CSA Expert 6.2 - 13 May, 2024
- Add remaining revised forms to “Job” and “Blank Forms”, except NR2
CSA Expert 6.1 - 28 February, 2024
- Release revised specified forms NAR1, NN3, NDR1, IR1263, NNC2, NR1, ND2B, MPI, PS1, PS2, PS3 and AFLC
- Update Statutory Registers for Hong Kong Companies
CSA Expert 6.0 - 21 December, 2023
- Update NNC1, NNC1G, NN1 and NNC5 to version 2023
- Update Open-ended Funds and Limited Partnership Funds in “Blank Forms”
- Update “Address” section
- Add “Overseas Registration” to corporate Entity
CSA Expert 5.1.2 - 4 September, 2023
- Forerunning update to ensure the data structure is ready for the next major update 6.0
- Further reference to the revised forms to be effective from 27 December 2023
CSA Expert 5.1.0 - 4 May 2023
- Update samples of model Articles of Association to facilitate fully virtual and hybrid general meeting
- Update blank form PS3 and PS4
CSA Expert 5.0.2 - 15 March 2023
- Update Registers of Directors for Hong Kong companies for subsequent changes of correspondence address
- Update IRD’s new headquarter address on their forms
- Add “Our Ref.” to minutes
- Cancel the switching function between old and new CR forms
CSA Expert 5.0.1 - 15 November 2022
- Further update the Register of Directors for HK companies
- Add correspondence address to individual member
CSA Expert 5.0 - 12 October 2022
- Update the revised and new forms for the implementation of Phase 2 of the New Inspection Regime
- Suggested procedures for changing the directors’ correspondence addresses
CSA Expert 4.1.0 - 15 July 2022
- Update minutes, registers for offshore companies
- Governance Committee Member can be Capacity or Entity
CSA Expert 4.0.1 - 20 September 2021
- Update e-forms which are to be used from 25 October 2021
CSA Expert 4.0.0 - 10 August 2021
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- Update CSA for Phase I of the new Inspection Regime under Companies Ordinance
- Change “Correspondence Address” in Client and Entity to “Mailing Address”
- Add “Correspondence Address” to individual director/alternate director/reserve director of Hong Kong companies and add it to Register of Directors
- Mass amendment to change all individual directors’ correspondence addresses to registered office address
CSA Expert 3.6.5 - 3 June 2021
- Add Register of Beneficial Owners and Register of Directors for Cayman
- Enhance Batch Filing (BVI) by adding a filter by period feature
- Add company types, capacities and capital Contributions for Limited Partnership Fund companies
- Add Notice of Waiver of Pre-emptive Rights to allotment
- Add CDD inspection date and risk level to corporate Entity
CSA Expert 3.6.4 - 3 February 2021
- Add Register of Beneficial Owners for Seychelles Companies
- Update IRD Form IRC1263
CSA Expert 3.6.3 - 31 August 2020
- Introduce higher password policy
- Signing Instruction for minutes/resolutions
- Joint signatories of a Corporate Entity
- Change the caption of passport “Issuing Country” to passport “Issuing Country/Region” on CR forms
- New Access Control Settings for User Group
- Ignore user group settings
- Control on user-defined fields
- More options in “Select” function for Mass Production – Change of Officers
- Renew the business registration together with branch registration
- Add “First Notice” to NN12
- More standard company types for Cayman Islands company
- “Limited Partnership Agreement” and “Section 9 Statement” for incorporation of Cayman ELP company
- More standard company types for Cayman Islands company
CSA Expert 3.6.2 - 27 February 2020
- Update e-forms to the version effective on 6 March 2020
- State whether the class of shares carry voting right, conditional or unconditional to the Register of Members for Cayman Islands companies
- Add more versions for Register of Transfers. The difference is in the column of share certificates
- Add statement of “adaption of common seal” to the minutes about change of corporate name, if applicable
CSA Expert 3.6.1 - 13 December 2019
- Update Cayman Island’s Register of Members
- Add new option “Conditional” voting rights to Client’s share capital
- Combine Remark column in Register of Members
- Further modify statement of place of incorporation and limited liability stated in CSA documents
- Add new Capacities of “AML Officers”
CSA Expert 3.6.0 - 1 July 2019
- Update documents to meet the requirements imposed on “Non-Hong Kong Companies (Disclosure of Company Name, Place of Incorporation and Members’ Limited Liability) Regulation”
- New job “Reduction of Registered Capital” (NSC19)
- Add Solvency Statement for share buyback (NSC17)
- Add Requisition of Convening an EGM for removal of officers
- Update CR’s sample AA
- Add filter in search function in Master Files’ record browsers and picklists
CSA Expert 3.5.7 - 31 January 2019
- Update NR2 to the version effective on 1 February 2019
- Update description of copies of resolutions in point 14 “Company Records” in NAR1
- Enhance Share Certificate for issue and cancellation of share certificates in one Job
- Update Registers:
- State printing date on Register as “Printed on”
- Change “Jurisdiction” to “Place of Incorporation”
- Add Register of Members for Cayman Islands
- Filter function in Master Files and picklist
- CDD inspection date and risk level
- AML officers for Cayman Company
- Enhance resolution for appointment/resignation/removal of auditor
CSA Expert 3.5.6 - 30 August 2018
- Blank forms, company types and capacities for Open-ended Fund Company
CSA Expert 3.5.5 - 25 July 2018
- Add a new job of “Alteration of Significant Controller”
- Give more typical examples of additional matters in SCR
- Enhance the compliance alert for SC and DR
- Update IRC3111A
- Update e-forms to the version released on 21 May 2018
CSA Expert 3.5.4 - 3 April 2018
- Further revise Capacity Master File to allow a single or a combination of conditions for natural of control
- Auto-create director, SC/LE and designated representative for founder member
- Include notice and confirmation to SC in Company Formation
- Add new job for Appointment and Resignation of Designated Representative
CSA Expert 3.5.3 - 16 March 2018
- Revise SC’s Natural of Control to allow multi-selections of conditions, especially for Condition (e)
- Put statements related to the progress of investigation “Additional Matters” section of SCR, not in the “Remarks” column
- Give some hints on preparing SCRs after sending out notices to presumed SC / Legal Entities(“/LE”)
CSA Expert 3.5.2 - 28 February 2018
- Amend Summary of SC to exclude nominees
- Separate two types of Additional Matters – for company and SC/LE
- Update NR2
CSA Expert 3.5.1 - 7 February 2018
- A checklist of presumed Significant Controllers (“SC”) with their required personal particulars.
