About The AAFM American Academy of Financial Management ®

The AAFM ® American Academy of Financial Management ® is world recognized Board of Standards and Accreditation Council with professional members in 150+ countries offering certifications to candidates who meet the highest standards and assessment. AAFM ® is a global certifying body in alliance with the top 800 accredited business school programs globally. AAFM is the provider of CWM® Chartered Certified Wealth Manager Certification, the AFA Accredited Financial Analyst ®, the Accredited Management Accountant ® & the Master Financial Planner ® Certifications. www.AAFM.us

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The AAFM ®  is the global certifying body and standards council that issues charters, masters designations, and certifications while the Academy's Accreditation Commission recognizes qualified certification-education accredited programs worldwide. The AAFM structure is based on the American Institute of Finance which was established in 1919 by Harvard and Yale Professors. In 1997, The AAFM ™ and The Academy was re-instituted via a merger between the American Academy of Financial Management & Analysts (AAFMA) 1995 and the Founders Advisory Committee of the Original Tax and Estate Planning Law Review ™ 1996. 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 55,000 PhDs, Lawyers, CPAs, AACSB Graduates, & Masters Degree Holders as associates, executive members, fellows, and certified members in over 150 nations. Presently, AAFM has over 200 thousand associate members and candidates. As there had not been a graduate professional financial organization specifically for accredited degree holders, 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.

Furthermore, AAFM ® has various international recognitions from private and governmental authorities. AAFM board certifications are compliance friendly and listed on investor education websites, and , AAFM is recognized by authoritative sources worldwide such as the US Department of Labor BLS Brochures and the Department of Education Registry and Directory. The AAFM ™ Board also has negotiated direct global trademark agreements with the CFP ™ Board of Standards and the CFA ™ Institute. Because of the international recognition, the AAFM and related certification has been seen and featured in the: Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, The Arab Times, The China Daily, The El Norte Mexico, The South China Post, The Hindu National, CNBC, Forbes, Morningstar, and Black Enterprise Magazine.

AAFM American Academy of Financial Management ®  is the regulatory Board of Standards for the much sought after AAFM ™ Designations and Credentials. The AAFM ™ Executive Designation Programs provide the assurance that the holder has met the suggested criteria for graduate credentials set out in cases such as the: Ibanez US Supreme Court Decision. As for high standards, the AAFM board certification requires passing 6 different levels of certification criteria. 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 and college educated graduates.

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. The AAFM is the first in the world to extend strategic educational articulation and recognition to 800+ double accredited business schools globally through the top business accreditation agencies worldwide: The AACSB ™ International and The ACBSP ™. AAFM is the first to have a direct alliance with an ABA recognized post-doctorate law school program and the RSOF Royal Society of Fellows Worldwide. The AAFM ™ has endorsed and sanctioned some of the most elite global conferences on economics, finance, tax, investments, law, wealth management, portfolio management, AML, and ecommerce issues.

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 and certified courses in the EU, Arabia, China, Asia, India, Latin America, Brazil, the West Indies, the USA and more. Moreover, AAFM ™ is a registered/listed Civil Society member with the United Nations. AAFM ™ mandates consent to high standards of professional conduct, and AAFM activities are International in nature and scope.

AAFM ®  is a founder of the ACFM Accreditation Commission & Council for Finance and Management.

The ACFM is the Accreditation Council and also the Board of Standards. This board formulates the policies to maintain competency assurance. The highest standards are created when an organization demands experience, education, testing, accredited education, graduate, ethics, and continuing education. The Accreditation Council is the first in the world to demand Graduate Education or Equivalency as a policy.

AAFM Board Certification and Designations: are certification credential marks for Wealth Managers, Financial Analysts, Investment Bankers, Accountants and Degree holding Financial Planners conferred by the American Academy Board of Standards. To receive authorization or accreditation to use AAFM Board Certification and Designations, the candidate must meet accredited education, degree, examination, experience, continuing education, and ethics requirements, and pay good standing or certification fees

Individuals who desire board certification, may apply to the Academy and petition for membership, certification and fellow status.   Apply Now

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