On Thursday, 28 June 2018 the ACIIA Council Meeting/Annual General Meeting will be held in Luzern, Switzerland upon kindly invitation of the Swiss Financial Analysts Association (SFAA) and followed in the afternoon by the seminar “The Sustainability Footprint of Institutional Investors” by Prof. Rajna Gibson, Deputy Director (Education & External Affairs) at Geneva Finance Research Institute & Professor of Finance at the University of Geneva, Switzerland.

The day prior, Wednesday 27th June, the Forum for ACIIA Members will be hosted in the same venue at Hotel des Balances Luzern

Mr. Giami was elected new Chairman of the SFAF board on Monday, December 4th 2017 succeeding Jean-Baptiste Bellon. Three other directors were also elected on this occasion: Franck Bataille, Corinne Baudoin and Anne Bellavoine.

At the Council Meeting on 16 November in Hanoi, the members of the Council discussed the method of introducing new topics to the Syllabus, the brand strategies such as the digital learning tools and the addition of new languages in the CIIA examinations. The addition of new languages is based on the idea that candidates will be able to perform their best in examinations when they can use their mother tongue.

The National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) of Spain has granted recognition to the Certified International Investment Analyst (CIIA).