MANDATORY PROVIDENT FUND

DEFAULT INVESTMENT STRATEGY

Default Investment Strategy (“DIS”) is a ready-made investment arrangement mainly designed for those members who are not interested or do not wish to make a fund choice, and is also available as an investment choice itself, for members who find it suitable for their own circumstances. For those members who do not make an investment choice, their future contributions and accrued benefits transferred from another MPF scheme (collectively, “Future Investments”) will be invested in accordance with the DIS. The DIS is required by law to be offered in every MPF scheme and is designed to be substantially similar in all MPF schemes.

Objective and Strategy

The DIS aims to balance the long term effects of risk and return through investing in two constituent funds, namely the Core Accumulation Fund (“CAF”) and the Age 65 Plus Fund (“A65F”), according to the pre-set allocation percentages at different ages. The CAF will invest around 60% in higher risk assets (higher risk assets generally mean equities or similar investments) and 40% in lower risk assets (lower risk assets generally mean bonds or similar investments) of its net asset value whereas the A65F will invest around 20% in higher risk assets and 80% in lower risk assets. The DIS Constituent Funds adopt globally diversified investment principles and use different classes of assets, including global equities, fixed income, money market and cash, and other types of assets allowed under the MPF legislation.

Annual de-risking

Accrued benefits invested through the DIS will be invested in a way that adjusts risk depending on a member’s age. The DIS will manage investment risk exposure by automatically reducing the exposure to higher risk assets and correspondingly increasing the exposure to lower risk assets as the member gets older. Such de-risking is to be achieved by way of reducing the holding in the CAF and increasing the holding in the A65F over time. Diagram 1 above shows the target proportion of investment in riskier assets over time. The asset allocation stays the same up until 50 years of age, then reduces steadily until age 64, after which it stays steady again.

In summary, under the DIS:

1) When a member is below the age of 50, all accrued benefits and Future Investments will be invested in the CAF.

2) When a member is between the ages of 50 and 64, all accrued benefits and Future Investments will be invested according to the allocation percentages between the CAF and A65F as shown in the DIS de-risking table (as per Diagram 2 below). The de-risking on the existing accrued benefits and Future Investments will be automatically carried out as described above.

3) When a member reaches the age of 64, all accrued benefits and Future Investments will be invested in the A65F.

Diagram 2: DIS De-risking Table

Age

Core Accumulation Fund(“CAF”)

Age 65 Plus Fund(“A65F”)

Below 50

100.0%

0.0%

50

93.3%

6.7%

51

86.7%

13.3%

52

80.0%

20.0%

53

73.3%

26.7%

54

66.7%

33.3%

55

60.0%

40.0%

56

53.3%

46.7%

57

46.7%

53.3%

58

40.0%

60.0%

59

33.3%

66.7%

60

26.7%

73.3%

61

20.0%

80.0%

62

13.3%

86.7%

63

6.7%

93.3%

64 and above

0.0%

100.0%

Note: The above allocation between CAF and A65F is made at the point of annual de-risking and the proportion of the CAF and the A65F in the DIS portfolio may vary during the year due to market fluctuations.

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