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Important Notes:

  1. Principal MPF Scheme Series 600 (Scheme) is an MPF Scheme.
  2. All constituent funds under this Scheme invest solely in insurance policies issued by Principal Insurance Company (Hong Kong) Limited ("Principal"). Your investment in these funds is therefore subject to the credit risk of Principal.
  3. Principal, the Guarantor of the Principal Long Term Guaranteed Fund under this Scheme, will only provide a guarantee of capital and a prescribed guarantee rate of return in certain specified circumstances. Please refer to page 7 of this Principal Brochure under the section "Provision of Guarantee" for details of the guarantee conditions.
  4. Investment in Principal HK Dollar Savings Fund is different from placing deposits with a bank or deposit-taking company and is not protected by the Deposit Protection Scheme. Investment in this fund will be subject to investment risks.
  5. You should consider your own risk tolerance level and financial circumstances before making any investment choices. When, in your selection of funds, you are in doubt as to whether a certain fund is suitable for you (including whether it is consistent with your investment objectives), you should seek financial and/or professional advice and choose the fund(s) most suitable for you, taking into account your own circumstances. 
  6. In the event that you do not make any investment choices, please be reminded that any contributions made and/or benefits transferred into this Scheme will be invested into Principal HK Dollar Savings Fund, and such fund may not necessarily be a suitable investment for you.
  7. You should not invest in reliance on this marketing material alone. You should read the Principal Brochure of the Scheme for further details (including investment policy, risk factors, fee and charges and constituent funds information).

Principal MPF Scheme Series 600

Principal MPF Scheme Series 600 consists of five constituent funds with different risk/return profiles, offering diversification and flexibility in investment options to your employees.


Risk/Return Spectrum
Low High

Low

Moderate

Moderate to High

MPF Conservative Fund

Hong Kong Dollar Savings Fund

Long Term Guaranteed Fund

Long Term Accumulation Fund

Global Growth Fund

Latest Fund Information


"APIF" refers to an "Approved Pooled Investment Fund" approved by the Authority pursuant to the MPF Ordinance for investment by provident fund schemes registered under the MPF Ordinance.

"ITCIS refers to Index-Tracking Collective Investment Schemes (as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes (General) Regulation) approved by the MPFA for investment by provident fund schemes registered under the MPFS Ordinance.


Principal Long Term Guaranteed Fund*
Objective The objective of the fund is to provide a competitive long-term total rate of return, while providing a minimum guaranteed average annual return over the career of the members.
Investment Portfolio

Invest in an insurance policy Approved Pooled Investment Fund ("Policy APIF") which will in turn invest in two or more Approved Pooled Investment Funds ("APIFs") and/or Approved Index-Tracking Collective Investment Schemes ("ITCIS"). The underlying investments will consist of debt and equity securities which may be denominated in HK dollars, US dollars or other currencies.

 

(Investments in the Policy APIF are subject to the credit risk of Principal)
Asset Allocation
Equity Securities

10 - 55%

Debt Securities

25 - 90%

Cash & Short-term Investments(e.g.bills and deposits)

0 - 20%

Geographic Allocation
United States and Greater China

40- 100%

Other Asia

0 - 50%

Europe

0 - 50%

Other Countries

0 - 50%

Risk / Return Profile#
(Guaranteed Fund)

* Principal Long Term Guaranteed Fund

Principal, the Guarantor of the Principal Long Term Guaranteed Fund under this Scheme, will only provide a guarantee of capital and a prescribed guarantee rate of return in certain specified circumstances.  Your investments are subject to the credit risk of Principal. 

The guarantee of capital and return will only be offered if the contributions in the fund are withdrawn upon the occurrence of a "qualifying event", which is the receipt by the Trustee of a valid claim of all the accrued benefits of the member upon satisfying any of the following conditions:

(a) Attainment of the normal retirement age or retirement at or after the early retirement age but before the normal retirement age

(b) Total incapacity

(c) Death

(d) Permanent departure from Hong Kong

(e) Claim of small balance

 

The above conditions (a) to (e) apply to employee members, self-employed persons and preserved account holders.

(f) Termination of the member's employment (regardless of the reason of termination) and the continuous period for which the member has been investing in the fund up to and including the last date of his employment ("qualifying period") is at least 36 complete months.  The qualifying period in respect of a member will also be re-set to zero if the member (or his personal representative) effects a redemption, switching out or withdrawal of the units of the fund other than upon the occurrence of a qualifying event.  For the avoidance of doubt, condition (f) does not apply to self-employed persons or preserved account holders.