- Batch production and printing of notices for confirmation to every presumed SC
- Batch production and printing of board written resolutions for every company to approve the location of keeping the SCR and to designated representative of the SCR
CSA Expert 3.5.0 - 21 December 2017
- Update database to make CSA compatible with the latest version of MS-SQL Server
- Make CSA Expert compatible with the user interface of Windows 10
- Add the Excel checklists for submitting information of directors and beneficial owners of Seychelles companies to the registered agents
- Revamp the features of Service and Invoice Master Files
- Add Usual Form Presentor in Mass Production of Job
- Add Director Declaration for Opening Bank Account for overseas companies
- Provide an Extra or Another Identity on Statutory Form
- Add Due Diligence Verification of Identity Form for BVI Company (UBO)
- Update IRD Form IRBR193
- Add new function of data transfer
- Add feature to clear a General User’s Selected Client in User ID and Access Rights
CSA Expert 3.4.1 - 6 February 2017
- Update blank forms for winding up: NW2, NW3, NW4, NW5
- Fix the problem in saving the date in “PRC” tab of Client Master File (for PRC companies only)
- For the job of redenomination, if a company has more than one classes of shares, all classes will be printed on NSC11 and NSC13
- Updates IRC3111a and IRC3113 to version 6/2016
CSA Expert 3.4.0 - 11 January 2017
Enhancement for reporting different particulars to different jurisdictions if the company is registered in more than one places:
- New data structure and interface of Capacity Master File
- Handles changes on service address for BVI companies in the job “Entity Changes Particulars”
- Updates documents for the Confirmation of Particulars
CSA Expert 3.3.4a - 2 June 2016
For BVI companies:
- Show list of standard country names for BVI FSC Template
- Validate country name on the Template and remark invalid names
- Option to show Chinese company name on the Template
For HKG companies:
- Show four company records in pt. 14 of NAR1
- Add allotment and share buy-back to Remarks of Sch. 1 on NAR1
- Add Client Group to My Job
CSA Expert 3.3.4 - 2 June 2016
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For Hong Kong companies:
- Update e-form templates
For BVI companies:
- Handle changes of director’s residential / registered office address on Register of Directors (ROD)
- Add occupation to the ROD with identities
- FSC Excel can have Chinese names
- Add UBO to reports and checklists
For PRC companies:
- More options for partnership enterprises in company types
- New options to indicate “Limited liability” or “Unlimited liability” in Member
For Samoa companies:
- Add statements on Register of Members and Directors decelerating the location of Register
CSA Expert 3.3.3b - 2 June 2016
Further update for BVI companies:
- Add new versions of Registers of Directors with identities
- Add location of Statutory Books and Financial Records to Client Master File and First Board Meeting
CSA Expert 3.3.3a - 2 June 2016
Further update the BVI FSC Excel File Template:
- Individual directors are required to report both Service Address and Residential Address even if they are same
- Corporate directors are not required to report Service Address
- Put a hyphen ” – ” in an empty “State” field
CSA Expert 3.3.3 - 29 April 2016
Update CSA for the new compliance requirements imposed by the BVI Business Companies (Amendment) Act. 2015 & 2016:
- Update Register of Directors
- Add Excel report for Batch Company Filings (BVI FSC Template)
- Enhance Compliance Alert for the missing critical data of BVI directors
- Find the Ultimate Beneficial Owner (UBO) by Group Structure Chart
- Add UBO to Capacity Master File
- Modify Consent to Act / Acceptance of Appointment
CSA Expert 3.3.2 - 29 April 2016
- Add service address for BVI directors
- Add new Capacity: Administrator
- Add location of records and underlying Documentation
- Add person who maintain the registers and documentation
- Update Register of Directors for BVI companies
CSA Expert 3.3.1 - 2 February 2016
- Enhance the job “Change of Share Structure” to handle redenomination
- Introduces Equity Ratio for the members of companies limited by liability and trust
- Add the job “Transfer of Equity Interests”
- Enhance job reference of allotment
- Add new version of share certificate for BVI companies
- If the individual secretary of a non-HK company reports the principal place of business in HK as his correspondence address , change of R/O will also generate NN7. This function also applies to Mass Production of Job.
