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The result was Keep. Stifle (talk) 07:24, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

American Academy of Financial Management

Non-notable financial accreditation firm. All references to this firm in reliable sources are trivial or incidental; where it is treated at length, the source is less reliable and reads like a press release (i.e., does not satisfy requirement for major coverage). None of these references are in the article itself, but were provided on the article's talk page. RJC ^Talk_Contribs 19:15, 22 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - significant professional accreditation body recognised internationally - see here, for example. TerriersFan (talk) 22:23, 22 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. —TerriersFan (talk) 00:42, 23 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - This entire discusssion was already debated and settled 2 years ago but here it is again. The AAFM has even more global legal recognition today as a significant global board of standards that has the most designaions in the USA listed in the registry of the regulatory - FINRA/NASD, and in the registry of the - Dept. of Education and listed in the- US Dept of Labor websites. - see here, for example. AAFM Global is the only professional Board Certification organization to have direct legal articulation with the top 2 government recognized accreditation agencies for business schools in the USA i.e. the AACSB which accredits NYU and Stanford business schools along with 400 other business schools globally and the ACBSP which accredits another 150 business schools. Also, the AAFM is the first organization in the USA and globally to have direct education alliance with an [American Bar Association] recognized online LLM graduate program that is hosted at an accredited law school. Thus, the law school "post JD Doctorate" courses count for AAFM Board Certification. See - AAFM approved LLM Courses. References include the Wall Street Journal, Black Enterprise, China Daily, South China Post, Arab Times, The Hindu National and the El Norte Mexico which are all major news media organizations. GlobalProfessor —Preceding unsigned comment added by Globalprofessor (talk • contribs) 01:27, 23 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment. Could you point toward the initial AfD? Also, could you provide the reliable sources that verify these claims? Reprinted press releases and incidental mentions do not establish notability. Being accredited does not establish notability. RJC ^Talk_Contribs 02:19, 23 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Notability is not in question. Ecoleetage (talk) 02:51, 23 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment. Could you substantiate this, please? RJC ^Talk_Contribs 03:04, 23 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment.The AAFM is the first Board of Standards in the USA to have a joint ABA backed law school certification program. http://llmprogram.tjsl.edu/certifications AND http://www.llmprogram.org/Graduate Program 2008-09.pdf

The AAFM is the first organization in the world to facilitate a direct articulation with the AACSB and ACBSP regarding the eligibility of Board Certification for graduates of these double accredited business schools. AACSB International recognizes AAFM in press release: http://www.aacsb.edu/publications/enewsline/Vol-2/Issue-4/assoc-aafm.asp

The AAFM recognizes only business schools that are accredited regionally by the state governments and nationally by the AACSB and ACBSP which are recognized by the CHEA US Department of Education of the Federal Government USA. www.aacsb.edu and acbsp.edu

AAFM First to offer Wealth Management Training in Mainland China - http://www. accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-21422902_ITM

1st CWM programme kicks off in China. Source: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire Publication Date: 24-MAY-04 and http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-91149735.html

China Daily – AAFM 1st to Offer Westernized Banking and Wealth Training to top banks in the world including China Construction Bank. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-05/09/content_440362.htm AAFM trains for Top Banks. http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Three_Chinese_banks_in_worlds_top_four_study_999.html and Asia Banker http://www.thebankingacademy.com/workshop_wma_kl08.asp

AAFM first to work direct with Qatar’s top banks on training. Commercialbank’s investment team gets US body certification

http://www. gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=97895&version=1&template_id=48&parent_id=28 and The Peninsula http://www. thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=Business_News&subsection=Local+Business&month=July2006&file=Business_News200607189638.xml

AAFM expands into Saudi Arabia: http://www. ameinfo.com/124311.html

UAE News - AAFM Sponsors Sovereign Wealth Funds Conference for Finance Gurus: http://www. albawaba.com/en/countries/UAE/230586

AAFM Kuwait Training News: http://www. alqabas.com.kw/Article.aspx?id=289772

AAFM Recently Mentioned in the Congressional Testimony of the US Congress: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_house_hearings&docid=f:33655.wais

India News: The Hindu: http://www.hindu.com/2004/11/22/stories/2004112211920600.htm AND http://www.hindu.com/edu/2005/06/20/stories/2005062000640700.htm

AAFM Front Page of Business News Mexico: El Norte News Paper: http://www. accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-832342_ITM

AAFM is 1st Wealth Management Training in the USA followed by New York University: Wall Street Journal Business: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB109883075169856486.html?mod=googlewsj

United States Department of Labor lists AAFM in Finance Industry Brochures: http://stats.bls.gov/oco/cg/cgs029.htm#addinfo

AAFM Sponsors Scholarships in Arabia: http://www. arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=94685&d=8&m=4&y=2007&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom

AAFM and UAE Government Join Forces for Training and Education: http://www. khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/business/2006/July/business_July526.xml&section=business&col=

And: http://www.albayan.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=Article&cid=1151303008267&pagename=Albayan%2FArticle%2FFullDetail

Government Backed Dubai Quality Group News - http://www. albawaba.com/en/countries/UAE/215228

Bahamas Registrar General a Member of AAFM: http://www. thenassauguardian.com/business/288269734178184.php

Black Enterprise - Zinio - Aug 31, 2007 Work enhancements: how certification increases your professional worth - http://www. accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-32980646_ITM

National Bank of Kuwait 6th Largest Bank in the Middle East: http://www. nbk.com/NBK/About+NBK/Press+Room/Latest+Press+Release/cwm.htm

Taiwan Business Training News: http://www.gocharter.com.tw/m2/detail.asp?main_id=1418

eHow Article on How to Become an Investment Manager : http://www. ehow.com/how_2104007_become-investment-manager.html

eFinance Portal – Financial Designations: http://www. efinanceportal.com/efp/showlicenseforsearch.do?industryId=

CFA Institute Official Strategy Paper File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML

This case study was used as part of the CFA Institute Vision 2012 strategic planning. process. ...... Use and Publication of Official AAFM Certifications on Page 31 of their Internal Report.

http://www.cfainstitute.org/aboutus/overview/governance/volunteer/pdf/vision2012_casestudy.pdf

America’s Top Financial Professionals – Credential Listing: http://www.consumersresearchcncl.org/06-07_top_financial/fp_chapters.htm

Approved Courses in Singapore: http://www.optionetics.com.sg/cpsSummary.asp Globalprofessor (talk • contribs) —Preceding undated comment was added at 18:26, 23 September 2008 (UTC).[reply]

Keep As a clearly major organization. It is remarkably difficult to find 3rd party sources for this category of organization, but they are important in the industry, we need an article to explain the meaning of their certification, which will appear in bio articles, and what we have meets V. DGG (talk) 01:55, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, but needs better sourcing and a rewrite. We66er (talk) 19:43, 26 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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