Manning Elliott China speciality practice team empowers investors

Chinese investors looking to Canada for opportunities need more than deep pockets and a good business sense in order to succeed. Having an expert adviser often spells the difference between long-term success and failure to launch.

Manning Elliott Accountants & Business Advisors stands out from other advisers with its multilingual China speciality practice team, whose responsibilities range from guiding the fieldwork for the clients' audit to assisting with their transition to International Financial Reporting Standards. Beyond helping international clients navigate through cross-border tax frameworks and public listings in Canada, Manning Elliott also enables them to build meaningful relationships.

"It is not only the adviser's Canadian experience that is important; understanding China's business environment, practices and tax situation is also vital to addressing the difficulties of our Chinese clients," says Mike Corney, partner and CEO. "Manning Elliott is big enough to offer comprehensive services, yet small, nimble and flexible enough to provide close contact and rapid response to each client."

Home to more than 150 accountants and business advisers, Manning Elliott draws from more than 60 years of experience serving private businesses, non-profit organisations and public companies. The firm caters to diverse industries ranging from agriculture to technology and communications.

"We call ourselves fixers, on whom clients rely to address challenging issues that require experts," says Alden Aumann, partner. "We have people who walk on both sides and can effectively translate foreign business practices into a Western reporting model."

Manning Elliott also has speciality services for Latin America, Russia and the United States. Equipped with multilingual services, it aims to cultivate its cross-border services in more countries, especially in Europe and Asia-Pacific, where it eyes Vietnam, Australia and the Philippines as growth areas. "We look forward to doing more business in Asia, where clients can bank on us for a cheaper, more effective and faster gateway to North America," Corney says.