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There are many different associations which support treasury and cash management
professionals in their activities. These associations typically offer publications
which keep treasury managers abreast of current issues as well as continuing
education or certification to maintain the standards of the profession. Some
associations also represent their members' interests to government entities or
help set standards for financial transactions. Many treasurers also maintain
membership in related associations, such as those for accounting, legal,
and investment management professions.
Association for Financial Professionals
The Association for Financial Professionals, formerly the TMA, is
a national professional organization of treasury professionals.
It represents more than 12,000 corporate treasury executives from
6,500 leading companies and organizations. AFP provides many benefits
to its members, including:
Professional Development: Annual Conference, Electronic Commerce Conference,
Cash Management Essentials.
Career Advancement and Executive Education:
Certified Cash Manager (CCM) and Certified Treasury Executive
(CTE) certification program, Treasury Institute Programs.
Technical Information/Expertise: TMA Journal, TMA News,
Status Update of Current Issues, Electronic Commerce Report, original
research and information inquiry service, AFP's Web Site.
Career Assistance: Employment Referral Service,
Jobs page.
Other: Representation before legislators, regulators, and policy
makers, discounts on publications and registrations for conferences.
Treasury Management
Association of Chicago (TMAC)
The Treasury Management Association of Chicago (TMAC) sponsors
the annual Windy City Summit each spring in Chicago. This site contains
information about TMAC's activities and its monthly newsletter.
Treasury Management
Association of New York (TMANY)
Since its start in 1977, TMANY has sponsored the NY Cash Exchange each
fall. The web site includes TMANY's current newsletter.
Other Treasury Association Sites
The
Association of Corporate Treasurers
The website is designed as a gateway to information on corporate treasury
matters. This includes foreign exchange, interest rate, corporate finance,
funding and cash management, as well as infrastructure issues like risk
management, controls, treasury information systems and derivatives.
Whether you are a corporate treasurer, a banker, a finance director,
a professional advisor or a government body, this website will provide
you with relevant information. It has been created by The Association
of Corporate Treasurers, a UK professional body with a global outlook.
Try accessing the Technical Section for authoritative views on treasury
issues and pose technical questions of current interest. Express your
interest on-line in joining regional groups, becoming a member of ACT,
attending conferences, furthering your education and accessing the latest
treasury publications including The Treasurer magazine.
The Treasury Institute
The Treasury Institute for Higher Education was developed to promote better
treasury practices in schools and universities.
Financial Executives International
A professional organization of senior financial executives from
corporations throughout Canada and the United States. Financial Executives
International was founded in 1931 as the Controllers Institute of America,
and as the responsibilities of the financial executive expanded, the present name was adopted in 2000.
NACHA - National Automated
Clearing House Association
The National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA) is a not-for-profit
banking trade association with the largest number of member financial
institutions in the country. NACHA promulgates the rules and operating
guidelines for electronic payments through the ACH Network, and for Electronic
Benefits Transfers, electronic checks, financial EDI and cross-border
transactions.
IFAC - Standards
& Guidance - Financial and Management Accounting
IFAC is an organization of national professional accountancy organizations
that represent accountants employed in public practice, business and industry,
the public sector, and education, as well as some specialized groups that
interface frequently with the profession. Currently, it has member bodies
in 101 countries, representing 2 million accountants.
CFA Institute
The CFA Institute comprises more than 83,000 individual voting members and 134
member societies across the globe that believe in setting a higher standard for the investment profession. Individual members
either hold the CFA® designation or are active in the investment business and all agree to abide by the CFA Institute Code of
Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct.
Healthcare Financial
Management Association HFMA
The HFMA is the nation's leading personal membership organization for
financial management professionals employed by hospitals, integrated delivery
systems, long-term and ambulatory care facilities, managed care organizations,
medical group practices, public accounting and consulting firms, insurance
companies, government agencies, and other healthcare organizations.
American Bankers Association
The American Bankers Association represents a full-spectrum of the financial-services
industry, including more than 90% of the nation's commercial banking assets.
ABA is a partnership of volunteer bankers and staff, dedicated to doing
for its membership with their collective resources what individual bankers
cannot efficiently do on their own and to enhancing the role of banks
as the pre-eminent providers of financial services.
The association continues to carry forward its original missions of
education, protection, self-help and government representation
while also undertaking a broad array of new, leading-edge initiatives
to promote the interests of the financial services industry.
Other Professional Association Listings
American Association of Individual
Investors
American Association of Retired
Persons
American Bankruptcy Institute
American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants (AICPA)
American National Standards
Institute (ANSI)
Association of Chartered
Treasury Managers
Bond Market Association
Financial Accounting Standards
Board
Financial Services Technology
Consortium
Government Finance Officers
Association of Texas
Institute for Supply Management (ISM)
International Organization for
Standardization
National Association of Insurance
Commissioners (NAIC)
National Association of Credit
Management (NACM)
National Association of Purchasing
Card Professionals (NAPCP)
National Investor Relations
Institute (NIRI)
Risk and Insurance Management
Society (RIMS)
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