All licensed persons are required to fulfil the CPT requirements. Regardless of the number and types of regulated activities engaged in,
a) For licensed individuals, he/she must undertake a minimum of 10 CPT hours (normal CPT hours) per calendar year.
b) For Responsible Officers, on top of the normal CPT hours, he/she must take two additional CPT hours which should cover topics relating to regulatory compliance. It means that total 12 hours should be undertaken per calendar year.
Some recognized CPT courses are available via the following websites:
- Hong Kong Securities and Futures Professionals Association www.hksfpa.org (free monthly courses once registered as members)
- Hong Kong Securities Professionals Association www.hk-spa.org
- Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute https://www.hksi.org
- Institute of Financial Planners of Hong Kong http://www.ifphk.org