Certification & Qualification Programme
Certification & Qualification Programme
Prepare for a career in the financial services industry
We offer the following certification and qualification programmes. These are accredited by local regulators and recognised by international professional bodies within the financial services industry.
This training series is dedicated to those who plan to enter into the asset management field. The 50-hour training is designed to help people who do not have any knowledge and experience regarding asset management. Upon successful completion of all FOUR modules, you will be awarded the Certificate of Completion for this programme.
You can choose to enrol in the particular module(s) that you are interested in. Participants are required to attend and complete all classes specified by each module. Attendance record will be issued based on your actual attendance record.
| Module | Hours |
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1. Overview of Legal and Regulatory Framework for Securities & Futures Industry (*) |
15 |
| 15 | |
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3. Regulation of Asset Management (5-hour intensive class or 10-hour class) |
5 /10 |
| 10 | |
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Total |
45 / 50 |
(*) Shared modules with another programme called "Back Office Fundamentals for Wealth & Asset Management".
This training series is dedicated to candidates of CPWP Module 1 Examinations and financial services practitioners who wish to enter into the private wealth management (PWM) field. Join the entire 40-hour training on the 14 topics or simply select the specific topics you are interested in.
Programme Details
| Paper & Topic | Training hours |
| Paper 1 - Financial instruments | |
| T2 - Fixed Income Investment | 2 |
| T3 - Equity Securities | 2 |
| T4 - Foreign Exchange | 2 |
| T5 - Derivatives | 4 |
| T6 - Structured Products | 4 |
| T7 - Alternatives Investments | 4 |
| T8 - Unit Trust and Investment Funds | 2 |
| T9 - Lending and Leverage | 2 |
| Total | 22 |
| Paper 2 - Wealth Management | |
| T1 - Overview of PWM Industry, Products and Services | 2 |
| T10 - Wealth Planning | 3 |
| T11 - Portfolio Management - Theories and Practices | 4 |
| T12 - Behavioural Finance | 3 |
| T13 - Mainland China and Asia-Pacific Financial and PWM Markets | 3 |
| T14 - Customer Relationship Management | 3 |
| Total | 18 |
TTC is a core component of achieving the Hong Kong Trustees' Association ("HKTA") Certified Trust Practitioner™ (CTP) designation. The training course is structured in 2 parts (Part A and Part B). The entire course consists of 14 units and 42 hours in-class time. Participants are required to attend the classes.
Collectively all mandatory units completed from Part A and either Stream 1 or 2 of Part B form the full course (14 units in total). Participants who successfully attend and complete the full course and pass the examination for both parts will be awarded "Trust Training Certificate".
| Part A | Part B | |
| Training | 7 compulsory units |
7 compulsory units under either Stream 1 or 2 Two streams:
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| Examination | To be held about 4 weeks after the training courses | To be held about 4 weeks after the training courses |
For details, please refer to the HKTA website.
Below is the overview of the Trust Training Certificate ("TTC") Part A.
- For participants who wish to pursue TTC, they need to enrol into all seven(7) units and complete the Part A Examination. The total course fee for Part A is HK$13,000. Separate enrolment fee of HK$2,000 is required for taking Part A Examination.
- For participants who would like to apply for Experienced Practitioner Exemption ("EPE"), he / she can enrol into Unit 6 by clicking the name of Unit 6 below.
- For participants who would like to gain a solid understanding of the subject matters, he / she could choose to attend any unit(s) they are interested.
All the courses and examination will be held at the Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute.
Participants can download the training materials via the "Upcoming Activity" page of the Online Portal one week before the course date. The training materials will be valid for downloading till the course date.
For the unit names, please refer to the table below.
