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The AAFM International Board of Standards is the global certifying body that owns the certifications, charters, masters designations, global intellectual property, copyrights, designations, and marks used internationally . © The AAFM Board of Standards USA Recognizes, accredits, sanctions or approves of over 600 approved and registered training channels worldwide. Qualified Graduates of approved programs can apply for certification. The AAFM Board of Standards is sole body that issues the certifications, distinctions, designations, awards while also engaged in public policy discussions, research, consulting, and alliances globally.

The AAFM Global Board of Standards is headed by its CEO and Chair in the United States: Prof. Dr. George Mentz, JD, MBA, CWM - Attorney at Law. The Global Certifications and Voice of the AAFM are supervised and owned by the AAFM Global Board of Standards which has representatives from 50 countries.

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The AAFM ™ Board of Standards was founded in 1996, via a merger between the American Academy of Financial Management & Analysts (AAFMA) and the Founders Advisory Committee of the Original Tax and Estate Planning Law Review ™. The AAFMA was originally established in as a professional organization for investment managers, lawyers, and analysts. The Law Review was founded to examine strategic wealth and estate planning issues for Law, CPA, PhD, and MBA graduates and to award the wealth management, estate planning, and tax designations. AAFM currently recognizes over 50,000 PhDs, Lawyers, CPAs, AACSB Graduates, & Masters Degree Holders as executive members in over 151 nations. As there had not been a graduate professional financial organization specifically for MBAs, CPAs, Lawyers and PhDs, the AAFM ™ has met this need and become the organization of choice for highly educated individuals or industry experts because AAFM requires an accredited college degree for membership and certification.

The AAFM Board of Standards, Academy, Fellows, and Financial Commission: issues policy statements, white papers, publishes books, produces reports, analyzes industry trends, issues press releases and makes resulotions. The AAFM Financial Accords and Standards are reviewed each year to increase world financial harmonization and cultural exchange.

The Recognized Board of Standards for AAFM has been composed of 50 member professionals including faculty from several universities, financial executives and managers, lawyers, judges, and world renowned financial planning practitioners. 10 Doctorate level professionals sit on our academic committees overseeing standards and ethics. AAFM was begun by executives and faculty to provide financial standards and certification worldwide through the recognition of accredited programs and sanctioned executive training. AAFM'S Board of Standards committees are a honorary voluntary board that creates the standards for professional membership and charter board certifications. AAFM owns the intellectual property, copyrights, designations, and marks used herein. ©

AAFM ™ is the regulatory body for the much sought after AAFM ™ Designations, Credentials, Fellow Status and Academy Status. The AAFM ™ Executive Designation Programs provide the assurance that the holder has met the suggested criteria for graduate credentials set out in the Ibanez US Supreme Court Decision. Further, the AAFM board certification requires passing 6 different levels of standards. Acceptance into the AAFM is a high distinction and requires the holder to possess a graduate level portfolio of skills and knowledge. Acceptance statistics are not high, and the designation when achieved is a high honor strictly for accredited degree graduates.

Furthermore, AAFM ™ is listed and/or recognized on the United Nations Civil Society Registry, the Department of Education Registry, International Investor Education ™ registry, and AAFM is also recognized on the US Department of Labor BLS Registry. The AAFM ™ also has negotiated global trademark agreements with both the CFP ™-Board of Standards and the CFA ™-Institute. AAFM is globally known for its global cross recognition agreements with the top 2 business school accreditation agencys that accredit 560+ business schools worlwide which are the AACSB and ACBSP . Through these accreditation articulations, AAFM is able to accept course credit for advanced standing from the government recognized business schools globally. Moreover, AAFM has made available graduate online executive training worldwide from our alliance accredited law school to accomodate those seeking fast track board certification.

The AAFM ™ has seen a meteoric rise to affluence and membership in recent years, as financial executives and managers strive to maintain and augment their education, credentials, integrity, and skill sets. AAFM has strategic partnerships with 560 business schools globally through the top two business school acreditation agencys worldwide, The AACSB ™ International and The ACBSP ™. AAFM also has an alliance with the Indian Finance Institute, The Asian Bankers Organization, & The RSOF Royal Society of Fellows Worldwide. The AAFM ™ and its partners have sponsored some of the most elite global conferences on finance, tax, investments, law, wealth management, portfolio management, economics, and ecommerce issues on several continents. The AAFM Board of Standards is also a founder of the Accreditation Council for Finance and Management (ACFM) The Accreditation Council is an independent accreditation body seeking to identify the best in management and finance education and training. ACFM also serves as a ranking, policy, accrediting and standards organization.

AAFM’s mission is to serve its global membership and stakeholders as a world leader in educating and reinforcing the international knowledge of executives and potential leadership of financial based institutions. AAFM ™ now has representative offices in NY USA, LA USA, Hong Kong, Beijing, India, Athens, Cairo, Latin America and South America, Singapore, The Carribean, Europe, and more. AAFM ™ mandates consent to high standards of professional conduct, and AAFM activities are International in nature and scope.

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* Honorary Global Advisor or Faculty Excellence Award

*Some members on the Global Advisor List are Honorary Emeritus Faculty which is purely an Award Status and Recognition of Academic Excellence, Life Service, and Research. Members may nominate faculty to the board of advisors and faculty members have rights to offer amendments for the innovation of standards for AAFM. Faculty members are in no way considered to be faculty of the AAFM except within the limits of an Honorary or Emeritus Faculty Award Recognition. . They are simply recognized faculty members of Select Universities Worldwide that have been unanimously approved to receive honors from AAFM.

**Honorary Advisor to the Board

AAFM™ Super Board of Standards Members:

  • Prof. George Mentz, JD, MBA, CWM, FAD, CPM, CAM, MFP Mas. Fin. Professional. Director and President US Academic Board (USA-LA)
  • C. Cooper, CPM, CWM, FAD, CAM, MFP Mas. Fin. Professional (Honorary Advisor 2007)
  • Professor William Byrnes, IV, JD, LLM, MFP, CWM, CTEP
  • Dr. Santillan, PhD - AAFM Latin America
  • Carl Thong, MBA, MFP - AAFM Asia


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* Note: these distinguished faculty members or executives are not faculty of AAFM. The majority of professors here are award recipients and honorary distinguished global advisors. To see an official list of Faculty or Speakers, Please view Faculty

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