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True pass rates revealed |
| Something appears to be going terrible wrong with the long-term ACCA final exam pass rates. The results of both first time sitters and those who eventually pass the final level have slumped dramatically, according to the Professional Oversight Body. ... [More»] |
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ICAEW advanced results |
| Some 3,641 ICAEW PQs are now NQs following the release of the July advanced stage results. ... [More»] |
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CIPFA - shaking it up |
| In a radical plan to ‘move with the times’ CIPFA has revealed that it is moving to a national preferred supplier model for its accountancy tuition. ... [More»] |
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PwC looking for growth |
| PwC, the market leading accountancy firm, has announced that it has grown turnover to £2,331m, up by 4%. Senior Partner Ian Powell said that despite a tough year PwC delivered a good solid set of results. ... [More»] |
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CIMA gateways |
| CIMA is working hard to ensure it opens up its qualification to accountants on the sub-continent. It’s professional accountancy and MBA gateway papers are proving a big hit in both India and Pakistan. ... [More»] |
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Happy CIPFA sitters |
| CIPFA is very happy with the latest exam results. In total some 1,395 students took 2,335 individual papers, and the pass rate was 70%. The stand-out papers were Audit and Assurance and Governance and Public Policy where pass rates for the papers were 89% and 87% respectively. ... [More»] |
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Auditors under attack again |
| More damning evidence about the poor standard of auditing has come from the Audit Inspection Unit for the Professional Oversight Body. The AIU, the profession’s watchdog, has said that not enough audits it looked at met the basic standards required. ... [More»] |
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Home working |
| It was widely reported recently that a rogue trader was banned from working in finance after he manipulated the world oil market following a weekend of golf (on company business) and alcohol. ... [More»] |
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