AFMF-CFDB: Core Financial Data Bank – Authorship Declaration & Structure

This document formally declares the creation and authorship of the AFMF Core Financial Data Bank (AFMF-CFDB) by Hasan M.H. Alaali. The AFMF-CFDB is a proprietary financial data architecture designed to support academic research, model validation, and applied simulations within the Alaali Financial Models Framework (AFMF).

The data bank integrates structured, time-series financial data from companies across diverse sectors and global markets. It serves as the backbone for testing and calibrating AFMF models, including volatility indices, ESG-adjusted cost of capital, sovereign-linked financial metrics, liquidity diagnostics, and AI-enhanced financial forecasting.

This Zenodo upload provides a timestamped and citable record of authorship, model alignment, and structural composition of the AFMF-CFDB. It is intended for academic recognition, institutional credibility, and future licensing considerations.