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Stock Market: Investor & Securities Industry Associations


  • Alternative Investment Management Association A trade association which promotes the understanding and use of alternative techniques in fund management, including managed futures, hedge funds and currency management.

  • American Savings Education Council - ASEC Seeks to raise public awareness about what is needed to ensure long-term personal financial independence.

  • Asian Securities Analysts Federation An international co-operative organization for securities [financial] analysts in Asia and Oceania.

  • The Association of Investment Management Sales Executives - AIMSE The only professional organization dedicated to serving the needs of investment management sales and marketing professionals.

  • The Association of Mutual Fund Investors - AMFI A research organization dedicated to helping its members beat the stock market through its mutual fund investment systems.

  • The Bond Market Association Represents securities firms and banks that underwrite, trade and sell debt securities, both domestically and internationally.

  • Emerging Markets Traders Association EMTA works to increase cross-border capital flows by clarifying market practices and promoting consistency between local and international trading standards.

  • The Hedge Fund Association An international not-for-profit association of hedge fund managers, service providers, and investors formed to unite the hedge fund industry and add to the increasing awareness of the opportunities in hedge funds.

  • Investment Company Institute Represents its members and their shareholders in matters of legislation, regulation, taxation, public information, economic and policy research, business operations, and statistics.

  • Investment Counsel Association of America A national professional association of registered investment adviser firms who provide clients with continuous, professional, unbiased investment advice, free from conflict of interest.

  • International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators A non-profit international organization, will provide services and an environment within which information about financial fraud, fraud investigation and fraud prevention methods can be collected, exchanged and taught for the common good of the financial payment industry and our global society.

  • National Association of Investors Corporation - NAIC A not-for-profit, largely volunteer organization dedicated to investment education.

  • National Association of Securities Dealers - NASD The NASD develops rules and regulations, conducts regulatory reviews of members' business activities, disciplines violators, and designs, operates, and regulates securities markets and services all for the ultimate benefit and protection of the investor.

  • National Association of Small Business Investment Companies - SBIC The association acts as the voice of the SBIC industry before Congress and the Administration. Its goal is to build and maintain a strong and profitable small business investment company (SBIC) industry.

  • National Endowment for Financial Education An independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to providing educational information to the general public.

  • National Investor Protection Trust Provides independent, objective information needed by consumers to make informed investment decisions.

  • National Investor Relations Institute A not-for-profit professional organization whose mission is to advance the practice of investor relations and the professional competency and stature of its members.

  • North American Securities Administrators Association - NASAA A voluntary association whose membership consists of 65 state, provincial, and territorial securities administrators in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Canada, and Mexico. In the United States, NASAA is the voice of the 50 state securities agencies responsible for efficient capital formation and grass-roots investor protection.

  • Securities Industry Association The leading proponent of capital markets, bringing together the shared interests of about 800 securities firms throughout North America to accomplish common goals.

  • World Federation of Investors a World group of Investment Club Associations, which shall have the common purpose of assisting and further the cause of wider share-ownership and to advance investment education on a world scale.