Originally posted by Icemoon:
I dunno leh .. I thought accounts people know how to read financial
statements that's all.
they are trained in financial analysis meh? like from a graph, they
know whether the share or fund will rise or not?
I did a search on the acca website for you. I think their exams
cover just about everything. F9 and P4 teaches you how to play
shares I think. 
F1 Accountant in Business AB
F2 Management Accounting MA
F3 Financial Accounting FA
F4 Corporate and Business Law CL
F5 Performance Management PM
F6 Taxation TX
F7 Financial Reporting FR
F8 Audit and Assurance AA
F9 Financial Management FM
P1 Professional Accountant PA
P2 Corporate Reporting CR
P3 Business Analysis BA
P4 Advanced Financial Management AFM
P5 Advanced Performance Management APM
P6 Advanced Taxation ATX
P7 Advanced Audit and Assurance AAA
The Fundamentals level is divided into two modules - Knowledge and
Skills. The Knowledge module (F1-F3) introduces students to the
core areas of financial and management accounting. This provides
the platform from which the other technical accountancy areas will
be studied in greater detail in the Skills module. The Skills
module (F4-F9) contains six subjects which comprehensively cover
the main technical areas that any accountant - regardless of their
future career aspirations - are expected to have mastered. These
comprise law, performance management, taxation, financial
reporting, auditing, and financial management.
The Professional level is divided into two modules - Essentials
(P1-P3) and Options (P4-P7). Both modules have been set at an
intellectual level equivalent to that expected of a student taking
a Masters degree. The focus of the syllabus at this level is to
build upon the technical skills already acquired, and explore more
advanced professional skills, techniques, and values that are
required and used by the expert accountant acting in an advisory or
consultancy role at a senior level. All students must complete the
three papers in the Essentials module. The Options module contains
four papers. These are directly underpinned and supported by their
equivalent within the Skills module in the Fundamentals level.
These exams assess the more advanced and sophisticated techniques
that a professional needs in order to specialise in specific areas
at work, or to follow as a career pathway in an advisory or
consultancy role. Students select two out of four Option papers and
are advised to choose the options that relate to their chosen or
anticipated field of work.
