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1. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   Fixing the MPF

   Posted Jan 24th 2013, 12:00am by Chua Hoi-Wai

   ... report by the Consumer Council, found that different MPF service providers impose very different fees and charges. One operator might charge savers two or three times as much as another for funds ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1134543/fixing-mpf
2. News - Hong Kong - PENSIONS

   Labour advisory panel backs MPF changes

   Posted Jan 17th 2013, 12:00am by Phila Siu

   ... News Hong Kong MPF Labour Advisory Board Phila Siu phila.siu@scmp.com Panel supports move that will put more money into 70,000 low income earners' pockets, but the higher earners will have to contribute more A government advisory body has backed a plan that would save 70,000 low-income people from having to contribute to their MPF accounts while 400,000 would have to pay ... new --> vsa1 Jan 17th 2013 10:16am This is garbage! Get rid of MPF! It's only a profit scheme to make money for insurance companies supported by the government. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1129621/labour-advisory-panel-backs-mpf-changes
3. Business - Money - PENSIONS

   Legco support for plans to cut back on MPF charges

   Posted Jan 08th 2013, 12:00am by Enoch Yiu

   ... Business Money Markets & Investing MPF Management Fee Enoch Yiu enoch.yiu@scmp.com Greater use of electronic payments and a cap on fees among suggestions raised by authority Most lawmakers support the pension regulator's plan to bring in measures to cut management fees for the Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF). During the monthly meeting of the Legislative Council's ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/money/markets-investing/article/1122441/legco-support-plans-cut-back-mpf-charges
4. News - Hong Kong

   MPF regulator moves to slash pension fees

   Posted Nov 26th 2012, 07:45pm by Lai Ying-kit

   ... and online platforms for transactions, and employees – working Hongkongers who make MPF contributions – should consolidate their different accounts with one operator. It suggested setting a ceiling ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1091398/mpf-regulator-moves-slash-pension-scheme-fees
5. Comment - Insight & Opinion - PUBLIC EYE

   I'll say it again: payout for all elderly is lunacy

   Posted Oct 17th 2012, 12:00am by Michael Chugani

   ... tails the people lose. Our government is too gutless to impose tougher rules. No wonder the rich are getting richer. Why aren't our legislators demanding we replace the MPF with a real ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1062609/ill-say-it-again-payout-all-elderly-lunacy
6. Business - China Business

   Business Digest, February 5, 2013

   Posted Feb 05th 2013, 12:00am by Sandy Li, Reuters

   ... positive signals, with a big jump in defence industry orders. Reuters   Funds under MPF return 2.6pc in January The 453 investment funds under the Mandatory Provident Fund returned an average ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/1143462/business-digest-february-5-2013
7. Business - Money - PENSIONS

   Insurers claim victory in fight for workers switching MPF providers

   Posted Jan 28th 2013, 12:00am by Enoch Yiu

   ... Business Money Markets & Investing MPF Sun Life Financial Insurance Enoch Yiu enoch.yiu@scmp.com The sales forces of the insurance companies appear to be winning against the banks after MPF rule changes Insurers with large teams of agents look to have proven better able to fight for new pension business than banks after employees were allowed to choose their own Mandatory ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/money/markets-investing/article/1137345/insurers-claim-victory-fight-workers-switching-mpf
8. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   Hong Kong workers deserve MPF revamp

   Posted Nov 29th 2012, 12:00am by SCMP Editorial

   ... report released by the MPF Authority seems to have confirmed the worst fears of workers. According to the study, the rate of net return is just 3.4 per cent a year. However, the fees ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1093327/hong-kong-workers-deserve-mpf-revamp
9. Business - Money - PENSION FUNDS

   MPFs report lower returns, despite hot money inflow

   Posted Dec 05th 2012, 12:00am by Enoch Yiu

   ... which gained about 18 per cent during this period. Mixed-asset funds, which invest in a combination of bonds and stocks and are the most popular fund choice representing almost half of all MPF ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/money/investment-products/article/1097579/mpfs-report-lower-returns-despite-hot-money
10. Business - Money - MPF

    MPF funds: a chooser's guide

    Posted Nov 26th 2012, 12:00am by Nicky Burridge

    ... Business Money Investment Products MPF Funds Retirement savings Investment Nicky Burridge moneypost@scmp.com Making the right MPF choices is even harder if you don't know the jargon. Nicky Burridge offers a guide for novices New rules enabling members of Hong Kong's Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) to transfer their contributions to a provider of their choice have ...

    http://www.scmp.com/business/money/investment-products/article/1089231/mpf-funds-choosers-guide

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