Keeping it in proportion |
| Ben Dickson-Green helps you get your head around the tricky subject of ratio analysis |
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CIMA Exam Feedback - November 2011 |
| PQ magazine's panel of experts takes a look at the November 2011 exams |
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CIMA: Experience pays dividends |
| We take a look at the CIMA PQ salary survey for 2011. So are you getting properly paid? |
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CIMA: A modern-day grail quest: the T4 Preseen |
| Andy Booth of iCount talks you through the Preseen, pointing out the key areas for you to focus on in your preparation |
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CIMA EXAM TIPS - NOVEMBER 2011 |
| BPP experts outline the most important syllabus areas for the November exams - more than just tips then |
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CIMA November 2011 exam tips |
| Top tips from Kaplan Financial, First Intuition and iCount. The usual health tips apply! |
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Know your sums |
| The F3 examiner gives you her tips to getting over the F3 hurdle |
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Exam Surgery |
| Solve the equation
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CIMA May exam review |
| BPP top tutors take a look at the CIMA May diet. |
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CIMA May exam feedback |
| We asked the UK’s top tutors what they thought of the May exam diet |
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How clean is your annual report? |
| With the help of the Accounting Standards Board’s Jenny Carter, we outline why it is
important to tackle the ‘clutter’ in annual reports |
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Putting it in context |
| What follows is not a list of traditional ‘tips’ that you should rely on being examined for lots of marks in the exam. |
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Financial management: mind your language |
| The F2 examiner looks at the verbs and explains what needs
to be done better.
Examiner Luisa Robertson spent a lot of time on her discussion of F2 Financial Management talking verbs. She went through the various sections and pointed out what type of verbs students will see in her exam papers. |
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Words count too! |
| You can’t pass P1 by numbers, explains the examiner. Here’s why you need to be prepared to get writing |
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The eyes and ears have it |
| The P2 examiner said it’s time you came to your senses and used your eyes and ears |
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Calculating success |
| Margaret Stewart explains how to manage the P3 syllabus – and get that pass |
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Step right up |
| If you don’t get your time management right you could end up on the wrong side of the road, says Peter Stewart |
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Technique is everything |
| We at Page Personnel work closely with CIMA candidates at all levels. |
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How verbs can help you pass |
| Stuart Pedley-Smith can’t emphasise enough why it’s vitally important
you identify the verb in the question, and tailor your answer accordingly |
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Bribery Act: stay on the right side of the law |
| The all-new Bribery Act reforms the criminal law to provide a modern and comprehensive scheme of bribery offences that will enable courts and prosecutors to respond more effectively to bribery at home or abroad. |
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Take it step by step |
| Peter Stewart offers some advice on how you can improve your performance in P1 – Performance Operations |
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Top of the Tips |
| Our friends at First Intuition and iCount help us put together exam tips for May. More coming next month but we knew you couldn’t wait |
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All abroad the Enterprise |
| What the enterprise pillar examiners need you to know. Don’t get fazed! |
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Top billing |
| The term disbursements has a specific meaning when it comes to VAT. Sian Beusch explains all |
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Where’s the dialogue? |
| The FRC wants to see an improvement in the dialogue between boards and shareholders and has put forward a seven-point plan, outlined here |
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Year of the student |
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• CIMA student numbers grow by 30%
• New support systems for part qualifieds
• New BSc offer to advance diploma students |
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Building Blocks for BZCS |
| Andy Booth has some advice for CIMA students about to tackle the Pre-seen |
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Certificate refreshed |
| CIMA plans to unveil its ‘refreshed’ certificate level at the Lecturers’ Conference next month, PQ magazine can reveal. |
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A road less travelled |
| Sian Beusch explains how you can stay on the right side of HMRC when it comes to your car pool |
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What CIMA examiners want |
| So how can you impress the people that matter – the examiners? Well, here’s what the P1, P2 and P3 examiner think of your efforts – straight from the horse’s mouth |
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Five steps to heaven |
| Andrew Howarth knows how to pass CIMA Paper F3. Read on, and you will too |
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Risking it all |
| The FRC’s Stephen Haddrill believes the UK’s boardrooms need to spend more time thinking about risk |
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What were they like? |
| BPP has provided us with a paper-by-paper commentary about the November sitting. You’ll need this information to get a pass in May! |
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A Prince among papers |
| What’s the difference between project management software and project management methodology? Jenny Hughes and Kirsty Blount explain all |
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Passing E2: one possible answer |
| CIMA Paper E2
In February’s issue of PQ magazine we set a question based on E2. Here’s original article containing the question, and a suggested answer. Thanks to LSBF for this article |
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How is your body doing online? |
| PQ magazine’s latest survey provides a picture of how trainees are interacting with their professional body online. So how are they doing? Our survey is brought to you in association with Kaplan Financial |
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Time management is the key to success |
| CIMA students are still struggling with time management in the exam hall. Who says? Well, part qualifieds themselves. |
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The Learning Curve |
| Steve Weaver offers some advice to help you negotiate the P2 Performance Management exam |
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CIMA Exam Review Board NOV 2010 |
| Feedback from our experts about the November sitting – just be grateful you missed that snow! Once again, big thanks go to our contributors |
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EXAM EMERGENCY SERVICE |
| Back by popular demand! SIGN UP TODAY!
