Senior Civil Servants Benny Lim, David Chew and Wong Hong Kuan Named Honorary Members of ISCA

28 September 2018 – The national accountancy body Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA) has conferred honorary lifetime memberships to three distinguished government officials – Mr Benny Lim, Chairman of National Parks Board; Mr David Chew, Director of Commercial Affairs Department of...

Singapore Accountancy Awards Introduce New Award Categories - Special Recognition Award and Project Excellence Awards

Euleen Goh, Chairman of SATS Ltd, receives Special Recognition Award Chan Ying Jian, BreadTalk Group CFO, wins Individual Excellence Award Select Group Ltd, Accountant-General’s Department, and State Courts of Singapore win Project Excellence Awards, introduced to recognise finance teams which...

Amid Fourth Industrial Revolution, ISCA Launches Framework and Learning Roadmap to Foster a Future-Ready Accountancy Profession

28 September 2018 – While the financial services industry has been subjected to disruption, only one in three financial practitioners indicated in an online poll that he was proactively taking steps to acquire necessary skills.[1]To prepare finance professionals for the Fourth Industrial Revolution,...

ISCA Launches Publication for Auditors to Identify Cybersecurity Risk in Financial Statement Audits

- First publication in Southeast Asia to aid auditors in assessing cybersecurity risk in financial statement audits  1 June 2018 – The Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA) has launched a publication titled ‘Cybersecurity Risk Considerations in a Financial Statements Audit”...

New Report Aims to Guide Businesses in Shaping an Effective Risk Culture

- “Risk Culture: How to Get it Right” includes contributions by business leaders on practices that have shaped risk culture in their organisation- Report debunks myths that risk culture is a fuzzy concept and is only for large companies 24 May, 2018 – In an environment that is increasingly...

Kon Yin Tong Elected President of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants

- He succeeds Dr Gerard Ee, who had served as President since 2014 Singapore, 23 April, 2018 – Mr Kon Yin Tong has been elected President of the national accountancy body, the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA). He succeeds Dr Gerard Ee, who stepped down as President with effect...

Lao PDR Finance Officials to Build Capabilities in Accountancy in Partnership with ISCA and Temasek Foundation International

Three-year programme aims to equip public officials with skills in Principles of Accounting, Taxation and Public Sector Financial Management. 2 February 2018 – Over 50 government officials across Lao PDR will undergo a three-year programme organised by Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants...

ISCA Signs MOU with Myanmar National Accountancy Body MICPA to Develop Accountancy Sector in Myanmar

-       ISCA will provide MICPA members training on Principles of Accounting, the ISCA Micro Accounting Manual, ISCA Audit Manual as well as IFRS and IFRS for SMEs 28 November, 2017 – The Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA) has signed a Memorandum of...