Issue no. 97 (7 August 2014)   Are you looking to broaden your skills and excel in your career? The Institute can help you with a variety of CPD courses. Please keep visiting our CPD learning resource centre and event calendar for all upcoming training activities.   Highlights 13 Aug. Funding working capital in business Gary James, Partner, Waterfall Partners Limited 20 Aug. Arbitration in Hong Kong Lee Tin Yan, Assistant Solicitor General, Legal Policy Division, Department of Justice 29 Aug. Succession planning: protect your business and personal assets Man Kwok Kuen, Charles, Partner, Joseph S.C. Chan & Co, Solicitors Eric Chau, Assistant Solicitor, Joseph S.C. Chan & Co, Solicitors Andy Woo, General Manager, Business Development, GP Asset Settlement Company Limited 2 Sept. Webinar on macro hedge accounting under IFRS 9 Yin Toa Lee, Partner, Financial Accounting Advisory Services, EY 3 Sept. Credit management: bank financing criteria Xaviour Wong, Vice President and Team Manager, DBS (HK) Limited Vincent Ng, Vice President and Team Manager, DBS (HK) Limited 3 Sept. The road to employee share-based payment Noah Wong, Assistant Manager, Transaction Advisory Services, RSM Nelson Wheeler Darren Tam, Director, Accounting Department, Guotai Junan International Holdings Limited 4 Sept. Sustainable cost control (re-run) W Francis Rowlands, Executive President, Dragon Business Skills and Development / Past Chairman, Global Markets Committee, CIMA 6 Sept. Managing the variances (re-run) W Francis Rowlands, Executive President, Dragon Business Skills and Development / Past Chairman, Global Markets Committee, CIMA 10 Sept. Accountant's role in mediation Simon Ng, Accredited General Mediator Brian Ng, Accredited General Mediator 12 Sept. The ever-changing corporate governance landscape and the role of INEDs in company boards Patrick Sun, Chairman, Chamber of Hong Kong Listed Companies 15 Sept. The new Canada-Hong Kong tax treaty – opportunities and benefits Paul Previtera, adjunct professor and co-head of Temple University Japan's International Tax Education Program 4 Oct. Practical budgeting in SMEs (re-run) W Francis Rowlands, Executive President, Dragon Business Skills and Development / Past Chairman, Global Markets Committee, CIMA Click here to see all events by date.   Hot topics New Companies Ordinance 4 Sept. Director's duties under the new Companies Ordinance 11 Sept. New Hong Kong Companies Ordinance: business review   Valuation 5 Sept. Introduction to intangible assets valuation 10 Sept. The impact of HKFRS 13 in property valuation    Event in series Cross border series 18 Aug. Cross border M&A: case sharing on legal and legal due diligence issues 22 Aug. China outbound investment environment and financial due diligence focus 1 Sept. Updates on Hong Kong and China cross-border taxation 2 Sept. Development in trademark protection under the new trademark law 17 Sept. Chinese labour contract law and Guangdong business regulations update   Visit the below pages now and make the best use of technology to take CPD courses anywhere, anytime through the Internet.      Archived webcast of popular technical events: Foreign exchange remittance out of the PRC Webinar on navigating challenges of tax audits in Hong Kong (archived version) Revised Small- and Medium-sized Entity Financial Reporting Framework and Financial Reporting Standard Click here for more and to enrol.     Want to hone your management and business skills? A total of 100 e-manager courses offer you a wide range of business subjects for flexible online study. 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