PQ magazine has joined forces with Kaplan to provide ACCA and CIMA readers with a brand new Exam Emergency Service. |
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Home & away |
| Marion Hodgkiss considers the main tax issues arising where a UK company is considering investing overseas, and outlines how the rules have changed in the past 18 months |
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CIMA Pilot success |
| CIMA’s first September sitting attracted hundreds of resit PQs. And the institute’s exam chief, Graham Eaton, felt the pass rates were “on the whole satisfactory”. |
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Ready for take-off? Don't wing the November pre-seen! |
| Don’t wing the Pre-seen, says Darren Hodgson. Follow his advice and you could be flying high come results time |
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Top of the CIMA tips (Nov '10 sitting) |
| With the CIMA exams fast approaching, now is the time to start to focus on that all-important revision phase of your studies. |
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Timing is everything |
| Rob Sowerby explains how adopting a strategic approach can bring P3 exam success |
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The right kind of CIMA tips |
| CIMA’s P1 examiner has warned PQs that they have to think carefully about how they revise for exams. |
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CIMA TOP TIPS 4U - NOVEMBER 2010 |
| What you really read PQ magazine for – our exam tips, the best in the business. Don’t lie to us now...
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Paying the penalty |
| Sian Beusch explains the ins and outs of the new ‘failure to notify’ penalty – something that could affect you personally |
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Getting the threads right |
| Our resident T4 expert, Andy Booth of iCount, unravels the threads of the new Preseen |
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Business Reporting Through the Lens of the Investor |
| For the third part in its series on business reporting (see also “IFAC project on business reporting”), IFAC interviewed six specialists with close ties to the investment community to get their recommendations on how to improve business reporting. |
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Business Reporting Beyond the Crisis: How to Make Sure That We Don’t Tumble Into Another Black Hole |
| “My general conclusion is that everyone is guilty,” says Jules Muis—former Ernst & Young partner, controller of the Word Bank, and director-general audit of the European Commission—about the financial crisis. |
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Good Governance and Sustainability Fundamental for Improved Business Reporting |
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“In times like this, the basic elements of managing a company, such as governance, accounting, and auditing, should stand out like a rock in the storm,” says Joe Kaeser, chief financial officer of Siemens, the Germany-based global company engaged in electronics and electrical engineering, in an interview with the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC). |
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The Clarified Auditing Standards |
| Steve Collings presents a summary of the main changes to come out of the audit clarity project. |
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Compound Financial Instruments |
| In this article, Steve Collings takes a look at the accounting treatment of compound financial instruments and looks at the provisions in IAS 32 ‘Financial Instruments: Presentation’ and IAS 39 ‘Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement’. |
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CIMA reduces prices |
| In a dramatic move, CIMA has announced that it has lowered its entry prices for new students. From 1 July, all those signing up to the institute will pay just £60, instead of the old price of £150. |
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CIMA T4 Preseen: Ready for action |
| T4 expert Andy Booth fires up the Quattro in pursuit of the perfect |
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Risky business |
| Rob Sowerby explains how P3 students can tackle the tricky area of assessment and management of financial risk, and get a pass is P3 |
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The world according to CIMA PQs |
| We take an exclusive look at the second CIMA global PQ salary survey |
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CIMA Exam Feedback |
| The top team at iCount go over the May 2010 exams paper-by-paper for PQ magazine readersThe top team at iCount go over the May 2010 exams paper-by-paper for PQ magazine readers |
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CIMA UK May 2010 results are out now |
| The May 2010 CIMA results are out, a week earlier than normal with ‘some excellent student performances’, according to CIMA’s Graham Eaton. |
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It’s all gone P2 wrong! |
| • Part qualifieds slam exam as unfair and a ‘pig of a paper’
• Facebook campaign mooted |
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CIMA E3 |
| Like the fabled pirates’ code referred to in the headline, the emphasis on ethics in E3 is on learning fundamental principles rather than an exhaustive list of do’s and don’ts |
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CIMA Exam Review Board |
| So what was the first sitting of the new syllabus like?
