颱風苗柏來得快，隨時去得亦快，看來討論多時的撤銷強積金對沖方案與標準工時報告仍有機會在今天行政會議上討論。不過 ...全文
... evoke the MPF hedging mechanism-- Fine-tune the existing MPF scheme and study the feasibility of establishing public annuity scheme On education:-- Divert an extra HK$5 billion into education annually ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-26
... ent Fund (MPF), Tsang has suggested that a seed fund be established and the percentage of employers' contribution to the MPF be raised so as to strike a balance between the interests of employers and ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-26
The government proposes to progressively abolish the "offsetting" of severance payments (SP) or long-service payments (LSP) with mandatory provident fund (MPF) contributions, Chief Executive Leung Chu ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-18
... nt to use MPF contributions to offset severance or long-service payments to workers. It will be recalled that when he was campaigning for chief executive in 2011, he suggested that such an offsetting ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-22
... ent Fund (MPF), Hong Kong's compulsory saving scheme, is another popular topic when it comes to retirement planning. While the cost ratio of the MPF has fallen to 1.57 percent from 2.1 percent in 2007 ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-11
... em-ridden MPF scheme. In contrast, Tsang has been keeping a much lower profile. Even though he has the highest approval ratings among the three, it seems he still hasn’t made up his mind yet on whethe ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-25
I've lost count of the number of newspaper headlines I've read about the losses our 2.5 million working population have suffered from their Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF). I have suffered paper losses ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-12
... ent Fund (MPF) scheme. Her goals may sound ambitious and her pledges impressive, but if we look more closely, we can easily tell that what Lam has come up with is just a load of half-hearted measures ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-06
... While the MPF fees are undoubtedly expensive and have ample room to come down, whether the performance of the funds is good or bad is harder to conclude. The history of yearly returns shows clearly th ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-23
... ent Fund (MPF) at 0.75 percent. In the long run, one percent savings in management fee could make a big difference in investment performance. For most ordinary investors, cost savings is the easiest w ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-01
... raw their MPF entitlement in several batches, offering them more flexibility. This article appeared in the Hong Kong Economic Journal on March 18. Translation by Myssie You [Chinese version 中文版] -- Co ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-18
The default investment strategy to be implemented under a draft bill on the city's pension fund system may expose participants to risks in the stock market without their consent, market players said. ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-29
The Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority has filed a writ with District Court demanding that Asia Television Ltd. pay HK$416,000 (US$53,214) in employer's MPF contributions for October last year ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-20
... r sale of MPF products. DBS Bank (Hong Kong) chief executive Sebastian Paredes (龐華毅) expects revenue of the bancassurance business to double by 2018, with that from retail banking tripling and that fr ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-06
... to boost MPF return potential. “HandsonMe” made a mobile application that allows people to invest in Instagram and online shops selling handmade products. “Credit Chest” made a platform that allows c ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-24