| Part / Unit | Part / Unit name |
Course dates
|
Module |
| Part A - Unit 1 to 7 | Trust Training Certificate (TTC) Part A - Unit 1 to 7 | 10 March 2020 to 4 May 2020
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For the details of each unit, please refer to its respective course page. |
| 1 | Introduction to Trusts |
10 March 2020 |
M1: Overview of Trusts M2: Trustees' duties M3: Liability, Variation and Termination |
| 2 | Types of Trusts and When Appropriate |
17 March 2020 |
M4: Types of Trust and their uses M5: Retention of control |
| 3 | Administration and Management of Trusts | 23 March 2020 | M6: Administering Trusts |
| 4 | Other Estate Planning Vehicles |
30 March 2020 |
M7: Other Estate planning / Succession vehicles M8: Trust protection issues |
| 5 | Trusts compared with Other Estate Planning Vehicles | 21 April 2020 | M9: Trusts compared with other Estate planning vehicles |
| 6 | Trusts and Compliance | 27 April 2020 | M10: Compliance, AML, Legislative rules and how they apply to trusts |
| 7 | Trust Jurisdiction Comparison | 4 May 2020 | M11: International comparison on Trusts |
| Remedial session |
16 May 2020 09:00 - 12:00 |
For candidates who have enrolled into full course of Part A and registered into the examination, they are allowed to watch the recorded session of the class they missed due to travel or sickness (maximum of 2 units). Please refer to FAQ #5 of HKTA. | |
| Revision session |
21 May 2020 18:00 - 21:00 |
Optional for candidates who have enrolled into full course of Part A and registered into the examination | |
| Part A Examination |
6 June 2020 |
Paper-based examination. Time: 10:00am - 11:30am. |
The CGSE examination is in Chinese. Therefore, all the information is in Chinese only.
金融市場瞬息萬變，對金融從業員的專業知識及操守要求愈來愈高，金銀業貿易場有見市場對行業專才的資歷水平要求日益提升，於二零一零年度推出「從業員註冊制度」。
有見及此，香港證券及投資學會與金銀業貿易場合辦「金銀市場初級及高級證書」備試課程，旨在幫助現職以及有志成為貴金屬從業員認識貴金屬市場的專業知識以及操守，從而將此推廣普及化，並成為專業貴金屬從業員的規範。
| 課程 |
時數 |
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1. 香港金融市場和黃金市場的組成 內容概述香港金融市場、特別是黃金市場，包括全球黃金市場的組成和運作，黃金交易的基本認識等，針對內容為課程手冊中 單元一、單元二和單元五。 |
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2. 黃金價格波動和投資工具分析 內容概述影響金價的因素，包括主要的技術因素和圖表分析，並解釋黃金期貨和期權的運作，針對內容是課程手冊中的單元三和單元四。 |
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3. 黃金業務運作和管理 內容包括黃金業務的交易、結算和風險管理，並了解和認識就金銀業貿易場的組織、運作和註冊制度，針對內容是課程手冊中的單元六A和六B。 |
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Preparatory courses for the following papers
Key Learning Outcome
Learn the topics covered in the syllabus of LE Paper 1 and identify the key areas to focus when participants prepare for the examination.
Course Structure
- 7 tutorial classes (3 hours each class)
- 1 revision session (2 hours)
CPD/CPT Hours
- SFC - 23 CPT hours
- MPFA – 23 non-core CPD hours
Medium of Instruction
Cantonese, English or Putonghua (supplemented with Chinese or English materials)
Key Learning Outcome
Learn the topics covered in the syllabus of LE Paper 7 and identify the key areas to focus when participants prepare for the examination.
Course Structure
- 5 tutorial classes (3 hours each class)
- 1 revision session (2 hours)
CPD/CPT Hours
- SFC - 17 CPT hours
- MPFA – 17 non-core CPD hours
Medium of Instruction
Cantonese, English or Putonghua (supplemented with Chinese or English materials)
Key Learning Outcome
Learn the topics covered in the syllabus of LE Paper 8 and identify the key areas to focus when participants prepare for the examination.
Course Structure
- 7 tutorial classes (3 hours each class)
- 1 revision session (2 hours)
CPD/CPT Hours
- SFC - 23 CPT hours
- MPFA – 23 non-core CPD hours
Medium of Instruction
Cantonese, English or Putonghua (supplemented with Chinese or English materials)
Key Learning Outcome
Learn the topics covered in the syllabus of LE Paper 9 and identify the key areas to focus when participants prepare for the examination.
Course Structure
- 4 tutorial classes (3 hours each class)
- 1 revision session (2 hours)
CPD/CPT Hours
- SFC - 14 CPT hours
- MPFA – 14 non-core CPD hours
Medium of Instruction
Cantonese, English or Putonghua (supplemented with Chinese or English materials)
Working together with Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), we offer the following courses:
- CCASS System Training Course
- DCASS System Training Course
For details of these two courses, please refer to the documents below.