We asked our experts and here is what they had to say |
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A matter of substance |
| It’s vital that you understand the concept of lease accounting. Here Martin Jones explains a topic you are very likely to be tested on |
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More CIMA Tips |
| HEALTH WARNING
Theses tips should not be used in conjunction with proper study and revision. They are not a substitute for in-depth revision. We cannot guarantee that everything we mention will be on the paper. Theses tips are a rough guide only |
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That cheating heart |
| How well behaved are accountancy students in the exam hall? We asked the bodies |
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Accounting for Leases and Hire Purchase Contracts |
| In this article we take a look at the accounting treatment for leases and Hire Purchase contracts from the perspective of both the lessee and the lessor. |
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CIMA EXAM TIPS MAY 2010 |
| BPP, First Intution, iCount and Kaplan, provide you with what you really really want – exam tips for the first sitting of the new CIMA syllabus |
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The Future of UK GAAP |
| ASB’s top man Ian Mackintosh talks to PQ magazine. |
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CIMA Exams May 2010 |
| For many students finishing the last of their CIMA managerial level papers, the euphoria of passing the exams and having a whole level neatly boxed off can quickly ebb away as the worry of strategic level approaches. |
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A global perspective - Sir David Tweedie |
| PQ magazine last interviewed Sir David Tweedie, head of the IASB, seven years ago for our launch issue – in January 2003. So we thought it was about time we caught up with accountancy’s main man to find out what has changed in the intervening years |
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CIMA new syllabus: Pillars of strength |
| We take a look at the Financial pillar. What is new and what is just the same? |
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CIMA new syllabus: the Performance Pillar |
| So how new are CIMA new exams? We take a look at the Performance pillar. |
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The CIMA pre-seen: retail therapy |
| The CIMA T4 pre-seen has hit the streets, and at 18 pages long there is a lot to digest.
iCount’s Andy Booth said that ‘CeeCee’ should appeal to most students as it’s all about the retail industry – something we all know about! |
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Measuring Goodwill |
| Following the revisions to IFRS3 Business Combinations and IAS27 Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements in January 2008 there is now a new way of measuring the goodwill that arises on the acquisition of a subsidiary. |
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CIMA Future – some frequently asked questions |
| CIMA’s Paul Weymouth answers some of your FAQs about the new syllabus
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CIMA EXAMINERS – marks out of 10 for the November 2010 exams |
| With the help of experts at BPP we turn the tables on the examiners – how fair were the November exams? |
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CIMA exam tips for November 2009 |
| It is the last sitting of the old syllabus this November – here’s our top tips for the exams. Watch this space for more ‘guidance’. |
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Little Miss IFRS |
| IASB has published an IFRS for SMEs, so is this the beginning of the end for UK GAAP? And do acronyms rule? |
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The world according to CIMA PQs |
| What were the main findings of CIMAs first-ever global salary survey of its PQs? |
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PASSING CIMA P9 – JUST STICK TO THE BASICS |
| This November will see the last sitting of CIMA P9 in its current format. I think it is fair to say that most Strategic Level students find that this paper generally causes them the greatest concern and worry. |
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CIMA EXAM TIPS for May 2009 |
| May we help you out with our tips? The examiners don't like it but we know you want them! So here are our top tips for the May exam from BPP. |
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