This Key Scheme Information Document ('KSID') provides you with key information about HSBC Mandatory Provident Fund - SuperTrust Plus, which forms part of the offering document. You should not make investment decisions based solely on this KSID.
For details of HSBC Mandatory Provident Fund - SuperTrust Plus, please refer to the MPF Scheme Brochure and the master trust deed for HSBC Mandatory Provident Fund - SuperTrust Plus.
Trustee: HSBC Provident Fund Trustee (Hong Kong) Limited
MPF Scheme Provider: The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
System operator: eMPF Platform Company Limited
Financial year end: 30 June
Number of Constituent Funds: 20
Contents
- Why is MPF important to you?
- Your MPF contributions
- How do we invest your money?
- What are the risks of your MPF investment?
- How to transfer your MPF?
- How to manage your MPF when changing jobs?
- When should you adjust your MPF fund choices?
- When can you withdraw your MPF?
- Additional information useful to you
- How to make enquiries and complaints?
Why is MPF important to you?
The Mandatory Provident Fund ('MPF') System aims at assisting the working population of Hong Kong to accumulate retirement savings by making regular contributions. Employees (full time or part-time) and self-employed persons aged 18 to 64, except the exempt persons, are required to participate in an MPF scheme. To enrol in HSBC Mandatory Provident Fund – SuperTrust Plus (the 'HSBC SuperTrust Plus'), please submit enrolment instructions to the eMPF Platform via the eMPF Web Portal or the eMPF Mobile App.
eMPF Web Portal
eMPF Mobile App
MPFA's Retirement Planning Calculator
To facilitate your retirement planning, you may use MPFA's Retirement Planning Calculator to calculate:
- your retirement needs;
- your projected MPF and other retirement savings upon your retirement; and
- how much you need to save to meet your retirement needs.
If you are an employer, you need to know your MPF obligations, including enrolling new employees, making contributions and reporting terminated employees. For any questions relating to your MPF obligations as an employer, please contact the eMPF Platform. To become a Participating Employer of HSBC SuperTrust Plus, please submit enrolment instructions to the eMPF Platform via the eMPF Web Portal or the eMPF Mobile App.
eMPF Web Portal
eMPF Mobile App
Your MPF contributions
| Monthly Relevant Income | Mandatory Contribution Amount from Employer |
Mandatory Contribution Amount from Employee |
|---|---|---|
| Less than HK$7,100 | Relevant income x 5% | Not required |
| HK$7,100 – HK$30,000 | Relevant income x 5% | Relevant income x 5% |
| More than HK$30,000 | HK$1,500 | HK$1,500 |
| Monthly Relevant Income | Less than HK$7,100 |
|---|---|
| Mandatory Contribution Amount from Employer |
Relevant income x 5% |
| Mandatory Contribution Amount from Employee |
Not required |
| Monthly Relevant Income | HK$7,100 – HK$30,000 |
| Mandatory Contribution Amount from Employer |
Relevant income x 5% |
| Mandatory Contribution Amount from Employee |
Relevant income x 5% |
| Monthly Relevant Income | More than HK$30,000 |
| Mandatory Contribution Amount from Employer |
HK$1,500 |
| Mandatory Contribution Amount from Employee |
HK$1,500 |
'Relevant income' refers to wages, salaries, leave pay, fees, commissions, bonuses, gratuities, perquisites or allowances, expressed in monetary terms, paid or payable by an employer to an employee, but excludes severance payments or long service payments under the Employment Ordinance.
All mandatory contributions are immediately vested in you, except that all or part of, as the case maybe, the MPF derived from the employer's contributions may be used for offsetting severance payments or long service payments.
| Annual Relevant Income | Monthly Average Relevant Income |
Self-employed Person's Contributions |
|---|---|---|
| Less than HK$85,200 | Less than HK$7,100 | Not required |
| HK$85,200 – HK$360,000 | HK$7,100 – HK$30,000 | Relevant income x 5% |
| More than HK$360,000 | More than HK$30,000 | HK$360,000 x 5% = HK$18,000 per year OR HK$30,000 x 5% = HK$1,500 per month |
| Annual Relevant Income | Less than HK$85,200 |
|---|---|
| Monthly Average Relevant Income |
Less than HK$7,100 |
| Self-employed Person's Contributions |
Not required |
| Annual Relevant Income | HK$85,200 – HK$360,000 |
| Monthly Average Relevant Income |
HK$7,100 – HK$30,000 |
| Self-employed Person's Contributions |
Relevant income x 5% |
| Annual Relevant Income | More than HK$360,000 |
| Monthly Average Relevant Income |
More than HK$30,000 |
| Self-employed Person's Contributions |
HK$360,000 x 5% = HK$18,000 per year OR HK$30,000 x 5% = HK$1,500 per month |
Whether you are an employee, personal account holder or self-employed person, you may also consider making additional contributions (ie voluntary contributions, tax deductible voluntary contributions ('TVC') and special voluntary contributions ('SVC') (including the Flexi-Contributions)) in light of your personal needs.
