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June 2021 issue

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CPD technical article

Digital yuan to bring benefits

China is expanding its electronic currency pilots to boost its digital economy and make life easier for the unbanked

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In business

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Professional skills

MBAs gain traction in Asia

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Corporate reporting

Connections in corporate reports

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Sustainability

SMEs and the inclusivity challenge

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In 2020, mining company Rio Tinto destroyed Western Australia's Juuka Gorge Shelters, a network of Aboriginal caves, leading to a parliamentary inquiry and the resignation of its CEO

Boards: see the bigger picture

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All In business

In practice

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Audit and assurance

Audit fee hike widely expected

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Good marketing is a long game

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Tax and tax management

The view from Jimmy Yung

Finance, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Market, Hong Kong

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Future of the profession

Skill up your practice

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Audit and assurance

The focused practitioner

Director at R Chan & Associates PAC in Singapore, Magdalene Ang FCCA is using her unique perspective to encourage growth in the practice

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All In practice

Public sector

Partitioned wards in the Covid-19 hospital set up inside the Stark Arena in Belgrade, Serbia. The government has launched a virus relief programme

Covid-19

Auditing pandemic’s impact on inclusivity

It’s time to assess how government interventions around Covid-19 have affected the UN principle of ‘leaving no one behind’

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Technical

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Audit and assurance

Technical update

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Corporate reporting

The fundamentals of IAS 36

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Corporate reporting

The IFRS 17 transition challenge

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Interviews

June 2021 issue

Building success virtually

Change has been one of the hallmarks of a 30-year career for David Manifold FCCA, CFO at global e-commerce specialist ESW

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June 2021 issue

Fine blend

Philemon Kipkemoi FCCA, FD for East African markets at BAT in Kenya, is helping the tobacco company move on with healthier products

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June 2021 issue

A new direction

Ammara Sheikh FCCA left a corporate role with one of China’s largest infrastructure groups to set up her own consultancy

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June 2021 issue

From poverty to politics

Guyana’s public works minister Deodat Indar FCCA tackles budgets, business and presidential emergencies

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Change has been one of the hallmarks of a 30-year career for David Manifold FCCA, CFO at global e-commerce specialist ESW

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Careers

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Financial management and forecasting

Specialise in: startups

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Professional skills

Pandemic transforms postgrad learning

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Work and wellbeing

Maintain meaningful connections

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Digital and technology

Happiness takes you higher

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Comment

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Work and wellbeing

People come first

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Professional skills

Members highly valued

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New trade era dawns for Asia

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Covid-19

Singapore, a post-Covid winner

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ACCA news

Professional skills

Congratulations

The new ACCA members listed here achieved membership in the past month and can now all proudly display the ACCA letters after their names

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Professional skills

Employers favour ACCA

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CPD

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Corporate reporting

Disclosures: is judgment the answer?

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Digital and technology

Digital yuan to bring benefits

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Corporate reporting

The IFRS 17 transition challenge

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