I'm a CMA. I'll be honest, if you don't mind either or, go for the CA. It'll generally open more opportunities for you than either CGA or CMA. Like it or not, its looked upon as the better of the 3.
I also read a lot lately of the merger, and honestly, I wouldn't want to the merger to go through either. They still want to distinguish between the 3 (ie. if they call it a CPA, you'll have CPA-CA, CPA-CMA, and CPA-CGA). If that's the case, what's the point? The CA institute itself is desperately trying to merge because they want access to all the money that CMA and CGA institutes rake in (since their membership is so high in number compared to the CAs), but the CA members themselves want to keep their air of self importance intact. Afterall, how can they continue to look down on the other two designations when they're part of the same group right?
