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RSSM Announces Expanded Global Resources For It's Clients Through Membership In IGAF Polaris

NEW YORK, NY – March 29, 2011 - Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin & Company LLP (“RSSM”), Certified Public Accountants and Profitability Consultants is pleased to announce that we now have significant new global resources to offer our clients through our membership in IGAF Polaris, the powerful new global accounting association forming out of the merger of Polaris International, Fidunion and IGAF Worldwide.

The independent member firms of the merged IGAF Polaris will have a combined annual revenue of over US $1.82 billion, with 2,400 partners, 16,300 employees and 843 offices in 89 countries around the globe, making the combined group one of the largest associations of independent accounting firms in the world.  The substantial increase in size  for the merged association will enhance RSSM's ability to provide expertise and resources to meet growing client needs, both domestically and internationally.

Martin L. Greenberg, Managing Partner of RSSM said, "We look foward to providing our clients the expanded capabilites and the depth of resources in regions that we could not have provided them in the past."

"We are pleased and proud to have RSSM as one of our member firms in New York", said IGAF Polaris CEO Kevin Mead.  "Many of Polaris International's member firms and their clients have relied on RSSM's expertise and quality service over the years and we eagerly anticipate the contributions they will make on a global scale to the new, much larger association.  In turn, I know that RSSM will benefit from the significant additional expertise and resources being extended to their clients from their peer member firms around the globe."

 IGAF Polaris will maintain a regional governance structure, with Boards of Directors providing oversight for each of four regions: Asia Pacific; Latin America & Caribbean; Eurpoe, Middle East, & Africa; and North America. A World Board of Directors comprised of members of the Regional Boards, plus a World Chairman, will provide global guidance and governance.  The World headquarters office for IGAF Polaris will be in Miami, Florida, USA, with regional offices to be located in Europe, the Americas, and Asia Pacific.

For information contact:

Alisa Morris
Director of Marketing
(212) 303-1880
amorris@rssmcpa.com