ETRUST | Academy · Learning Channel · Asia

Trust, wealth, and technology — for Asia's next century.

ETRUST | Academy delivers structured online learning across five areas — trust, wealth, digital assets, capital markets, and regulatory technology — for practitioners and individuals across Asia.

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The full curriculum launches through 2026. Register your interest and we'll notify you the moment enrolment opens — for the course area that matters to you.

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Watch Free on YouTube Trust 101 · Episode 1 Live
Trust 101 · Free Video Series · Episode 1 Live

Start here. It's free.

Trust 101 is ETRUST | Academy's introductory course on trust law — six modules, sixty minutes, delivered free on the ETRUST | ASIA YouTube channel. No enrolment required. Watch at your own pace.

Module 1 — What Is a Trust? — is live now. Each module is supported by a reading list — the cases, statutes, and texts that underpin the lecture. Download the Module 1 reading list to follow along, and subscribe on YouTube to be notified the moment Module 2 goes live.

Trust 101 is your entry point to the full Academy curriculum — a free foundation before you choose the course area that matters to you.

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Module 1 Reading List — Free PDF
Cases, statutes & texts · What Is a Trust? · ETRUST | Academy · Dr. Au
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Six Modules · Sixty Minutes · Free
MOD 01
What Is a Trust?
Structure, parties, trust deed — the foundation of everything.
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MOD 02
How Is a Trust Created?
The three certainties, formal requirements, constitution.
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MOD 03
Trusts and Asset Protection
Why the separation of ownership matters in practice.
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MOD 04
Types of Trust
Fixed, discretionary, purpose, and charitable trusts.
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MOD 05
The Trust Deed
What it contains and what makes it effective.
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MOD 06
Trust Governance
Administering a trust from creation to termination.
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Subscribe to ETRUST | ASIA on YouTube and hit the bell — you'll be notified when each new module is published. Reading lists for Modules 2–6 will be available at etrust.academy as each module goes live.

Course Areas

Five areas. One platform.

ETRUST | Academy delivers structured online learning across five areas — trust, wealth, digital assets, capital markets, and regulatory technology. Each area stands independently. Together they form Asia's most comprehensive online learning platform on trust practice and the disciplines that surround it.

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Trust
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Wealth
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Digital Assets
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Capital Markets
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Regulatory Technology
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About

Built by a practitioner. For practitioners.

ETRUST | Academy is the learning channel of the ETRUST knowledge platform — Asia's platform on trust, wealth, governance, markets, and technology. The Academy delivers structured education across five course areas — see the full curriculum above ↑.

Every course is authored by Dr. Au — a practicing solicitor and Certified Trust Practitioner (CTP) with over 40 years of interdisciplinary experience across 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 individuals 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. · M.A. Economics · M.Sc. Computer Science · B.Sc. Computer Science (Cornell, Distinction)
40 Years — Technology, Finance & Law Systems engineering and banking roles across North America, private wealth management, and two decades of legal practice in Hong Kong
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