Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Alexey V. Moiseev Author-Email: priemnaya_Moiseev@minfin.ru Author-Workplace-Name: Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, Moscow 109097, Russia Author-Name: Alexander V. Murychev Author-Email: priemmav@rssp.ru Author-Workplace-Name: Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, Moscow 109240, Russia Author-Name: Diana K. Mashtakeeva Author-Email: dmashtakeeva@gmail.com Author-Workplace-Name: Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Moscow 125993, Russia Author-Name: Petr N. Novikov Author-Email: pnovikov@nifi.ru Author-Workplace-Name: Financial Research Institute, Moscow 127006, Russia Title: On the Activities of the Council for Professional Qualifications of the Financial Market Abstract: The article reveals issues related to the creation and development of the system for professional qualifications of the financial market — this research was initiated by authors last year (Financial Journal No 2, 2016). It is also focused on main previous year activities of the Council for Professional Qualifications of the Financial Market, which functions and powers are performed by the Association of Participants of the Financial Market known as the Council for the Development of Professional Qualifications. This activity is carried out in close cooperation with the Ministry of Finance and other concerned institutions of Executive power, the relevance of which has increased after the adoption of the Federal Law on the Independent Evaluation of Qualifications. Classification-JEL: J80, D53 Keywords: qualification, professional standard, evaluation of qualifications, professional education, finance, financial market Journal: Finansovyj žhurnal — Financial Journal Pages: 52-62 Issue: 1 Year: 2017 Month: February File-URL: http://www.nifi.ru/images/FILES/Journal/Archive/2017/1/statii_1/fm_2017_1_04.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:fru:finjrn:170104:p:52-62