CPD Planner (Issue no. 153)
 
 
 
Issue no. 153 (18 January 2019)
 
 
The Hong Kong Institute of CPAs continually looks for ways to help you work smarter and more efficiently, gain new knowledge and develop the skills needed for the future. The e-learning programmes listed below provide additional learning to meet the CPD requirement.

Install the Institute's events app (iOS / Android), or visit the CPD learning resource centre and event calendar to enrol in professional development courses and upcoming training opportunities relevant to your needs.

 
 
Four Free 1-hour courses on pivot tables, ethical issues, presenting data, and customer key performance indicators are available for you to try.

If these whet your appetite, more than 100 online courses on accounting and business related topics are available for enrolment from accountingcpd.net.

 
 
  Tailor-made online courses on:
Corporate finance
An update of bank treasury products for financial accountants
Understand wealth management products from the bankers' perspective: Means to enhance and secure the wealth for corporate clients
Fundamentals of structured finance
How banks evaluate creditworthiness of corporate borrowers
Introduction to corporate action of Hong Kong listed companies
Employee share incentive scheme: Trends in Hong Kong listing market
Corporate governance
Taxation
Management accounting (in partnership with CIMA)
 
Click here for details and to enrol online.
 
  Archived webcast of popular technical face-to-face events:
Annual auditing update 2018 – Staying relevant and trusted
Annual accounting update 2018 – Overcoming the implementation challenges together
Quality assurance forum – Know more about practice review
Annual taxation update 2018
Current affairs series – Fostering social upward mobility in Hong Kong
New regimes for trust and company service providers and significant controllers registers
IT series – Cybersecurity threats
 
 
About 100 e-manager courses covering a wide range of management and business skills topics to provide flexible, tablet-friendly, online learning. Click here for details and online enrolment.
 
 
Click here to enrol in a range of online courses on financial markets.
 
 
Webinar provides practical guidance on how to make effective use of the Anti-money laundering procedures manual for accountants
Professional skepticism e-Learning programme for audit partners and managers – Online course on how to enhance the ability to apply skeptical thinking to audit work
HKICPA/Open University of Hong Kong – Online courses on Chinese Business Law
accountingcpd.net e-learning courses – Online courses on accounting and business related topics
 
Click here to see all e-learning courses. The Institute also provides face-to-face events, stay tuned and click here to check out the latest events by date.
The anti-money laundering procedures manual for accountants is now available for purchase at the Institute. The manual includes templates for AML procedures and practices and help sheets, all designed to help practitioners with the Hong Kong regulatory regime.
Free subscription to the ICAEW's premium service on International Standards about technical and practical updates and resources.
The 2016 edition of the Institute's Audit Practice Manual with useful resources supporting your audit work.
The Hong Kong Corporate Insolvency Manual (4th edition) has emerged as the leading resource for accounting and legal professionals with the latest significant developments in insolvency law and practice.
You can input your CPD hours (including CPD training organized by outside providers) in MyCPA. Although it is not equivalent to your CPD declaration, this online record helps you keep track of your CPD achievements. It also lists your enrolment status for CPD courses.
 
Over 7,700 e-books and 300 e-journals are now available in our e-Library.
 
Compliance with CPD requirements is one of the conditions for renewing your membership and practising certificate. Click here to learn more about Statement 1.500 and updated guidelines.
 
Any suggestions for our CPD programmes? Share your views at hkicpa@hkicpa.org.hk