The CA magazine: March 2019
By Robert Outram, Editor of The CA
26 February 2019
Robert Outram, Editor of The CA, rounds up what's inside the March issue of the magazine.
Jason Harvie is a young CA with ambition – both in his own career as an Investment Manager with Aberdeen Standard Investments and as Chair of the ICAS London Area Network. In the April issue of The CA magazine, Jason tells us why his qualification and training have been so crucial to his career path, why more needs to be done to get the message out about the CA and its value, and why he is #ProudtobeaCA.
Also in the April issue you can see our Salary Survey for 2019, find out how ICAS members are working now and what remuneration and benefits the role attracts. This time we’ve also asked about what employers are doing to help their staff in terms of physical and mental wellbeing.
The latest Brexit Tracker poll, in association with Brodies LLP, comes at what be might describe as an “interesting time”. With just a few weeks to go until the allotted date for the UK’s departure from the EU – and little clarity over what the manner of that departure might be – we’ve asked ICAS members how ready they think their organisations are and what they think might happen next.
Another big deadline at the end of March is the introduction of Making Tax Digital for VAT. Our technology feature looks at how ready firms and software providers are, and provides some practical advice for anyone still struggling to get to grips with the new system.
In Conversation, in association with Investec Wealth & Investment, brings together a panel of wealth managers, advisers and business people to address the issue of how well the financial services sector meets the needs of its female customers.
We talk to ICAS Deputy President Mike McKeon CA and Head of Standards Michelle Mullen, about the sweeping changes being proposed for the way the audit market is organised and regulated.
Also in this issue, meet the CAs who have made Sydney, Australia their home; read the Q&A with Grant Thornton’s Stuart Preston CA; and find out how Open Banking is set to create more choice and competition in the SME finance sector.
The CA magazine: March 2019