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• News: The AAFM ® Board USA works again this year with US Government to provide analysis and insights on financial innovation, reform, and employment trends. The AAFM ® Board - Academic Standards and Quality Commission to lead this AAFM® Task Force.

• News: CWM ® Chartered Wealth Manager ® AAFM Certified Programs available worldwide.
• AAFM ® and AAPM Working directly with Chinese Government Agencies for Certification Quality Standards and Training. New Certification Boards Being Formed
• News: AAFM ® and AAPM Approved in 22 Arab Countries. AABFS Diplomatic Agreement Signed. Certification Board Formed
• News: AAFM ® and AAPM Board and Certifications Approved by India Academy and Presidential Advisors Offices. India Wide Approval.
• 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 to the International Board of Qualified Financial Planners

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Breaking News - AAFM ® Signs Middle East Alliance and Accord with Arab Academy of Banking and Financial Sciences. See Press Release - AAFM® and AABFS will be offering joint certification programs in 17 Arab Countries of the Arab League. Prof. Mentz will co-chair the new Arab Academy Certification Board that was chartered under the alliance.

(OPEN ACCREDITED CERTIFICATION PROGRAM ENROLLMENT) AAFM ® Online International Law School Courses ™ " Courses - AAFM and Americas first online Graduate Law School program have teamed up to offer some 25 graduate courses online. Courses lead to AAFM Certification. This is the first Time that Graduate Law School Courses are available for Certification Track Candidates and Groups. Read our Brochure about our Certification Courses that are Sponsored by an ABA Accredited Law School USA. - Courses in Wealth Management, Risk, AML, Compliance, Private Banking, E-Business, International Tax, Contracts and more. Print out Fact Sheets and Apply for the Certification Program Online Certification Program Accredited

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For over 10 years, the global structure of AAFM has been led by The Board of Standards for AAFM which is composed of 50 honorary member professionals and advisors from over 30 countries including faculty from the worlds top business schools, law schools, universities, financial executives and managers, lawyers, judges, and world renowned financial planning practitioners. 10 Doctorate level professionals sit on our academic committee overseeing standards and ethics. AAFM was begun by executives and faculty to provide financial education and certification worldwide through the use of executive training. AAFM'S Board of Standards is a honorary voluntary board that creates the standards for professional membership and charter board certifications. The Super Board is led by the Chiarman with the Super Board advisors.

The AAFM Board of Standards owns the global intellectual property, copyrights, designations, and marks used internationally .© The AAFM Board of Standards USA Recognizes, accredites, sanctions or approves of over 600 approved and registered training channels worldwide. The AAFM Board of Standards is sole body that issues the certifications, distinctions, designations, awards, research, consulting, and recognitions globally.

American Academy of Financial Management ™

The AAFM ™ 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 30,000 PhDs, Lawyers, CPAs, AACSB Graduates, & Masters Degree Holders as executive members in over 141 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 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 is 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 committee overseeing standards and ethics. AAFM was begun by executives and faculty to provide financial education and certification worldwide through the use of executive training. AAFM'S Board of Standards is 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 ™ has 7 primary compliance friendly board certifications that are listed and recognized on the Authorative Investor Education ™ Websites, and AAFM is also recognized on the US Department of Labor BLS Brochures. AAFM ™ also has negotiated global trademark agreements with 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 this agreement, AAFM is able to accept course credit for advanced standing from the government recognized business schools globally. Moreover, AAFM has executive training available worldwide to accomodate those seeking 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 Asian Center for Professional Excellence, The Asian Bankers Association, The RSOF Royal Society of Fellows Worldwide, and AAFM ™ provides has provided some of the most elite global conferences on finance, tax, investments, law, wealth management, portfolio management, economics, and ecommerce issues on several continents.

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 the US World Trade Center N.O. Center, Hong Kong, Beijing, India, Dubai, Kuwait, Latin America and South America, Singapore, The Carribean, Europe, and more. Moreover, AAFM ™ is a candidate for recognition from the United Nations. AAFM ™ mandates consent to high standards of professional conduct, and AAFM activities are International in nature and scope.

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