| Principal Long Term Guaranteed Fund** |
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| Objective |
Earn a competitive long-term total rate of return, while providing a minimum guaranteed average annual return. |
| Investment Portfolio |
Invest in an APIF which has a balanced investment philosophy and which consists of a portfolio of fixed income and equity securities denominated in US dollars and HK dollars. |
| Asset Allocation |
| Equity Securities |
20 - 80%
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| Fixed Income Securities |
15 - 75%
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| Cash & Short-term Investments(e.g.bills and deposits) |
3 - 20%
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| Geographic Allocation |
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United States
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15 - 100%
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Hong Kong
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0 - 85%
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Other Asia
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0 - 30%
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| Risk / Return Profile |
-
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(Guaranteed Fund)
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| Principal Capital Preservation Fund* |
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| Objective |
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 an APIF which consists of a portfolio of bank deposits, short duration securities and high quality money market instruments denominated in Hong Kong Dollar. |
| Asset Allocation |
| Certificates of Deposit |
0 - 95%
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| Debt Securities |
0 - 95%
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| Cash & Short-term Investments(e.g.bills and deposits) |
0 - 100%
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| Geographic Allocation |
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| Risk / Return Profile |
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| Principal HK Dollar Savings Fund |
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| Objective |
Earn a competitive short-to-medium term rate of return. |
| Investment Portfolio |
Invest in an APIF which in turn invests 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 APIF will also invest in another APIF which mainly composes of US dollar short-to-medium duration debt securities. |
| Asset Allocation |
| Short-to-medium duration Debt Securities |
60 - 100%
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Cash & Short-term Investments
(e.g.bills and deposits) |
0 - 40%
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| Geographic Allocation |
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Hong Kong
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70 - 100%
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United States
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0 - 30%
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Europe
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0 - 30%
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Others
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0 - 20%
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| Risk / Return Profile |
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| Principal Long Term Accumulation Fund |
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| Objective |
Earn a competitive long-term total rate of return through investing in a balanced portfolio. |
| Investment Portfolio |
Invest in an APIF, which will in turn invest in two or more APIFs and/or ITCIS. |
| Asset Allocation |
| Equity Securities |
20 - 80%
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| Fixed Income Securities |
15 - 75%
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| Cash & Short-term Investments(e.g.bills and deposits) |
0 - 20%
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| Geographic Allocation |
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United States
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15 - 100%
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Asia
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0 - 85%
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Europe
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0 - 30%
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Others
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0 - 20%
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| Risk / Return Profile |
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| Principal Global Growth Fund |
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| Objective |
To seek long-term growth of capital through investing in two or more APIFs ( in the form of an insurance policy or a unit trust). |
| Investment Portfolio |
Invest in two or more APIFs. Each investment fund may in turn make direct investments or invest in an APIF or 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. |
| Asset Allocation |
| Equity Securities |
30 - 90%
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| Debt Securities |
10 - 70%
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| Cash & Short-term Investments(e.g.bills and deposits) |
0 - 30%
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| Geographic Allocation |
| Asia |
0 - 75% |
South America |
0 - 10%
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| Europe |
0 - 75% |
Africa / Middle East |
0 - 10%
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| North America |
0 - 80% |
Others |
0 - 20%
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| Risk / Return Profile |
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** Principal Long Term Guaranteed Fund
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 may 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 the units of the fund is effected other than the occurrence of a qualifying event as stated above, the guarantee will be affected. The Guarantor of the capital and the return for this fund is Principal Insurance Company (Hong Kong) Limited.
The guarantee rate of return for amounts contributed to the Fund after 30 September 2004 would be revised. The revised guarantee rate will be the "new applicable rate", which is currently set at 1% p.a. The guaranteed rate of return for amounts which are contributed to the Fund on or before 30 September 2004 remains unchanged (i.e., either 4% or 5% p.a., as applicable)
Special terms and conditions apply regarding how the guarantee operates. Please refer to the principal brochure including the illustrative examples for full details of how the guarantee operates.
*Principal Capital Preservation Fund
If the amount of income and profits derived from the investment of the fund prior to the deduction of asset fee for a particular month exceeds the amount of interest that would be earned under the "prescribed savings rate" , a portion of the asset fee not exceeding the excess may be deducted from the accrued benefits of the member.
However, if for any particular month no portion of asset fee is deducted resulting from being unable to meet the prescribed savings rate, or the amount deducted is less than the actual amount required, the deficiency may be "rolled forward" and deducted from the amount of any excess that may remain from any of the following 12 months after deducting the required asset fee of that month. If the deficiency still remains after the 12-month period, no additional deduction will be allowed thereafter.
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 down as well as up. Please refer to the Principal Brochure for more details of the Schemes.
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