FEBELFIN ACADEMY (Belgium)

Febelfin, founded on March 28, 2003, is the Federation of six trade associations from the Belgian financial industry:

-The Belgian Bankers' Association (BBA)

-The Professional Union of Credit Providers (PUCP)

-The Belgian Association of Investment Funds and Companies (BAIFC) (BEAMA as from 25/03/2004)

-The Belgian Association of Stock Exchange Members (BASEM)

-The Belgian Association of Asset Managers and Investment Advisers (BAAMIA) (BEAMA as from 25/03/2004)

- The Belgian Leasing Association (BLA)

The CFPB is the training organisation for the banking industry. It aims to assist all businesses in the sector with the training and certification of their employees, regardless of their profession, throughout their professional life:

- firstly, with the professional integration of young employees through workstudy programmes (apprenticeship and vocational training contracts), which concern around 8,000 young people in the banking sector every year;

- then with the development of skills for all employees at each step in their career, whether in acquiring fundamentals, perfecting knowledge of a business or in a field, or developing expertise…

- …using a wide range of courses leading to a qualification which, according to circumstances, provide preparation or are based on a more cross-functional approach;

- …or training courses and advanced training or job adaptation units, available either in face-to-face or distance learning format, and either “off the shelf” (inter-company models) or tailor made (intra-company models): in particular, this offer covers the individual customer market, the professional and corporate market, wealth management, the financial markets, back-office banking, management and personnel development, as well as, on a more cross-functional level, the main collective subjects affecting the profession (money laundering, for example).

Frankfurt School of Finance & Management is a leading private business school based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. We have 86 regional education centres throughout Germany and various joint ventures and programmes abroad.We offer top class degree courses and continuing education options in seven different programme divisions. We maintain four specialist research centres and run numerous international consulting projects. All educational, research and consulting activities are focused on finance and management. By finance, we mean cross functional financial activities at all companies that deal with financial management. And by management, we mean classical corporate leadership, where managers deploy employees and resources in such a way that the company’s goals are met as cost-effectively as possible. Frankfurt School of Finance & Management originated in the financial sector, but today our services enjoy increasing appreciation in other business sectors as well. In the future, we will be continuing to expand our national and international networking with the business community.