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".
Programme Details
Paper 1 and 2 eLearning are now open for enrolment. Please refer to the links below for details.
| Paper & Topic | Training hours |
| Paper 1 - Financial Instruments | |
| T1 - Basic Products: Fixed Income Instruments, Equity Securities and Foreign Exchange | 2.5 |
| T2 - Derivatives and Structured Products | 2.5 |
| T3 - Investment Funds and Alternative Investments | 2 |
| T4 - Portfolio Management: Theories and Practices | 1.5 |
| T5 - Lending and Leverage | 1.5 |
| Total | 10 |
| Paper 2 - Wealth Management | |
| T6 - Wealth Planning | 2 |
| T7 - Behavioural Finance | 1.5 |
| T8 - Customer Relationship Management | 2 |
| T9 - Overview of Private Wealth Management Industry | 1.5 |
| T10 - Overview of PWM Markets: Hong Kong, Mainland China and Asia-Pacific * | 2 |
| Total | 9 |
* Provided by PWMA as the unique study support of this topic.
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 (9th cohort). The training session will be run in eCourse format.
- For participants who wish to pursue TTC Part A Examination, they need to enrol and attend all seven (7) units. The total course fee for all seven (7) units is HKD10,400. (which is 20% off the original price HKD13,000)
- Upon completion of the training session, separate enrolment fee of HKD2,000 is required for taking Part A Examination. Please note that you need to attend the Examination in person at the HKSI Institute. All the examination candidates will be invited to join a 3-hour Revision Session in Webinar format. The attendance of the Revision Session is optional.
- For participants who would like to apply for Experienced Practitioner Exemption ("EPE"), please contact HKTA to confirm your status before enrolling into Unit 6.
- Corporate group enrolments can enjoy discounts if undertaking all seven(7) units of Part A (with/without examination):
3-5 staff
5% off
>5 staff
10% off
*Please call 3120 6100 or email [email protected] for group discount offers.
- 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.
For the unit names and course details, please refer to the table below.
Enrolment will start on Thursday, 1 September 2022. For those who wish to register, your enrolment deadline is Wednesday, 19 October 2022 (11:59 PM) and please note that:
- Participants who wish to register into Unit 1 to 7 webinar training sessions, Revision Session and the Examination, please click the link in 1st row “TTC Part A Training and Examination Package”
- Participants who wish to register into the training sessions only, please click the 2nd row “TTC Part A Training Package”.
- For participants who wish to enrol into the selected units, click the unit name and then choose "Apply Online" and "Select more". The system will consolidate the units chosen and payment will be made on the total course fee.
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Unit |
Unit name |
Module/Remarks |
Date |
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1-7, Revision Session & Examination |
For the details of each unit, please refer to its respective course page. |
Please refer to the dates listed below |
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1-7 |
For the details of each unit, please refer to its respective course page. |
Please refer to the dates listed below |
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1 |
M1: Overview of Trusts M2: Trustees' duties M3: Liability, Variation and Termination |
Accessible Period: From 1 September 2022 to 19 November 2022 (11:59PM) |
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2 |
M4: Types of Trust and their uses M5: Retention of control |
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3 |
M6: Administering Trusts |
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4 |
M7: Other Estate planning / Succession vehicles M8: Trust protection issues |
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5 |
M9: Trusts compared with other Estate planning vehicles |
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6 |
M10: Compliance, AML, Legislative rules and how they apply to trusts |
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7 |
M11: International comparison on Trusts |
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Revision session |
Optional for candidates who have registered into the examination. |
26 October 2022 18:30 - 21:30 |
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Paper-based examination. |
19 November 2022 09:15 - 10:45 |
