American Academy of Financial Management Builds Global Alliance with ACBSP Accreditation Group

AAFM Becomes first financial organization and Board of Standards to build global relationship with ACBSP and AACSB International and 560+ Accredited Business Schools Worldwide

November 29, 2004 -- The American Academy of Financial Management AAFM is very pleased to be the first financial professional organization in the world to form a global training alliance with the ABCSP and the AACSB International (the top 2 business school accreditation agencies) which represent the best 800+ business schools in the western world. AAFM now has over 560+ approved and registered business schools that allow their finance graduates to apply for MFP Master Financial Professional financial certification. The MFP along with 5 other AAFM Graduate Credentials and Designations are listed on the NASD Investor Education Promotional Materials.

AAFM is a worldwide Board of Standards for Financial Professionals and Executives. AAFM has members in over 100 countries with representative offices in the US, Latin and South America, China, India, Malaysia, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, the Middle East, the EU and more. AAFM grants board certification and post-nominal graduate designations and credentials to eligible candidates who have met our 6 levels of criteria including ethics.

AAFMb offers 6 primary designations and certifications in: Finance, Wealth Management, Portfolio Management, Estate Planning, Asset Management, Financial Specialist and Market and Financial Analyst - that are listed on the NASD Investor Education and Financial Designations website, and AAFM is listed in the US Department of Labor financial professional associations section of the BLS.

Additionally, The AAFM Board of Standards and Designations were recently featured in the Wall Street Journal. Moreover, AAFM is the first financial graduate organization in the world to have a global alliance with both the AACSB International and the ACBSP Accreditation Group. Here are a list of our primary board certifications with links.
http://financialcertified.com/index_nasd_links.html

The ACBSP Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs has accepted the invitation to enter into an alliance with the AAFM. The ACBSP and AAFM have recognized these terms for the alliance. As a note, (the AACSB International has a similar agreement)

All ACBSP baccalaureate/graduate schools that have attained accredited status would be officially recognized by the AAFM
These ACBSP accredited business school programs would be registered AAFM recognized Programs and listed on your website as accredited programs that would count for AAFM Master Financial Professional (MFP) credit.
Any successful graduate of an accredited institution with a major or concentration in finance (5 or more finance related courses) would meet the education requirements for the MFP Master Financial Professional Program if the student graduates with a 3.0+ GPA. Thus, the student would be able to apply for MFP status upon graduation.
Any member of the finance faculty of an ACBSP school could also meet the education and experience requirements for the MFP Master Financial Professional Program.
Upon meeting the education or experience requirement the student or faculty member would be required to abide by the AAFM Code of Professional Ethics as published at www.financialcertified.com/ethics.html and agree to obtain 15 hours of continuing education per calendar year.

The AAFM is now allowing approved AACSB and ACBSP schools to offer their AAFM certification training in several specializations including wealth management, financial analyst training, portfolio management, asset management, risk management and more.

Several accredited and AAFM approved business schools and their faculty now offer corporate in-house certification training in conjunction with the AAFM. In sum, the AAFM model is putting executive certification training back into the hands of North Americas top universities and professors.

Prof. G. Mentz, JD, MBA, CWM, MFP, CPM, CAM
AAFM Board of Standards
General Counsel & Attorney at Law
American Academy of Financial Management
www.financialanalyst.org
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