eTrust Academy · Education Channel · Hong Kong

Trust law and practice — for Asia's next century.

eTrust Academy delivers structured online education on trust law and practice — for practitioners and families across Asia. Two curricula. Public and professional.

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Curricula

Two curricula. One platform.

eTrust Academy delivers education across two distinct curricula — one for the general public, one for professionals. Each stands independently. Together they form Asia's most comprehensive online education platform for trust law and practice.

● Launching 2026
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Public Education
Families · Business Owners · General Public

Structured online courses on trust, estate planning, and custodianship — designed for anyone who wants to understand how wealth is protected, structured, and passed across generations. No legal background required.

Trust 101 What is a trust, how does it work, and why does it matter — for families and individuals across Asia. Launching 2026
Estate & Succession Planning 101 How families plan, structure, and execute the transfer of wealth and assets across generations. Coming Soon
Custodianship 101 The role of asset custody in protecting family and institutional wealth. Coming Soon

Courses delivered online. Self-paced. Multilingual. Certificate of completion issued.

○ In Development
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Professional Development
Solicitors · TCSP Licensees · Trust Officers · Practitioners

CPD-accredited courses on trust law and practice best practice — designed for practitioners who require rigorous, current, and practitioner-authored professional development. Structured for HKTA, Law Society of Hong Kong, and STEP CPD recognition.

Best Practice — Trust Deed Drafting Principles, hierarchy clauses, anti-Bartlett frameworks, and governance provisions. CPD Accreditation In Progress
Best Practice — Trustee Decision-Making Fiduciary duties, documentation standards, and defensible decision frameworks. CPD Accreditation In Progress
Best Practice — AML/KYC for Trust Practitioners Regulatory obligations, framework design, and ongoing compliance for TCSP licensees. CPD Accreditation In Progress

CPD hours stated per course. Recognised by HKTA, Law Society of Hong Kong, and STEP — accreditation in progress.

About

Built by a practitioner. For practitioners.

eTrust Academy is the education channel of the ETRUST knowledge platform — Asia's platform on trust, wealth, governance, markets, and technology. The Academy focuses specifically on trust law and practice.

Every course is authored by Dr. Matthew Au — a practicing solicitor and Certified Trust Practitioner (CTP) with over 40 years of interdisciplinary experience at the intersection of technology, finance, and law. The content draws directly from active legal practice, institutional experience, and ongoing engagement with the trust industry's leading professional bodies.

eTrust Academy is delivered entirely online — self-paced, multilingual, and accessible to practitioners and families across Asia and beyond.

CTP — Certified Trust Practitioner Hong Kong Trustees' Association · Executive Committee Member, Best Practice Special Working Group
Practicing Solicitor — Hong Kong The Law Society of Hong Kong · Company, trust, commercial and technology law
TEP Candidate Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)
Ph.D. Law — University of British Columbia LL.B. University of London · M.A. Economics · M.Sc. Computer Science · B.Sc. Computer Science (Cornell, Distinction)
40 Years — Technology, Finance & Law Bell Canada · IBM Canada · Bank of America · Goldman Sachs (Executive Director) · Legal Practice, Hong Kong