong Kong) and Michael Theobald (Great Britain) on a range of topics including the challenges faced in European markets and the current performance, trends and opportunities in Hong Kong and mainland China.

Delegates of the ACIIA Council Meeting in Seoul

From left to Right; Gerard Huber, SFAA Switzerland; Jesús López-Zaballos, IEAF Spain; Jean-Claude Dufournet, SFAA Switzerland; Kiyoto Hagiwara, ACIIA Chairman; Kwha-Hyun Hur, KCIAA Korea; Jean-François Balmary, ACIIA Deputy Chairman, Professor Michael Theobald, Chairman of ACIIA International Examinations Committee

This month CIIA candidates from 14 ACIIA national societies have received their results for the September 2005 examinations. The examination session was the 10th since the CIIA exams were implemented in 2001 and included candidates from HACSA Greece for the first time. The examination papers were sat in a range of nine languages and were marked up to three times by experts from three different continents. Since 2001, CIIA examinations have been held in 20 countries and over 3000 professionals have received the designation. There are currently over 5500 candidates registered in the program.

September 2005 CIIA examinations were held in: Ahmedabad, Athens, Buenos Aires, Bangalore, Chennai, Dehli, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Hyderabad, Indore, Interlaken, Kolkata, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, Mumbai, Muscat, New York, Osaka, Paris, Pune, Tokyo, and Vienna.