AAFM ® American Academy of Financial Management ® Board Certified Financial Analyst Designate and Financial Planner Association Chartered Certification & Financial Planning Degree Programs

The AAFM International Board of Standards is the global certifying body and standards council that owns and issues 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.

• News: The AAFM ® Board USA works again this year with US Government to provide opinion and insights on financial innovation, reform, and employment analysis. The AAFM ® Board - Academic Standards and Quality Commission to lead this AAFM® Task Force.
• News: AAFM ® and AAPM Working directly with Chinese Government Agencies for Certification Quality Standards & Training. Asia Certification Standards Board Formed
• News: AAFM ® and AAPM Approved in 22 Arab Countries. AABFS Diplomatic Agreement Signed. Certification Board Formed with AAFM Board Members.
• News: AAFM ® and AAPM Board and Certifications Approved by India Academy and Presidential Advisors Offices. India Wide Approval with India Standards Board
• News: AAFM ® and AAPM approved in Multiple Latin American Countries.
• News AAFM® Approved for Alliance with Egypt Association with Capital Markets Authority Approval.
• Approved: AAFM Law School Certification Programs Approved. ABA Accredited Education Available Worldwide.
• News: Prof. Mentz named Chairman of Educational Standards for the International Board of Qualified Financial Planners
• AAFM ®Board and members from 41 Nations of Latin America and The West Indies join together to create AAFM-LA Certification Standards Council.
• AAFM ® International Board of Standards is first to be a recognized professional member of the: NBEA, ISBE, AACSB, ACBSP, RSOF, ANSI, AABFS, IIFM, CWMC, and NOCA.

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 advisors from over 50 countries.

American Academy of Financial Management ™ AAFM © - Board of Standards

"The First in the World to Require Graduate Credentials for Admission and to Directly Accept Double Accredited Education from over 560 government recognized business schools"

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 Accreditation Council & Commission: issues policy statements, white papers, publishes books, produces reports, analyzes industry trends, issues press releases and makes resolutions. 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 best known as a member of both the AACSB International and the ACBSP which are the 2 accreditation agencies for business schools and the AAFM directly recognizes courses and degrees from 560+ accredited institutions. 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 accommodate 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 accreditation agencies 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 Caribbean, 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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