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CIMA and HKICPA collaborate to create new opportunities for accounting and finance professionals

The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) and the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA) have entered into a new 5-year agreement to accelerate the growth of the accounting and finance profession in Hong Kong by approving mutual examination paper exemptions (MEPE) from both CIMA’s CGMA Professional Qualification and the HKICPA Qualification Programme (QP). ...

Keeping your options open

With Hong Kong’s business environment becoming more complex, accounting firms have expanded and so have specialist opportunities for CPAs. Jemelyn Yadao finds out how accountants are getting into the most in-demand fields All accountants might believe they are a part of a special profession, but many are trying to stand out from the crowd even more, by entering the more rarefied world of specializations. ...

Climbing out of a Social Rut

It’s not just what you know, it’s who you know that matters, says the adage. Successful accountants tell Robin Lynam how careers can be boosted with a little networking ability In accounting, as in all professions, those who rise to the top tend to be those who are good at their jobs. That, however, is seldom all there is to the story.  Successful professionals have usually managed to build up a broad-based network of contacts and connections, many of whom have been instrumental in helping them serve their clients, build their profiles and enhance their reputations.  ...