 

If a redemption, switching out or withdrawal of units of the fund is effected by a member other than upon the occurrence of a qualifying event as stated above, the guarantee will be affected and the member's investments in this fund will be subject to market fluctuation and investment risks.  Please refer to page 7 of the Principal Brochure of the Scheme under the section "Provision of Guarantee for details of the guarantee conditions.

 



 

Principal MPF Conservative Fund** 
Objective The objective of this fund is to at least earn a net return equal to the "prescribed savings rate" (which is broadly the average rate of interest on a Hong Kong dollar savings account) determined by the MPFA. 
Investment Portfolio

Invest in a Policy APIF which will consist of a portfolio of bank deposits, short duration securities and high quality money market instruments denominated in Hong Kong dollars.

 

(Investments in the Policy APIF are subject to the credit risk of Principal) 
Asset Allocation
Certificates of Deposit

0 - 95%

Debt Securities

0 - 95%

Cash & Short-term Investments(e.g.bills and deposits)

0 - 100%

Geographic Allocation

Hong Kong

100%

Risk / Return Profile#

 

** Principal MPF Conservative Fund

 

Principal MPF Conservative Fund under this Scheme is not a guaranteed fund and does not guarantee the repayment of capital. Fees and charges of MPF conservative fund can be deducted from either (i) the assets of the fund or (ii) members' account by way of unit deduction.  This fund uses method (i) and, therefore, unit prices/net asset value/fund performance quoted have incorporated the impact of fees and charges.  





Principal HK Dollar Savings Fund 
Objective The objective of this fund is to earn a competitive short-to-medium term rate of return. 
Investment Portfolio

Invest in a Policy APIF which will in turn invest mainly in an APIF which consists primarily of a portfolio of high quality Hong Kong dollar short-to-medium duration debt securities.  The first-mentioned Policy APIF will also invest in another APIF which mainly composes of US dollar short-to-medium duration debt securities.

 

(Investments in the Policy APIF are subject to the credit risk of Principal) 
Asset Allocation
Short-to-medium Duration Debt Securities

60 - 100%

Cash & Short-term Investments
(e.g.bills and deposits)

0 - 40%

Geographic Allocation

Hong Kong

70 - 100%

United States

0 - 30%

Europe

0 - 30%

Others

0 - 20%

Risk / Return Profile#

 

Note: Investment in Principal HK Dollar Savings Fund is different from placing deposits with a bank or deposit-taking company and is not protected by the Deposit Protection Scheme.  Investments in this fund will be subject to investment risks.





Principal Long Term Accumulation Fund 
Objective The objective of this fund is to earn a competitive long-term total rate of return through investing in a balanced portfolio. 
Investment Portfolio

Invest in a Policy APIF which will in turn invest in two or more APIFs and/or ITCIS.

 

(Investments in the Policy APIF are subject to the credit risk of Principal) 
Asset Allocation
Equity Securities

20 - 80%

Debt Securities

15 - 75%

Cash & Short-term Investments(e.g.bills and deposits)

0 - 20%

Geographic Allocation

United States

15 - 100%

Asia

0 - 85%

Europe

0 - 30%

Others

0 - 20%

Risk / Return Profile#



Principal Global Growth Fund
Objective The objective of this fund is to seek long-term growth of capital through investing in an APIF. 
Investment Portfolio

Invest in a Policy APIF which will in turn invest in two or more APIFs and/or ITCIS. Through these underlying investments, the fund will invest primarily in equities and debt securities of different countries. The fund will normally target a larger allocation to equity investments than debt securities.

 

(Investments in the Policy APIF are subject to the credit risk of Principal)

Asset Allocation
Equity Securities

30 - 90%

Debt Securities

10 - 70%

Cash & Short-term Investments (e.g.bills and deposits)

0 - 30%

Geographic Allocation
Asia  

0 - 75%

South America

0 - 10%

Europe       

0 - 75%

Africa/Middle East

0 - 10%

North America

0 - 80%

Others

0 -  20%

Risk / Return Profile#


#Risk/Return Profile

Low

Moderate

Moderate to High

 

The classifications of Risk/Return Profile are based on past volatility (ie. annualized standard deviation of returns), worst and best two months returns, and the relative risk levels among the funds in the Scheme. Besides, reference was also made to the investment objectives of the respective funds.

 

NOTE:

Investors should note that (i) the above ranges of asset and geographic allocations are for indication only and long term allocations may vary with changing market conditions; and (ii) the geographic allocation for equity investments is classified by the place of principal business of the issuers and the geographic allocation for debt investments is classified by their currency denomination.

 

Investment involves risks. The value of the funds may go up or down.  Please refer to the Principal Brochure of the Scheme for more details, including fees, charges and the risk factors of the constituent funds and the Scheme.