Associations

	Analyst Forum : Online community designed for Chartered Financial Analysts and CFA candidates. - www.analystforum.com/
	Association for Investment Management and Research (AIMR) : Nonprofit organization of professionals from over 90 countries. - www.aimr.org/
	Association of Financial Guaranty Insurors : AFGI members insure and reinsure municipal bonds and asset-backed securities. - www.afgi.org/
	Emerging Markets Trade Association : Formerly the LDC Debt Traders Association, EMTA co-ordinates the formalization of market practices, documentation and infrastructure. - www.emta.org/
	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. - www.efmlg.org/
	Fédération Européenne des Fonds et Sociétés d'Investissement : European Federation of Funds and Investment Companies, known by its French acronym FEFSI. Site has links and statistics. - www.fefsi.org/
	International Association of Financial Engineers (IAFE) : Promotes financial engineering through conferences, publications, and activities of regional chapters around the world. - www.iafe.org/
	International Compliance Association : Supports and educates compliance professionals in the fight against terrorist financing, corruption, money laundering and financial crime. - www.int-comp.org/
	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. - www.world-exchanges.org/
	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. - www.ipma.org.uk/
	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. - www.isla.co.uk/
	International Securities Market Association (ISMA) : Self-regulatory organization and trade association for the international securities market. - www.isma.org/
	International Securities Services Association (ISSA) : Promotes the securities industry. Publications, conferences, recommendations, and news. - www.issanet.org/
	International Swap Dealers Association : Global trade association for OTC derivatives, and maintainers of the industry-standard ISDA documentation. - www.isda.org/
	Investors' Association : Information about investing, particularly from a UK and regulatory perspective. - www.investorsassociation.org/
	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. - www.alliance-research.org/
	tripod.com - ideassociates.tripod.com/