The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland is poised to offer its first CA qualification course outside of the UK.

To date four global firms have already signed up and six more are in ‘advanced talks’ to put trainees from all over Europe through the course, the International Herald Tribune reported.

According to the paper, State Street, Brown Brothers Harriman, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers have already contracted to send students to the new course, which is scheduled to begin in Luxembourg, in January.

In addition, HSBC, Schroeders, Ernst & Young, Deloitte, Lombards and SES Astra are believed to be close to signing

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