AAFM Certifications and Designations
Professional Certifications
CBA - Certified Budget Analyst
Designed for specialist Budget professionals, this designation covers specialist budget skills like Zero-based budgeting, beyond budgeting and other analyst skills. It is for professionals with at least 5 years experience in budget formulation or relevant
Category : Financial Management, General
CCE - Certified Corporate Economist
Certified Corporate Economist offered by our Academic Board of Economic Policy and Monetary Analysis offers board recognition for contribution to corporate strategy and policy through Economic analysis. Requires 5 years experience, plus Economist education.
Category : Financial Management, General
CCF - Certified in Corporate Finance
The CCF designation is designed for Corporate Finance Executives wishing to consolidate their skills in strategic and executive finance techniques. It requires 5 years minimum commercial working experience.
Category : Financial Management, General
CVM - Certified Valuation Manager
The Certified Valuation Manager program, is a specialist program designed as an elite accreditation for CPAs and other specialist business analyst who provide business valuation services. The program looks at financial statement analysis, security validation, applied equity analysis and stock valuation techniques, along with the concepts of synergistic valuation and other non-traditional valuation analysis methods. The program is divided into 2 parts, the first being valuation techniques, and the second being the application of those techniques to a series of case studies and real world valuations. Participants are assessed by the accuracy of their valuation on the collective case studies.
Category : Markets, Corporate Finance
CCC - Certified Cost Controller
For specialist financial controllers or management accountants responsible for optimizing internal performance on a cost basis, and implementating operational strategies at a cost centre level.
Category : Corporate Finance, Cost Control
CPB - Certified Private Banker
Specialist core designation for Private Bankers, this is part of the AAFM's Wealth Management development program. Requires professionals to be employed by a Private Bank with a minimum of 5 years working experience.
Category : Wealth Management, General
CRA - Certified Risk Analyst
The core designation in the AAFM's Risk Management program, the CRA covers areas of operational risk and looks at management techniques, structures and strategies for today's modern corporation/institution. It requires working exp in Risk.
Category : Risk Management, General
CAM - Chartered Asset Manager
The core designation for Asset Managers, the CAM is recognized by NASD and represents an excellent professional designation for Asset specialists working on resource mobilization and portfolio management.
Category : General, General
CCA- (Credit) - Certified Credit Analyst
The specialist Risk and Credit designation for those responsible for credit policies, procedures and approvales within the institution
Category : Banking, Risk Management
ChMA - Chartered Mortgage Analyst
The Mortgage Analyst designation is a retail mortgage products and lending specialist program that focuses on best practice credit approvals, products structure and collections for the mortgage business.
Category : Banking, General
ChPM - Chartered Portfolio Manager
Focused on portfolio and fund management, research, portfolio technology, and investing, the CPM program offers executives the tools to focus on specialist portfolio management techniques. It requires a minimum of 3 years experience, plus a career in Investment
Category : General, General
A course for
Chartered Portfolio Manager is available in AAFM Training Centre, Kuwait
Date : 25 - 29 May 2008
Provider :
AAFM Kuwait
CTEP - Chartered Trust and Estate Planner
The CTEP program covers the areas of trust creation and estate planning for HNWI. It is a program that links in with the UK STEP program and offers US-based professionals with an entry-level trust qualification. Requires 3 years minimum experience.
Category : General, General
CWM - Chartered Wealth Manager
Wealth Management is one of the fastest growing disciplines of the banking sector. The CWM focuses on developing relationship management, sales, communication and core financial planning skills to equip Wealth Management Professionals with graduate education
Category : Wealth Management, General
MFM - Master Financial Manager
This graduate program teaches candidates to apply economic and financial theory to obtain solutions to financial problems, such as choosing among alternative investment projects and evaluating proposed investment strategies.
Category : General, General
MFP - Master Financial Professional
MFP provides the professional development and management leadership skills required for the Master Financial Professional in today's business environment. It focuses on investments, asset and portfolio management, ethics, regulatory issues, tax, and account
Category : Financial Management, General
RBA - Registered Business Analyst
A strategic MBA refresher with an intensive coverage on innovative and high-powered graduate level finance, business analysis, and leadership topics. Designed for the busy executive or upcoming management graduate.
Category : Financial Management, General
FAD-CMA - Chartered Market Analyst
The Financial Analyst Designate FAD or Chartered Market Analyst Designation is the specialized research and market technician financial analyst credential that is offered by the AAFM.
Category : Markets, General
CRIP - Certified Real-Estate Investment Professional
The Certified Real Estate Investment Professional designation, is a highly specialized designation for investors and those that provide financial advice to others investing in property and real-estate related financial instruments.
The designation program is highly pragmatic and focused on portfolio management within a property context, and extends to elements of property-related product development.
Category : General, General
CGA - Corporate Governance Auditor
This program and certification looks at Corporate Governance and the strong need for Ethics and Social Responsibility in the corporation, especially post Enron. The goal of this program is to provide Managers with skills that can be immediately used upon return to the organization. Managers will learn to appreciate the extent to which organizations and their public officers are exposed to ever-increasing scrutiny, the regulatory environment, how to identify the governance issues that have the most significance.
Category : Financial Management, General
CCO - Certified Compliance Officer
The Certified Compliance Officer is a program designed for Corporate Officers who are responsible for implementation of compliance programs internally within their corporation. It has two program formats, one for listed companies, and the other for banks and financial institutions who require Basel II and Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
Category : Risk Management, Banking
CAMO - Certified Anti-Money Laundering Officer
The Certified Anti-Money Laundering Officer designation is designed for professionals involved in the policing, review and reporting of transactional elements of financial institutions and corporations.
Category : Banking, Risk Management
CM&AS - Certified M&A Specialist
This program seeks to develop an in-depth knowledge of the key components involved in M&As, discover new and enhanced techniques in valuing firms, Increase the effectiveness of the different types of M&A processes, including defending hostile takeover bids. Those attending the program will also enhance their understanding of options available for financing M&As, and develop practical knowledge of the rules and regulations involving M&As applicable in their region. Case study review will look at M&As in the major global markets
Category : Corporate Finance, Markets
Graduate Certifications
RFA - Registered Financial Analyst
RFA is a graduate qualification for Financial Analyst professionals with less than 5 yrs experience. An entry level Financial Analyst qualification, it is a good general entry program into the FAD-CMA (Financial Analyst Designate, Chartered Mkt Analyst)
Category : Markets, General
RFM - Registered Financial Manager
Designed for the Financial Manager in the corporate finance arena, this is a graduate level qualification designed for professionals working in the corporate finance or broad financial management arena with less than 5 years working experience.
Category : Financial Management, General
RFS - Registered Financial Specialist
Covering financial planning, asset management, investment advising, and insurance topics, the RFS is the entry-level qualification on AAFM's Wealth Management program. It is a pre-requisite course for the CWM designation.
Category : General, General
CAMC - Chartered Anti-Money Laundering Consultant
Specialist Designation for Lawyers and CPAs and Executives conferred by the AAFM through special courses offered by the Diamond Graduate Law School Program Online and by AAFM Global Executive Courses.
Category : AML, Compliance
CITA - Certified and Chartered International Tax Analyst
Specialist Designation for Lawyers and CPAs and Tax Executives conferred by the AAFM through special courses offered by the Diamond Graduate Law School Program Online and by AAFM Global Executive Courses.
Category : Financial Management, Corporate Finance
