Fewer Hongkongers withdrew funds from the city’s mandatory pension plan in the fourth quarter of last year, as a stock market rally prompted more members to leave their investments in place even when they stopped working or left the city, according to analysts. The number of people taking their money out of the Mandatory Provident…
The Year of the Horse is set to bring volatility for the investments of Hong Kong’s 4.8 million Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) members, following a record-breaking Year of the Snake that ended on Monday, according to analysts. The next zodiac year, which begins on Tuesday, is the seventh in the Chinese lunar calendar’s 12-year cycle,…
Strong investment gains and contributions brought total Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) assets to an all-time high of HK$1.55 trillion (US$199 billion) at the end of 2025, a growth of HK$260 billion from a year earlier, according to the data released on Tuesday by the city’s pension regulator. That meant each of the 4.79 million MPF…