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Analyst Forum - Online community designed for Chartered Financial Analysts and CFA candidates.
Meta Description: [ AnalystForum is an online community for candidates taking the CFA exam. ]

Association for Investment Management and Research (AIMR) - Nonprofit organization of professionals from over 90 countries.
Meta Description: [ CFA Institute, formerly the Association for Investment Management and Research (AIMR) - offers the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and offers seminars and publications on investment-related topics of interest to investment professionals ]

Association of Financial Guaranty Insurors - AFGI members insure and reinsure municipal bonds and asset-backed securities.
Meta Description: [ Member firms of the Association of Financial Guaranty Insurors, AFGI insure and reinsure municipal bonds and asset-backed securities. ]

Emerging Markets Trade Association - Formerly the LDC Debt Traders Association, EMTA co-ordinates the formalization of market practices, documentation and infrastructure.
Meta Description: [ EMTA - Trade Association for the Emerging Markets ]

European Financial Market Lawyers Group - Promotes harmonisation of European financial market activities. Site has a legal review of the short-term securities, and a list of EFMLG members.

European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) - Representative association for the European investment management industry. Includes mission statement, annual reports, press releases, and news.
Meta Description: [ The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) ]

FA Institute - A global, nonprofit organization of investment professionals from over 100 countries worldwide.
Meta Description: [ CFA Institute, formerly the Association for Investment Management and Research (AIMR) - offers the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and offers seminars and publications on investment-related topics of interest to investment professionals ]

International Association of Financial Engineers (IAFE) - Promotes financial engineering through conferences, publications, and activities of regional chapters around the world.
Meta Description: [ The IAFE is the not-for-profit, professional society dedicated to fostering the profession of quantitative finance by providing platforms to discuss the cutting-edge and pivotal issues in the field. ]

International Compliance Association - Supports and educates compliance professionals in the fight against terrorist financing, corruption, money laundering and financial crime.
Meta Description: [ Supports and educates compliance professionals in the fight against terrorist financing, corruption, money laundering and financial crime ]

International Development Enterprise Associates (IDEA) - Information about IDEA, the Seminar on Investment Projects, related links and events, the IDEA Associates, a directory of development banks, and a directory of development bank trainers.

International Federation of Stock Exchanges - The trade organization for regulated securities and derivative markets, settlement institutions and related clearing houses, and their diverse services to capital markets.

International Primary Market Association - Trade association for the leading investment banks in their capacity as underwriters and managers of international issues. Currently only with contact details.
Meta Description: [ IPMA - The International Primary Market Association is the trade association for leading underwriters of debt and equity issues in the international capital markets ]

International Securities Lenders Association - ISLA is the trade association for Securities Lenders. It was setup in 1989 and now has around 50 members, mostly, but not exclusively, based in the UK.

International Securities Services Association (ISSA) - Promotes the securities industry. Publications, conferences, recommendations, and news.
Meta Description: [ International Securities Services Association (former International Society of Securities Administrators) ]

International Swap Dealers Association - Global trade association for OTC derivatives, and maintainers of the industry-standard ISDA documentation.

Investment Management Association - Representative body for unit trust and investment fund managers in the UK.
Meta Description: [ Homepage of the Investment Management Association ]

500 Investors' Association - Information about investing, particularly from a UK and regulatory perspective.
Meta Description: [ Investors' Association is a discussion forum powered by vBulletin. To visit the forum, go to http://www.investorsassociation.org/forums/ . To find out about vBulletin, go to http://www.vbulletin.com/ . ]

The Alliance in Support of Independent Research - A group of broker-dealers who furnish independent research and other services to investment managers. Alliance publications promote the observance of proper standards under securities law for disseminating research.
Meta Description: [ The Alliance in Support of Independent Research works to promote a regulatory environment in which independent research services may be furnished to the money management community to the benefit of investors ]