Issue no. 99 (10 October 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
23 Oct. Strategic move to address IT risks in mobility environment
Ricci Leong, Director, TS IT Advisory Services Limited
3 Nov. Quality control in audit and auditing in a group context
Chris Cantwell, Technical Manager, Practice Regulation, Audit and Assurance Faculty, ICAEW
6 Nov. Financial forecast – overview and areas of focus
Michael Cheung, Chief Financial Officer of Threesixty Group Limited
12 Nov. How to handle investigations by SFC and law enforcement agencies
Stephen Wong, Partner, Maurice W M Lee Solicitors
13 Nov. Business enterprise: mapping the business planning
W. Francis Rowlands, Executive President, Dragon Business Skills and Development and Past Chairman of Global Markets Committee, CIMA
15 Nov. Strategic planning and forecasting for accountants
W. Francis Rowlands, Executive President, Dragon Business Skills and Development and Past Chairman of Global Markets Committee, CIMA
17 Nov. Personal data privacy, transfer and termination of employment
Winnie Chiu, Partner, ONC Lawyers
17 Nov. Valuation for business combinations
Brett Shadbolt, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Censere Group
Gavin Mclntyre, Director, Censere Group
Adie Gupta, Director, Censere Group
Kenneth Leung, Associate Director, Censere Group
Daniel Martin, Associate Director, Censere Group
 
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Hot topics
 
New Companies Ordinance
27 Oct.

New Companies Ordinance: essential non-financial reporting aspects

 
Executive programme for accountants: independent non-executive directors practices for accountants
1 Nov .

INEDs – issues and considerations

1 Nov. Role of company directors – legal and regulatory framework
8 Nov. Role of company directors – board practices
8 Nov. INEDs – roles and fulfillment
 
Event in series
 
IPO series
15 Oct. IPO – acquisition of publicly traded companies
22 Oct. Pre-IPO investments
 
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  Archived webcast of popular technical events:
Mainland tax conference 2014
Foreign exchange remittance out of the PRC
Webinar on navigating challenges of tax audits in Hong Kong (archived version)
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