Who are we?
«ACI The Financial Markets Association»
ACI is a leading, global association of wholesale
financial market professionals, contributing to the
market development
through education &
certification, market practices (The Model Code), technical
advice
and networking events.
ACI International was founded in Paris in 1955 as Association Cambiste Internationale.
The
association today counts some 14,000 international members from more than 65 countries.
ACI Luxembourg was founded in 1957 under the name of Forex Club Luxembourg.
In 1998, Forex Club Luxembourg changed its name to *ACI Luxembourg - The Financial
Markets
Association a.s.b.l.. ACI Luxembourg has around 450 members.
Members of ACI are in a large part
engaged within the financial trading or sales environment
in the global financial markets representing
the Foreign Exchange, Interest Rate Products
and other Securities, Banknotes & Bullions, Precious
metals and Commodities and their various
kinds of Derivatives.
Recognized as a multi-cultural, multilingual and cosmopolitan Association, ACI Luxembourg
has always
been able to surmount all major difficulties, and was also able to modernize the
structures as well as to
adapt itself successfully to the changes of the International Markets
new Directives. Challenges
were always addressed properly, and even during the merger and
acquisition period and the recent
financial crisis, the membership of our Association has
continued to remain stable. Not only active on
a local level, ACI Luxembourg
is also well represented internationally by being a Member of several
Executive Committees,
including the Committee for Professionalism.
During its 55 years of existence,
ACI Luxembourg has organized several important events.
Memorable are the event in 1983 with the organization of the 25th Annual General Assembly'
where
about 1000 delegates from abroad attended. Another big event was in 2002 when
our Association
hosted the 6th ACIEuropean Congress and the 44th Annual General Assembly
of ACI. Moreover,
a large number of conferences took place in our country, especially where
distinguished speakers
from all over the world have given their input with regard to Financial
Markets. Last but not least I
like to emphasize the a major important goal of our Association
is EDUCATION. Every year seminars,
conferences and meetings on a professional level are
organized for our members. Since 2011,
ACI Luxembourg offers its Members, in collaboration
with IFBL, the fully certified ACI educational
program consisting of the ACI Dealing Certificate,
the ACI Operational Certificate and the ACI Diploma.
More information on these programs can be found here www.IFBL.lu.
Luc van Laarhoven
President
