Your fortnightly guide to e-learning (6 November 2020)

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 maintain the quality of their work.

Want an easy way to find and enrol in CPD wherever you are? Install the HKCIPA Events app (iOS / Android), and search for professional development courses and upcoming training opportunities relevant to your needs. You can also visit the CPD learning resource centre and event calendar to find events

HIGHLIGHTS

Two new e-Series courses on business insurance and preparation of annual and directors' report

CPD hour (for each): 1.5 - 2

Discover the two newly added courses of e-Series:

1) Business insurance: A practical guide for accountants that gives an overview of Hong Kong insurance markets and regulations and key business insurance products. It also discusses the need of insurance for a company; and

2) Preparing annual report and directors' report with ease that introduces disclosure requirements under the Listing Rules and Hong Kong Companies Ordinance as well as the common omissions of information and misconceptions of requirements.

Anti-money laundering and counter-financing of terrorism webinar for accountants

CPD hour (for each): 1

Webinars on 9 November (Cantonese) and 16 November (English). Speakers of the joint Institute-Narcotics Division of Security Bureau event will cover accountants' requirements under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Ordinance, the statutory obligations and practices relating to suspicious transaction reporting, and the key issues in the Institute's AML/ CFT guidelines from a practitioner's perspective. The webinars are opened to members only, and seats are on first-come-first-served basis.

Best Corporate Governance Awards Series: The rise of ESG in Asia and Hong Kong

CPD hour: 1

Free lunch webinar on 18 November. The speaker will cover the environmental, social and governance (ESG) trends among investors and corporates in Asia and Hong Kong, how S&P Global Ratings assesses the ESG profile of companies, and what the major barriers are for companies in developing sustainability practices. Seats are on first-come-first-served basis.

Young Members Virtual Conference: Out of the box – Options for young accountants

CPD hour: 2

Don't miss this annual event on 21 November. The conference will feature experience sharing by a mix of young and seasoned speakers on working outside Hong Kong or in specialisms besides auditing and accounting; and tips provided by recruitment consultants on career planning and an overview of the current job market.

Risks of Intra-group service arrangement and updates in employment law

CPD hour: 1.5

This lunch webinar on 23 November will focus on the legal risks involved in the work arrangement within group companies and methods to minimize and eliminate such risks. Speakers will also talk about the recent developments in employment law in Hong Kong and steps to take for compliance with the changes.

Annual SMP Symposium goes virtual

CPD hour (for each): 3.5

The 2020 SMP Symposium will take place as a live webinar on 27 November. Enrol in the two sessions to get updates on topical issues affecting SMPs, including taxation, major financial reporting and auditing standards, the TCSP licensing regime and AML/CFT requirements, Limited Partnership Fund Ordinance, adoption of technologies, practice review and compliance matters, as well as recent development of the Institute and IFAC.

Accounting and Financial Reporting Series: COVID-19 related financial reporting issues for 2020 reporting periods

CPD hour (for each): 1.5

The series, featuring four webinars scheduled between November and December, will highlight the key financial reporting implications of COVID-19, including lease accounting, expected credit losses assessment, impairment of non-financial assets, and other financial reporting issues for 2020 reporting periods.

Live webinar: PN 820 (Revised), The Audit of Licensed Corporations and Associated Entities of Intermediaries

CPD hour (for each): 1.5

This live webinar on 1 December will provide an overview of the structure of the revised PN 820; explain the rationale for the revisions made, and share some examples of challenges encountered by auditors of licensed corporations.

Interest group archived webinars

CPD hour (for each): 1 - 1.5

Watch the archived webinars of various professional interest groups which cover the coming of the limited partnership fund regime – a breakthrough for Hong Kong's fund and asset management industry, bankruptcy and restructuring protection amid COVID-19 outbreak, what you need to know about buying overseas properties, stories of declared monuments on Hong Kong Island (港島法定古蹟雜談), and handling regulatory investigations (financial sector).

Live webinar: Industry Update Relating to Licensed Corporations

CPD hour: 1.5

In this live webinar on 8 December, the speakers from SFC will discuss: 1) the implications of the SFC's licensing regime to family offices intending to carry out asset management or other services in Hong Kong and the related FAQs; 2) FAQs on the assessment of the corporate structure and investment process of Corporate Professional Investors for the purpose of exemption from certain requirements of the Code of Conduct for Persons Licensed by or Registered with the SFC; and 3) key changes to the financial return form. In addition, the Institute speaker will focus on the matters included in Alert No 35 and common practice review findings related to audit and compliance work on licensed corporations.

REMINDERS

11 November Investor Relations Series – An overview of investor relations landscape in Hong Kong
19 November Overview of the regime for insurance intermediaries and the Insurance (Financial and Other Requirements for Licensed Insurance Broker Companies) Rules
25 November Investor Relations Series – Crisis management and social media from the investor relations perspective
28 November Virtual Conference: Annual Accounting Update 2020: The "New Normal" Financial Reporting

SPECIAL TOPICS

Live webinars

Check out the full list of live webcast covering various topics coming up.

e-Series

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.

e-Seminar

Archived webcast of popular technical face-to-face events and webinars. Click here for details.

e-Manager

148 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.

e-Finance

Over 100 online courses on financial markets. Click here for details.

Partner events

- 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.

FREE COURSES

- Update on revised HKSA 540 Auditing Accounting Estimates and Related Disclosures and Consequential Amendments to Other Hong Kong Standards (re-launch)

- How will the new ethical standard NOCLAR affect you? (audio) (re-launch)

- Updates on Hong Kong financial reporting standard – HKFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers (audio) (re-launch)

- 2020 Compliance Forum: A closer look at professional skepticism

- IAASB's exposure draft for ISA 600 (Revised), special considerations – Audits of group financial statements (including the work of component auditors)

- Best corporate governance awards series: Understanding the latest practices in risk management and internal control

- E-stamping for share transfer instruments

- The importance of data analytics for digital finance function (archived webinar)

- The impact of COVID-19 on commercial contracts and points to consider in a business continuity plan (archived webinar)

- Practical employment issues arising out of COVID-19 (archived webinar)

- Leading and motivating a virtual team (archived webinar)

- Members' Forum 2019

- Forum on consultation on quality management for firms and engagements

- Archived webinar valuing financial instruments offered by iiBV

- e-Finance courses Statement of cash flows and Corporate finance – Capital structure and liquidity

- Key recommendations in the HKICPA report on improving corporate governance in Hong Kong (2017)

- Five 1-hour courses on improving revenues, technology for accountants, ethical issues, presenting data and decision making in crisis offered by accountingcpd.net

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