Issue no. 98 (5 September 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
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
W. Francis Rowlands, Executive President, Dragon Business Skills and Development and Past Chairman of Global Markets Committee, CIMA
5 Oct. -
8 Nov.  
Professional competence in management accounting: case study workshop
Jasper Chung, ACMA
5 Oct. -
15 Nov.
Performance strategy: risk and control
Dorina Liu, ACMA
7 Oct. Implementation of activity based costing
W. Francis Rowlands, Executive President, Dragon Business Skills and Development and Past Chairman of Global Markets Committee, CIMA
8 Oct. Practical application on merger accounting
Anntice Lai, Director, Technical and Regulatory Affairs, Baker Tilly Hong Kong Limited
10 Oct. 內地進行特許經營的法律須知
李彥成, 深圳市國際投資促進會高級顧問
 
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Hot topics
 
New Companies Ordinance
8 Oct.

Directors' duties under new Companies Ordinance guidance from comparable jurisdictions

 
Event in series
 
Cross border series
17 Sept. Chinese labour contract law and Guangdong business regulations update
13 Oct. Financial due diligence on PRC companies
 
IT security risk series
17 Sept. Addressing emerging IT security risks
 
Corporate finance series
27 Sept./
15 Nov.
Commercial lending
11 Oct./
15 Nov.
Understanding trade finance for accountants (part 1)
25 Oct./
29 Nov.
Understanding trade finance for accountants (part 2)
1 Nov./
29 Nov.
Analysing qualitative aspects of Hong Kong-listed companies
 
Valuation series
27 Oct. Valuation fundamentals
28 Oct. Valuation of financial instruments
17 Nov. Valuation for business combinations
18 Nov. Valuation of intangible assets
 
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
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  A range of online courses on financial market support your continuing professional development. Click here for enrolment.
 
  HKICPA / Open University of Hong Kong – Collaborative online courses on Chinese Business Law.
International treasury management  a self-study programme on core elements of the subject.
 
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