Admin fees for Hong Kong's MPF down by 36% since launch of digital platform
Fees charged by Hong Kong's
Mandatory Provident Fund have dropped by 36 per cent since the launch of its centralised digital platform last year, with over 2.7 million members and 70,000 employers to be managed under the new system by August, the scheme's chief has said.
Mandatory Provident Fund Authority chairwoman Ayesha Macpherson Lau warned on Sunday that the next phase of migration onto the platform would be 'very challenging', as moving large volumes of data from the city's four largest service providers would be complex.
The eMPF was launched on June 26 last year, the most significant reform of the city's 25-year-old compulsory retirement scheme, to provide a centralised platform that would replace the separate systems used by 12 different operators.
Lau said administration fees had since declined.
'The fee charged by the eMPF is set at 37 basis points (0.37 per cent) currently, which is 36 per cent lower than the average of 58 basis points (0.58 per cent) charged by trustees before joining the eMPF, and will be further reduced gradually,' she said in a blog post.
The eMPF will ultimately allow the 12 service providers, 367,000 employers and 4.75 million members to manage fund assets worth HK$1.326 trillion (US$170.3 billion) on a
single platform on their mobile phones or computers.
Lau added that the 'straight pass-on' requirement in MPF legislation ensured savings, estimated at a cumulative HK$30 billion to HK$40 billion over a 10-year period, directly benefited members of the scheme.
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