CPA is as common as a Bachelor of Degree nowadays due to commercialization... lots of Australia grads in Finance & Accounting field has one.

CPA exams are easier than ACCA, so an employer might value a ACCA grad than a CPA holder, if that field is purely accounting. But for fields like banking/finance, employer might value a CPA more than ACCA.

If you wanna work in a stock firm, like Hwang DBS, better if you go for CFA - they really value CFA grads. But CFA is harder than CPA, harder than ACCA. If you think ACCA pass rate is low, CFA pass rate is even lower. But if you do get one, you're a hot commodity that employer values alot

This post has been edited by antaeusguy: May 10 2010, 09:46 PM