Kroll, the world’s leading risk consulting company provides a broad range of investigative, intelligence, financial, security and technology services to help clients reduce risks, solve problems and capitalise on opportunities. Kroll is a subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., the global professional services firm.

Kroll is widely recognised as the world leader in fighting fraud. Leveraging our extensive knowledge of the field through offices in 65 countries, we have assembled a diverse group of anti-fraud experts. Kroll has worked for corporations, law firms, governments and multilateral agencies helping to prevent and investigate fraud as well as recover stolen assets. Kroll tailors its strategy to meet the specific needs of your business while adhering to the highest standards of quality, performance and ethics. Engaging Kroll sends a signal to your internal and external stakeholders that fraud will not be tolerated by the organisation and that regulatory and financial compliance are cornerstones of your business. During our engagements, Kroll professionals strive to work alongside your internal teams, willingly transferring our knowledge and experience.

Financial and IT institutions operate within global markets, where change and competitive pressures are constant. One key corporate strategy is to build up internal business competencies. Having people with the right competencies (the right knowledge, skills and attitude to perform specific job functions) who understand the markets and the operations, and can navigate through the intricacies of the market place is fundamental for financial institutions to ensure their long-term growth and success.

Our objective is to increase the existing pool of competent industrial practitioners who can perform to international standards through a series of structured software training programmes.

Certified System Investigator (CSI)

• CSI Certification is a highly regarded specialized qualification designed for people
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Participants studying for the certification at respective level will be required to sit in for a 2 hour Computer Based Examination (CBE). With CBE, it provides immediate feedback to candidates, as examination results will be shown on screen at the end of the examination

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The ICA is a professional organisation dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in compliance, anti-money laundering and financial crime prevention. Operating in the financial services sector, the ICA delivers accredited learning, developing and supporting professionals globally. For novice and experienced practitioners, the ICA certificate and diploma programmes are a recognised mark of achievement. Through dialogue, information exchange and comprehensive resource material, the Association helps individuals to improve business practice and minimise risk.

Transparency International is the global civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption. Through more than 90 chapters worldwide and an international secretariat in Berlin, Germany, TI raises awareness of the damaging effects of corruption and works with partners in government, business and civil society to develop and implement effective measures to tackle it.

Incorporated in September 2002, CHKLC is a non-profit organization serving listed companies and other industry bodies in Hong Kong. The Chamber strives to promote sound corporate governance; function as an effective communication channel between listed companies and regulatory authorities; strengthen the commercial linkage and foster cooperation among listed companies from Hong Kong and China and uphold Hong Kong’s position as an international trade, commercial and financial centre. Since 2007, the Chamber organises the annual “Hong Kong Corporate Governance Excellence Awards” jointly with the Hong Kong Baptist University to advocate best practices of corporate governance and recognize excellence, and from 2008 organises the annual “Listed Companies Conference” to provide a forum of discussion of stock market issues.

The Hong Kong Corporate Counsel Association was established March 2003 as the pioneer association representing in-house lawyers in Hong Kong. The HKCCA provides an efficient and effective range of benefits and services for its members' professional development, including continuing legal education, a platform for networking and the exchange of ideas, information and experiences that are unique to the in-house role. It is the only association of in-house counsel run for in-house counsel by in-house counsel. We pride ourselves in knowing what in-house counsel want to learn, to hear, to advocate and to participate in, and we believe we know how to organize activities to meet these needs.

ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) is the largest and fastest-growing international accountancy body with 122,000 members and 325,000 students in 170 countries. We aim to offer the first choice qualifications to people of application, ability and ambition around the world who seek a rewarding career in accountancy, finance and management. ACCA works to achieve and promote the highest professional, ethical and governance standards and advance the public interest.
ACCA was founded in London more than 100 years ago. ACCA first founded its office in Hong Kong in 1950. Today, ACCA has 18,000 members and 12,000 students in Hong Kong and Macau

The Hong Kong Investment Funds Association (“HKIFA”) is a professional body that represents the asset management industry in Hong Kong. We have two major roles, namely the promotion of Hong Kong managed investment products and consultation with the authorities to relay views of our members on issues that have implications for the asset management industry. Our objective is to enable Hong Kong people to understand more about the characteristics of mutual funds; and to use them effectively for retirement investment and other financial planning purposes. We have 46 fund management companies as full/overseas members. They manage about 1,310 SFC-authorized funds as at the end of July 2008, involving total assets of about US$754 billion. We also have 58 affiliate and associate members. (www.hkifa.org.hk)

The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) is the worlds premier provider of anti-fraud training and education. Together with nearly 45,000 members, the ACFE is reducing business fraud world-wide and inspiring public confidence in the integrity and objectivity within the profession.

The China-Shanghai Chapter has over 100 registered associated members and continues to grow. We hold social and training activities on a regular basis to connect anti-fraud professionals and promote professional advancement in the prevention, deterrence, detection and investigation of fraud.

If you are a CFE living in China, currently not a member of ACFE China but would like to hear about activities of the Shanghai and the other sub Chapters, please send your name , email address and contact numbers with other particulars to info@acfechina.org.

gtnews.com is the word’s largest network of corporate treasury professionals. With more than 53,000+ registered readers and a library of over 3,000 articles, white papers and research reports, as well as regular newsletters, online seminars and discussion groups, it is an unrivalled resource for treasury practitioners and those who do business with them.

Euromoney Handbooks is a division of the Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC group. We specialise in producing sector specific publications, built on incisive comment and market-driven analysis. We do this by building relationships with leading opinion-formers – in turn their contributions form the basis of our Handbooks. This gives them unparalleled exposure amongst their peers; as they set the agenda, their organisations are recognised as industry leaders, and our Handbooks become the primary source for investors, senior corporate executives and market intermediaries worldwide.

China Knowledge is a premier information services company that offers news, economic data, business, finance, and industry information, and marketing and consulting services to foreign businesses seeking opportunities in China. China Knowledge also serves Chinese municipal governments, ministries, and state-owned and private enterprises seeking clients in the global market. China Knowledge is headquartered in Singapore, with offices in Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong and other cities in China.

IFR Asia is an invaluable source of insightful news and analysis about the region's capital markets and investment banking industry. It covers not just international deals but also the domestic capital markets which are becoming evermore significant for Asia's issuers, investors and bankers.

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AsiaInt is a specialist provider of economic and political intelligence on Asia. Through its Asia Intelligence and China Watch services it provides a comprehensive one-stop information resource for all those with a professional interest in Asia. AsiaInt combines three specialist information resources geared specifically to China with five Asia-wide information resources and a range of 'bespoke' benefits geared to the needs of individual organizations. A FREE seven-day evaluation of all AsiaInt’s resources is available from http://www.asiaint.com.

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Internet Securities, Inc. (trading as ISI Emerging Markets), was founded in 1994 and acquired by Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC in 1999. It delivers hard-to-get information on more than 80 emerging markets through its award-winning online Emerging Markets Information Service. It aggregates and produces unique content including full-text news articles, financial statements, company information, industry analyses, equity quotes, macroeconomic statistics, and market-specific information, which are derived directly from more than 16,000 local and global publications.

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In addition to worldwide headquarters in New York and European headquarters in London, clients are served through 29 offices in Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America.

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