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The American Academy of Financial Management ™is an independent worldwide graduate society of financial professionals. We are a global self regulatory organization that recognizes the highest in educational, experience, ethical, and continuing education standards as dictated by the Supreme Court decision on financial credentials. © AAFM has members in 100+ countries. AAFM is a professional association member of The AACSB™ International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business and the ACBSP (the first financial organization to achieve membership and alliance with both accreditation agencies in the world) . With conferences and summits in Beijing, China, Geneva, Switzerland, and the Caribbean, AAFM is at the forefront of International Finance, Law, & Economics. Read about our AAFM ™ International Recognition, Listings and Disclosure with Various Authorities AAFM now has a global recognition agreement with the ACBSP and the AACSB International which are the Top 2 Accreditation Agencies Worldwide for Business Schools and represent 560 of the top business schools..

With liaison provider representative offices in Hong Kong, Geneva/Zurich, New Orleans, Mexico, Brazil, The Caribbean, Dubai, New Delhi, India, San Francisco, Beijing, and Singapore, AAFM is the only truly worldwide graduate financial training and certification organization for financial managers, analysts, planners, faculty, investment executives and counselors. Further, AAFM is the first purely financial certification training organization to be sanctioned an education arm of The Chinese Government. AAFM is the first Global Financial Organization to achieve recognition for the AACSB™ Internationally Accredited Business School Education and Training. Further, AAFM has a coexistence agreement with the CFP™ Board of Standards and The AIMR™ Worldwide in which AAFM will now offer the MFP Master Financial Professional Graduate Designation & The Registered Financial Specialist Credentials globally through this agreement. AAFM has also been recently approved for listing in the US Dept. of Labors Websites along with other top financial and accounting organizations.

As for AAFM Global CertificationTraining, The AAFM offers onsite training and financial planning training and wealth management training in conjunction with BISYS International, Dearborn Kaplan, and The IIR Worldwide. These are 3 of the largest financial training companies in the world. BISYS and Dearborn Kaplan have made online course available for AAFM and the IIR is offering AAFM certification training courses in several countries worldwide.

Unlike many other financial planning organizations, we require a college education from all applicants and traditional study of financial theory, investments, economics, and ethics. Moreover, with an accredited college degree comes testing, research, and study in diverse areas of finance. The AAFM Constitution and By-Laws are regulated by a Board of Standards including several doctorate level professionals, deans, professors, and executives. AAFM is working with 560 colleges around the world to improve and harmonize financial education and training.

AAFM was started by MBAs, Doctorates, and Financial Executives devoted to: research, and competency in financial and tax related fields. Moreover, financial executives, faculty, lawyers and bankers who specialize in wealth management, tax, trust, and estate planning came together to craft the designations, education criteria, and credentials that we award today to the world's finest Practitioners. With liaison offices in Hong Kong, Monterey, New Orleans and Europe, AAFM is on the Cutting Edge of Financial Wealth Management Worldwide.

AAFM has membership that includes top finance professors from colleges around the world such as Stanford, New York University, AGSM, University of London, Princeton, Universite de Bourgogne Dijon Cedex, Thunderbird Grad. School, Stockholm School of Economics, Tulane, Boston University, ITESM Egade, Loyola, and others.

AAFM has also been unanimously sanctioned by the American Academy of Project Management, American E-Commerce Association, The Wealth Management Commission, The International Institute for Professional Analysts, The Tax and Estate Planning Law Review, The Condor Falcon Graduate Institute, and Institute of Certified E-Commerce Consultants. Other Alliances AAFM has applied for special NGO consultative status to the United Nations and is recognized on the American Accounting Association Website.

You can always go to the New York Times™ or USA Today™ online to learn more about our global organization. (AAFM) As seen in the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, El Norte Mexico and ABC News.

Other Recognition, Alliances, and AAFM Friends.

  • AAFM is Professional Association Member of The AACSB
  • AAFM has a global recognition agreement with AACSB™
  • AAFM recognizes graduates of AACSB accredited business schools worldwide with MFP™ designation eligibility. Thus, if you have successfully graduated from an AACSB business school with a concentration in Finance related topics, you are eligible for the MFP Master Financial Professional Designation.
  • AAFM has members in 100+ countries
  • AAFM has top Finance Professors from around the world who are members or honorary advisors.
  • AAFM has global agreements with the AIMR™ and CFP™ board where AAFM has special rights to the MFP™ Master Financial Professional Designation and Program.

Chinese Government Sanctions The American Academy of Financial Management in a Strategic Alliance and Partnership to Further Enhance Financial Wealth Management in China.

435 AACSB™ Accredited Business Schools Worldwide

Top Professors from NYU™, BU™, Stanford™, Tulane™, Quinnipiac Universit™, Loyola University™, University of London™, Australian Graduation School of Management™ and More

Professional Member of the AACSB International which is the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

MindTheme Consulting™ Worldwide

Institute for International Research Worldwide

GPI Training Institutes of the Bahamas™

The WMC Wealth Management Commission©

The Tax and Estate Planning Law Review©

The American E-Commerce Association

Society of Insurance Trainers & Educators

The Institute of Certified E-Commerce Consultants

The Condor Falcon Graduate Institute of Executive Developement

Other Colleges and Universities Worldwide

Barchart.com™

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Institute for International Research Worldwide™

Euromoney Training™

Wall Street Instructors

Sweden.Org

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College of Accounting

American Academy of Project Management

Institute of International Life Coaches

American Accounting Association

MBA Portal

Wall Street Journal

ABC News

 

 

 

 

 

The Institute for International Research (IIR) is the world’s largest international conference company with 120 different business units and 4,000 employees in 36 countries. Founded in 1973 by Irvine Laidlaw, the current Chairman, IIR continues to provide unbiased, leading-edge business information through our conferences, workshops, seminars, and the Internet.

Realizing that the best way to stay in step with our customers was to create a physical presence in the markets we serve, IIR established The New York office in 1983. Led by Debra Chipman, President of IIR New York and the North American region, the New York Office grew to produce more than 500 conferences, attended by tens of thousands of delegates.

For the year 2002 and beyond, IIR will continue to expand its role as a trusted and reliable source of essential business information. Only through constant contact with the markets we serve and by maintaining and augmenting our powerful network of resources can we maintain the leadership position we’ve earned and value. We will remain market-driven, relying on the identification of business challenges to develop our events and retain our own competitive advantage enabling you to retain and build your own.

 

AAFM has alliances with companies that give siminars to study for other financial certifications such as as a financial analyst designation or charter for wealth management .

 

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American Academy of Financial Management Board of Standards LLC. owns the designation marks MFP MASTER FINANCIAL PROFESSIONAL (tm) CWM CHARTERED WEALTH MANAGER (TM) CMA CERTIFIED AND CHARTERED MARKET ANALYST (TM) Registered Financial Analyst RFA Global Financial Analyst Registered Financial Specialist Global Financial Specialist Certified Family Office Specialist Certified Financial Management Analyst Chartered Asset Manager CAM Chartered Portfolio and Investment Manager CPIM Chartered Trust and Estate Planner CTEP and federal copyrights which it awards to individuals who successfully complete initial and ongoing certification and charter requirements.©