CSA Expert 3.3.0 - 3 September 2015
- Update CSA interface – larger font on menus, new buttons on Tool-bar, higher screen resolution, interface of Member’s Capacity Master file
- Add Last A/C Ref Date to Client Master File
- Address of Authorized Representative (Hong Kong) can be residential address, principal place of business in HK or a specified address
- EGM for nomination / revocation of Reserve Director
- Retainer Service Master File & Invoice Master File
CSA Expert 3.2.4 - 26 February 2015
- Apply calculation of AGM due dates fulfills both Predecessor Ordinances and new Companies Ordinance
- Apply new calculations for A/R Reminder and Checklist of AGM Due Dates
- Add ID and passport expiry date to the MassJob “Entity Changes Particulars”
- Handle Consent to Act as Director is signed by corporate director for e-form NNC1 and NNC1G
- Release trail version of e-form NAR1
- Add more tax file numbers for PRC companies
- Add 2 version of Registers of Charges: Hong Kong version & Hong Kong version with bilingual caption
CSA Expert 3.2.3 - 13 January 2015
- Apply new calculation of A.R Date for guarantee and public companies
- Update A/R Reminder for the new calculation
- Unify the expressions of “Member” and “Redemption” in English and Chinese
CSA Expert 3.2.2 - 16 December 2014
- Enhance bank account master filer
- New NAC4 “Notice of Alternation of Accounting Reference Date”
- Update Form 1(b)
- New option of affixing common seal on share certificates
- Generation of “Due Diligence Verification of Identity Form for Individual Clients” as a report
CSA Expert 3.2.1-R - 1 August 2014
- Reorganize buttons on Tools Bar
- Update e-Incorporation
- Enhance backup function to have a 2nd copy of data backup and a copy of document backup
- Allotment of shares and grant of rights with company approval in EGM
- More than one listing status in one jurisdiction
- Add bank account signer to C-E-C
- Resign Auditor in AGM
CSA Expert 3.2.0 - 1 August 2014
- Update e-forms for e-incorporation
- Change format of company name printed on forms for Hong Kong companies to print English name then Chinese name
- Update format of corporate names printed on NN1 and NN10 to meet the requirements on section 3 of Chap. 622J
- Add Identity to Register of Members
- Print Founder Member’s Share Certificate No. on First Board Meeting
- New function to reset folio no. for Capacity
- New function to recalculate all AGM notice date
- New section “Other Business in Minutes / Resolution
CSA Expert 3.1.6 - 9 June 2014
- Change default folder for the files generated by “Disclosure of Company Name”
- More options for searching an address in “Disclosure of Company Name”
CSA Expert 3.1.5 - 30 May 2014
- Change of Articles of Association – NAA1, NAA2, NAA3
- Change of Shares Capital by capitalization of profit or by the fund provided by members (NSC11)
- Change of Auditor (NA1, NA2)
- Disclosure of Company Name on electronic device
- Group Structure Chart supports Visio 2013
- Common system settings for printing index and letter or not
- Add description of ID type to Jurisdiction/Country Definition File
- Common system settings for printing other ID on form even passport is provided
CSA Expert 3.1.4 - 23 April 2014
- Update NSC11 for consolidation and subdivision
- Reorganise the index and version of all Registers
- Default meeting type of allotment is changed to EGM (for section 141)
- Add correspondence address to Confirmation of Particulars for individual officer
CSA Expert 3.1.3 - 28 March 2014
- New forms NSC2
- NAR1 – add page no. to Schedule 1 and 2
- IRBR2 – update to version “10/2013”
- AA Cover – update to the format of CI issued after 3 March 2014
- Board W/R – confirm to quote Article No. on board resolution
CSA Expert 3.1.2 - 18 March 2014
- New forms NNC2, NN12, NR1, NN12, NN13
- Update the notices for declaring the company will become dormant and will cease to be dormant
- Shareholder’s written resolution: should quote section 548
CSA Expert 3.1.1 - 5 March 2014
- More options in Capacity Master File for individual secretary’s reporting to CR: residential, R/O, Business or specified
- Enhance Entity Changes Particulars for individual secretary changes the reporting address
- Adds A/R due date to Presentor’s Section
- Adds postal code to the 3rd line of address for C/R forms
CSA Expert 3.1.0 - 28 February 2014
- Except NNC1, NNC1G and NDR1, adds more new forms: NAR1, NN3, NR2, NM1, NM2, ND2A, ND4, ND5, ND8, NN2, NN6, NN8, ND2B, ND7, NN7, NN8C and NSC1
- Converts company types for Hong Kong companies
- Adds optional items on Presentor’s Section to Common System Settings
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