Your fortnightly guide to e-learning (11 February 2022)

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. To find more events, visit the CPD programmes website, explore curated content through Training by competencies or view the bite-size learning videos on our YouTube channel.

HIGHLIGHTS

Final call: HKSA 315 (Revised 2019) Identifying and Assessing the Risks of Material Misstatement – Key requirements and implications on auditing

CPD hour: 2

To help participants plan ahead for audits with year-ends on or after December 2022, this virtual workshop on 18 February will begin with an overview of the key changes, before a deep dive into the requirements of the revised standard and the implications on auditing.

Live webinar: Briefing session on FRC interim inspection report and annual investigation report

CPD hour: 1

This live webinar will highlight the major findings that the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has identified and the FRC's recommendations on how audit quality and the quality of financial reporting can be improved. Participants can take home with them recommendations on actions to take to avoid recurrence of common accounting non-compliance and auditing irregularities or misconduct.

Live webinar: Revised non-assurance services and fee-related provisions of the Code of Ethics For Professional Accountants

CPD hour: 1.5

In this webinar, the speaker will explain key provisions of the revised non-assurance services (NAS) and fee-related independence standards of the Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants that will come into effect in December 2022. They significantly strengthen the guardrails around auditor independence in two important areas that have the potential to create incentives influencing auditor behavior – NAS provided to audit clients and fees. The webinar will also deep dive into specific provisions such as new self-review threat prohibition for public interest entities (PIE) audit clients and new requirements for firm communication with those charged with governance for PIE audit clients, among others.

FSIG e-seminar: SFC/Stock Exchange investigations and proceedings against listed companies and directors (archived webinar)

CPD hour: 1.5

The speakers provide an overview and practical guidance for the investigatory and enforcement powers of the Securities and Futures Commission and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange against listed companies and their directors.

Archived webinars: 2021 SMP Symposium

CPD hour (for each): 3.5

Themed "Change for good", the 2021 SMP Symposium archived webinars are now available! The annual event covered updates on topical issues affecting small and medium practices (SMPs), including the further reform of the regulatory regime of accounting profession, trust or company service provider licensing, re-domiciliation of limited partnership funds, major financial reporting and auditing standards, digitalization of SMPs, and more, as well as recent developments of the Institute and the International Federation of Accountants.

Practice Management Series for SMPs: Recruiting and engaging with staff members (archived webinar)    

CPD hour: 1.5

The archived webinar covers how to better plan the interview process so that appropriate candidates can be identified, and the key considerations in staff engagement and retention. The speaker discusses further on leveraging structured behavioural interviews to identify appropriate candidates and how leaders can use both heart (emotional) and head (rational) to communicate and give feedback to team members.

REMINDER

SPECIAL TOPICS

Live webinars

Check out the full list of upcoming live webcasts covering various topics.

e-Series

Tailor-made online courses on accounting and financial reporting, corporate and strategic finance, corporate governance, industry knowledge, information technology, risk management and internal control, 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

Over 110 e-manager courses covering a wide range of business planning and strategy and other topics to provide flexible, tablet-friendly and online learning. Click here for details.

e-Finance

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

Partner events

• Accountingcpd: Over 80 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: Over 70 e-learning courses focusing on cybersecurity, data analytics, treasury management and IFRSs.

• From CPA to CPA Plus (FCCP): A programme with 2 sessions 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 Lease Accounting and IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts.

FREE COURSES

• COP26: Race to Zero series: IFRS Foundation's International Sustainability Standards Board (archived webinar)

• COP26: Race to Zero series: Scenarios for TCFD-aligned disclosures (archived webinar)

• 2021 Compliance Forum – Risk management: Corroborating evidence is a key to success

• Members' Forum with the FRC on "Further Reform of Regulatory Regime of Accounting Profession"

• Members' Forum with the FSTB on "Further Reform of Regulatory Regime of Accounting Profession"

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

• Decision making in a crisis offered by accountingcpd.net

• Archived webinar valuing financial instruments offered by iiBV

• Two free e-learning courses on the Notifiable Transactions Rules and Connected Transactions Rules offered by Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited

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