Gb08_engl Umschlag:GB 2005 - DVFA

DVFA GmbH
Finance Academy
Report of the Management _
The training and qualification of DVFA offers four postgraduate programmes, one compact
programme and a number of basis and expert seminars. In all, classes were held
more than 200 days throughout 2008. A total of 12 topics are now covered in various
courses and modules:
� Portfolio theory & management
� Equity analysis & management
� Bond analysis & management
� Derivatives, instruments & strategies
� Financial accounting & corporate finance
� Wealth & relationship management
� Capital market law, taxation & ethics
� Economics
� Investment products
� Financial mathematics and statistics
� Credit analysis, rating and credit portfolio management
� Real estate valuation and real estate portfolio management
DVFA works in these areas with more than 130 experienced professionals and academics
who instruct the various courses. We would like to thank our instructors for their great
commitment to training and qualification within DVFA.
Demand remained very high for our training and qualification programmes in 2008.
Although the expert seminars saw some initial negative impact from the financial crisis,
the flagship programme CIIA in particular has established itself as a central qualification
for asset managers, bankers and analysts. This fact made establishment of an alumni
network a logical step. The new network is designed to provide CIIA graduates and
alumni of the predecessor programmes, CEFA and DVFA Investment Analyst, with the
ability to remain in contact and regularly exchange ideas and views.
On the occasion of the graduation ceremony for 2008 graduates, the names of the
graduates in 2009 were also published for the first time in Börsenzeitung. DVFA
warmly congratulates the graduates on their success and wishes them all the best in
their further careers.
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