The Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFSA) wrapped up last Friday its six-week public consultation on a proposed automatic mechanism for adjusting member contributions to the pension fund. ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-10
Spring banquet has always been one of my favourite staff benefits. On that night, everyone seems to relax a bit, enjoying free abalone and shark fin soup (or seafood soup to be environmentally friend ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-12
More than a million members of the Mandatory Provident Fund scheme may benefit as the market leaders among the fund providers cut their management fees, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reported Friday. ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-23
Not much room is expected for MPF providers to lower their overall fees in the first year after the proposed launch of core funds, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reported Tuesday. Bank Consortium Trus ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-20
Principal Financial Group, an American investment and asset management firm, expects to get a significantly bigger share of the mandatory provident fund (MPF) market with its acquisition of the MPF bu ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-29
The delay of the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect has not had any impact on the capital flow of the Tracker Fund of Hong Kong (TraHK), State Street Global Advisors, manager of the exchange traded fund ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-04
Voluntary contributions by employees to the Mandatory Provident Fund have risen 3.58 times in less than nine years, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reported on Tuesday. The amount reached HK$3.12 billi ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-21
Former chief secretary Rafael Hui told the High Court on Friday that he was used to spending his entire salary and sometimes overspent by using credit cards, RTHK reported. Taking the witness stand fo ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-12
A universal pension scheme would be a form of hidden tax if employers and employees are made to contribute to an old-age social safety net, Hong Kong Economic Times reported Wednesday. Requiring them ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-20
Henry Procter of Procter & Gamble once said: "I know I waste half of my advertising dollars...I just wish I knew which half." We can say the same thing about investment advice from brokerages. Onl ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-14
Following is a summary of major news and comments in the Hong Kong Economic Journal, the parent publication of EJ Insight, on Monday, Jan. 27: TOP STORIES SFC calls for stock trading circuit breaker H ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-27
Following is a summary of major news and comments in the Hong Kong Economic Journal, the parent publication of EJ Insight, on Friday, Jan. 17: TOP STORIES Tencent launches fund product, stepping up co ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-17
Following is a summary of major news and comments in the Hong Kong Economic Journal, the parent publication of EJ Insight, on Thursday, Oct. 31: TOP STORIES Mainland lenders' 3Q profits dragged by lac ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-31
Following is a summary of major news and comments in the Hong Kong Economic Journal, the parent publication of EJ Insight, on Wednesday, Oct. 30: TOP STORIES HKEx may seek public opinions on dual-clas ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-30
