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| Your fortnightly guide to e-learning (18 September 2020)
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| Welcome to your guide to the Institute's e-learning programmes. Check out these highlights of our offering, selected to support our members and enable them to stay abreast of professional standards and maintain the quality of their work.
Install the Institute's events app (iOS / Android), or visit the CPD learning resource centre and event calendar to enrol in professional development courses and upcoming training opportunities relevant to your needs.
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| Free webinar: FIRST Briefing session for accounting profession
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| The Financial Services Development Council will hold an online briefing session on the Financial Industry Recruitment Scheme for Tomorrow (FIRST) for Institute members on 25 Sep at 12:00 noon. The speakers will provide an overview of FIRST, which aims to create 1,500 full time jobs in the financial services industry. Firms regulated by the Institute can apply for a subsidy of up to HK$10,000/month/new position for 12 months. Attend to learn about the eligibility requirements and application procedures. Register now.
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| Accelerated pathway: Accountant's update 2020-21 (International)
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| CPD hour: 20
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| Subscribe to the 20-hour Accelerated Pathway: Accountant's Update 2020-21 (International) at an early bird price of HK$2,475 (original price: HK$2,970) through 25 Sep. In this unprecedented time of COVID-19, the programme will keep you up to date with the financial reporting implications of the pandemic, the latest developments in tax and financial reporting, and the transformational pace of technology.
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| Upcoming interest group live webinars
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| CPD hour (for each): 1 - 1.5
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| Upcoming live webinars of various specialist interest groups will cover stories of declared monuments on Hong Kong Island (港島法定古蹟淺談); Bankruptcy and restructuring protection amid COVID-19 outbreak; The coming of the limited partnership fund regime – A breakthrough for Hong Kong's fund and asset management industry; and the elderly care services industry in Mainland China (國內養老服務業發展).
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| HKFRS live webinar: Definition of a Business (Amendments to HKFRS 3)
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| CPD hour: 2
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| In this live webinar on 29 Sep, the speaker will discuss how to apply the revised definition of a business and the optional concentration test in HKFRS 3 Business Combinations when assessing whether a company has acquired a business or a group of assets. Illustrative examples and exercises will be included in the webinar.
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| Change management series
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| CPD hour (for each): 1.5
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| The speakers will share how business professionals of different job seniority can prepare for a fast changing business environment and what change management dimensions can be adopted to cope with the challenges ahead and strive for success.
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| Practice management series for SMPs
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| CPD hour (for each): 1.5
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| The series, featuring four webinars scheduled in Oct to Dec, aims to help practitioners from small and medium practices (SMPs) better prepare for the challenges and opportunities ahead. Topics to be covered this year include the Technology Voucher Programme, motivating millennials, AML/CFT inspections in Hong Kong, and succession planning.
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| Professional Diploma in Insolvency (Module B)
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| CPD hour: 30.5
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| The Corporate Rescue & Restructuring and Cross-Border Insolvency module of HKICPA’s Professional Diploma in Insolvency is now open for enrolment. The upcoming module runs from Oct 2020 to Mar 2021, focuses on the practical issues faced by professionals. Institute members working in the field of insolvency are welcome to enrol if they meet the following admission requirements: 24 months or more of insolvency-related work experience or successful completion of the Institute's Insolvency Preparatory II. Enrol by 12 Oct.
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| Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Series - Practical solutions to implementing the AML/CTF requirements (rerun)
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| CPD hour: 6
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| At the rerun webinars on 7 Oct & 12 Oct, the speakers will explore practical solutions to facilitate compliance with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CTF) requirements. Join the webinar and learn about the AML/CTF obligations for accountants, as non-compliance could potentially result in disciplinary action and even criminal sanctions. Online enrolment is limited and accepted on a first-come-first-served basis.
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| E-learning: HKICPA's Quality Assurance Reviews
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| CPD hour: 2
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| The speakers from the Quality Assurance Department of the Institute go through key issues identified from the 2019 Practice Review Programme, which includes the audit and assurance quality reviews and AML/CTF compliance monitoring reviews as well as the Professional Standards Monitoring Programme.
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| Free webcast: Comprehensive review of the IFRS for SMEs Standard
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| CPD hour: 1.5 (Available until 27 October 2020)
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| In this e-learning programme, the speaker, Darrel Scott, International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) member and Chairman of the IASB's SME Implementation Group, explains the scope of and approach to the 2019 review of the IFRS for SMEs standard, focusing on some of its more significant changes.
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| Live webinars
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| Check out the full list of live webcasts covering various topics coming up.
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| e-Series
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| Tailor-made online courses on corporate and strategic finance, corporate governance, taxation and management accounting and reporting (in partnership with CIMA). Click here for details and to enrol.
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| e-Seminar
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| Archived webcast of popular technical face-to-face events and webinars. Click here for details.
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| e-Manager
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| Over 168 e-manager courses covering a wide range of business planning and strategy and other topics to provide flexible, tablet-friendly, online learning. Click here for details.
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| e-Finance
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| Over 100 online courses on financial markets. Click here for details.
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| Partner events
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| - Accountingcpd: Over 130 online courses on accounting and business related topics are available.
- Business Valuation (iiBV): An e-Learning course on valuing intangible assets to professional accountants.
- AICPA/CIMA: 60 e-learning courses focusing on cybersecurity, data analytics, treasury management and IFRSs.
- From CPA to CPA Plus (FCCP): Specially designed to help professional accountants in business develop a business-oriented mind-set.
- IFRS e-courses: Three e-courses covering technical topics on IFRS 9 Financial Instruments, IFRS 16 Leases and IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts.
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| Install the HKICPA Events app
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