Accounting & Finance Finance and Compliance
Programme Overview
Highlights
Programme Details
Workshop Outline
Workshop 1: Financial Regulations and Compliance |
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1. Theoretical and applied aspects of the role of regulation and compliance in the financial services sector; Rationale for financial regulations and compliance; Type of regulation |
2. Compliance principles; independence and conflicts of interest; resources and responsibilities; internal audit; cross border issues |
3. Regulatory framework and process |
4. Overview of regulation of Hong Kong financial industry |
5. Supervision, controlled functions, customer due diligence |
6. Scope of Securities and Futures Commission Ordinance (SFO); role and function of Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) |
7. Regulation, licensing, registration and administration functions of SFC; Hong Kong Securities Institute (HKSI) |
8. Hong Kong Exchange (HKEx) |
9. Hong Kong Banking Ordinance and Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA); role of HKMA in supervision of Hong Kong banking institutions |
10. International banking standards and Basel capital accords |
11. Principles of relevant banking laws and the Companies Ordinance |
12. Market Misconduct; Market Misconduct Tribunal; improper trading practices, disclosure standards and compliance |
13. Social responsibility and ethical issues |
14. Anti-money laundering controls; terrorist financing; insider dealing & prevention of financial crime |
15. Current issues of the Hong Kong financial regulations and compliance |
Workshop 2: Compliance in Banking and Wealth Management |
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1. Regulation under Hong Kong Monetary Authority – Banking Ordinance |
2. Key sections of Banking Ordinance |
3. Supervisory Approach (Risk-based supervisory approach + Outsourcing) |
4. Code of Conduct |
5. Statutory Guideline – Internal Control (include stress-testing); Capital Adequacy; Credit Risk Management; Liquidity Risk Management |
6. Guidance Note – Operational Risk Management; Interest Rate Management; Technology Risk Management (include supervision of e-banking) |
7. Compliance requirements in trade finance and RMB business |
8. Statutory Guideline – Securities and leveraged foreign exchange business |
9. Know your customer (KYC) and customer due diligence (CDD) compliance |
10. Anti-Money Laundering(AML) compliance requirement in banking and wealth management |
11. The role of Financial Action Task Force (FATF), IMF, European Commission and UN in AML |
12. Statutory Guideline- Corporate Governance of Locally Incorporated Authorised Institutions |
13. Guidance note – Credit Card Business; Reputation Risk Management and Wealth Management |
14. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) |
Workshop 3: Compliance in Asset Management |
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1. Regulatory requirements in asset management; SFC’s licensing and registration regime |
2. Code of Conduct for Persons Licensed by or Registered with the SFC |
3. Management, Supervision and Internal Control Guidelines for Persons Licensed by or Registered with the SFC |
4. Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance; Money laundering and terrorist financing in asset management |
5. Back-Office Compliance |
6. SWIFT over Bloomberg |
7. Fund Manager Code of Conduct |
8. Authorization of Collective Investment Schemes (“CISs”); Investment requirements for CISs; Ongoing requirements for CISs |
9. SFC’s special requirements for asset management industry |
10. SFC’s supervisory regime for trustees; custodians and investment companies |
11. Authorization, investment and ongoing requirements for MPF products |
12. Market misconduct and related offences under the Securities and Futures Ordinance |
13. Case studies on malpractices and improper trading |
* “Statement of Attendance” will be issued to students who have achieved at least 70% attendance for the workshop.
Sep 2024 Intake Schedule
Venue: Causeway Bay/ Admiralty
Schedule is subject to change.**
1: Financial Regulations and Compliance (FINA9140)
Lecture |
Date |
Time |
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1 |
7 Sep 2024 |
Sat |
4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. |
2 |
14 Sep 2024 |
Sat |
4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. |
3 |
21 Sep 2024 |
Sat |
4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. |
4 |
28 Sep 2024 |
Sat |
4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. |
5 |
5 Oct 2024 |
Sat |
4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. |
2: Compliance in Banking and Wealth Management (FINA9141) (TBC)
3: Compliance in Asset Management (FINA9142) (TBC)
Application Code | 2245-SC407a | - |
Duration
- Approximately 4 months
Lecture Hours: 15 hours per module
Medium of Instruction: English
Fee & Entry Requirements
Fee
- HK$3000 per module
- HK$9000 per programme
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