Issue no. 137 (5 January 2018)

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Highlights

9 Jan	U.S. tax update Josh Maxwell, Tax Attorney, Hone Maxwell LLP
22 Jan	Hong Kong's record property prices: What goes up, must come down? Stephen Wong, Deputy Executive Director and Head of Public Policy Institute, Our Hong Kong Foundation
24 Jan	An update on regulatory developments in the funds industry Christina Choi, Executive Director, Investment Products, Securities and Futures Commission
Feb - Jun	Professional diploma in China tax – China tax course Experienced tax specialists, including accountants and academics

Hot topics

Corporate governance
15 Jan	Copyright law and the technology revolution
18 Jan	The corporate governance case for board gender diversity

Taxation
31 Jan	Locality of profits – From Whampoa Dock to D25/14

Accounting and financial reporting
9 Feb	The challenges of modern financial reporting – How well do your reports meet stakeholder needs?

Events in series

Capital markets series
10 Jan	Pre-IPO planning
5 Mar	Commonly encountered PRC laws in Hong Kong IPOs

IT series
22 Jan	Cybersecurity – Identifying and responding to a cyber incident

Corporate risk management series
24 Jan	Financial crimes, white collar crimes and case studies of money laundering in Hong Kong
27 Feb	The EU GDPR – A Hong Kong perspective
7 Mar	Exploring commercial and financial disputes with case studies: How to resolve employment and financial disputes without going through court litigation?

Soft skills series
26 Jan	Presenting with condfidence
5 Feb	Interview skills: Hiring the right talents
13 Mar	Effective interview skills in hiring right talents

Compliance series
29 Jan	How to deal with the 3Cs when they come knocking?
2 Feb	How to handle information of business clients, staff members and ex-employees? The impacts of Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap. 486) (PDPO)
16 Apr	How would discrimination laws affect the professional accountants and the commercial industry?

Wealth management series
31 Jan	Global asset management in 2018

IT series – Building controls in ERP systems
24 Feb	Order to cash process
24 Mar	Inventory management process
21 Apr	Procure to pay process
26 May	Record to report process

Internal control series
28 Mar	Extended enterprise risk management


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