The International Association for Quantitative Finance (the IAQF), formerly the International Association of Financial Engineers (IAFE) is a non-profit professional society dedicated to fostering the field of financial engineering. The IAFE hosts several panel discussions throughout the year to discuss the issues that affect the industry from both academic and professional angles. Since it was established in 1992, the IAFE has expanded its reach to host events in San Francisco, Toronto, Boston, and London.

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The educational arm of the IAFE is the Fischer Black Memorial Foundation (FBMF). While the IAFE focuses on the profession of financial engineering, the FBMF aims to expose students to the financial engineering field and help them work towards a career in the industry. Financial engineering is often underrepresented on university campuses and the FBMFtries to bridge the gap between academia and the professional world. The main tool of the FBMF is the very successful "How I Became a Quant" event series that bring professionals to college campuses to tell students about their experiences getting into the field. The FBMF also co-hosts (along with SIAM and New York University) an annual career fair that draws students from all over the country to meet with the premier hiring companies in the industry. This is one of the only career fairs that is specifically for financial engineering and it is hugely popular with both the students and companies.

The IAFE is known for the quality of its events and the prestige of the panelists who present. Often, these events are evening panels with 3–4 speakers;