How to Open an Account
| Voluntary Contributions | Tax Deductible Voluntary Contributions |
Special Voluntary Contributions |
|---|---|---|
| Your employer helps you open an account under HSBC SuperTrust Plus, or if you are a self-employed person, you can open an account on your own. | You can open a TVC account under HSBC SuperTrust Plus on your own. | You can open a Flexi-Contribution account under HSBC SuperTrust Plus on your own. |
| Voluntary Contributions | Your employer helps you open an account under HSBC SuperTrust Plus, or if you are a self-employed person, you can open an account on your own. |
|---|---|
| Tax Deductible Voluntary Contributions |
You can open a TVC account under HSBC SuperTrust Plus on your own. |
| Special Voluntary Contributions |
You can open a Flexi-Contribution account under HSBC SuperTrust Plus on your own. |
For details of different types of contributions, you may refer to the MPF Scheme Brochure for HSBC SuperTrust Plus – 'Administrative Procedures'.
How do we invest your money?
Upon joining HSBC SuperTrust Plus, if you have not submitted any investment instructions to the eMPF Platform, your money will be invested under the Default Investment Strategy ('DIS') automatically. For details of the DIS, you may refer to the MPF Scheme Brochure for HSBC SuperTrust Plus – 'Fund Options, Investment Objectives and Policies'.
Alternatively, you can choose to invest in the following Constituent Funds:
^As all the Constituent Funds are feeder funds investing in a single APIF or ITCIS, no investment manager is required to be appointed at the Constituent Fund level. The investment manager of the underlying APIF or ITCIS of each of the Constituent Funds is listed in the MPF Scheme Brochure for HSBC SuperTrust Plus – 'Directory of Trustee and Other Key Operators'.
Note: The management fees shown in the table above include the management fees chargeable by the Constituent Funds and its underlying fund(s) only. There may be other fees and charges chargeable to the Constituent Funds and its underlying fund(s) or to you. For details, please refer to the MPF Scheme Brochure for HSBC SuperTrust Plus – 'Fees'.
To help you make comparisons across different MPF funds and schemes, you may refer to the information on the MPF Fund Platform.
What are the risks of your MPF investment?
Investment involves risks. Please refer to the MPF Scheme Brochure for HSBC SuperTrust Plus – 'Risks' for details of the risk factors to which the Constituent Funds are exposed.
A risk class is assigned to each Constituent Fund with reference to a seven-point risk classification scale based on the latest fund risk indicator of the Constituent Fund. A Constituent Fund in a higher risk class tends to show a greater volatility of return than a low-risk class Constituent Fund. Information about the latest risk class of each Constituent Fund is set out in our website or the latest Fund Fact Sheet of HSBC SuperTrust Plus.
How to transfer your MPF?
If you are an employee, you may opt to transfer your MPF derived from employee mandatory contributions in your contribution account under current employment (Original Scheme) to any other MPF schemes of your choice (New Scheme) once a year*. If your transfer involves transferring out of a guarantee fund, please check the terms and conditions of the fund as failure to fulfil some qualifying conditions may cause the loss of guaranteed returns. Your contribution account under current employment may consist of different parts of MPF derived from different sources and subject to different transfer rules, as follows:
Contributions from current employment
| Parts of MPF in a contribution account (ie Types of contributions that the MPF are derived from) | Transfer rule |
Type of account receiving the MPF |
|---|---|---|
| Employer mandatory contributions | Not transferable | N/A |
| Employee mandatory contributions | Transferable once every calendar year* | Personal account |
| Employer voluntary contributions | Subject to the governing rules of the Original Scheme | Personal account |
| Employee voluntary contributions | Subject to the governing rules of the Original Scheme | Personal account |
| Parts of MPF in a contribution account (ie Types of contributions that the MPF are derived from) | Employer mandatory contributions |
|---|---|
| Transfer rule |
Not transferable |
| Type of account receiving the MPF |
N/A |
| Parts of MPF in a contribution account (ie Types of contributions that the MPF are derived from) | Employee mandatory contributions |
| Transfer rule |
Transferable once every calendar year* |
| Type of account receiving the MPF |
Personal account |
| Parts of MPF in a contribution account (ie Types of contributions that the MPF are derived from) | Employer voluntary contributions |
| Transfer rule |
Subject to the governing rules of the Original Scheme |
| Type of account receiving the MPF |
Personal account |
| Parts of MPF in a contribution account (ie Types of contributions that the MPF are derived from) | Employee voluntary contributions |
| Transfer rule |
Subject to the governing rules of the Original Scheme |
| Type of account receiving the MPF |
Personal account |
Contributions from former employment
| Parts of MPF in a contribution account (ie Types of contributions that the MPF are derived from) | Transfer rule |
Type of account receiving the MPF |
|---|---|---|
| Mandatory contributions transferred to the contribution account under current employment | Transferable at any time | Personal account or other contribution accounts** |
| Voluntary contributions transferred to the contribution account under current employment | Subject to the governing rules of the Original Scheme | Personal account or other contribution accounts** |
| Parts of MPF in a contribution account (ie Types of contributions that the MPF are derived from) | Mandatory contributions transferred to the contribution account under current employment |
|---|---|
| Transfer rule |
Transferable at any time |
| Type of account receiving the MPF |
Personal account or other contribution accounts** |
| Parts of MPF in a contribution account (ie Types of contributions that the MPF are derived from) | Voluntary contributions transferred to the contribution account under current employment |
| Transfer rule |
Subject to the governing rules of the Original Scheme |
| Type of account receiving the MPF |
Personal account or other contribution accounts** |
*Unless the governing rules of the Original Scheme provide for more frequent transfer-out.
**Only applies to employees with two or more contribution accounts. If an employee is employed by more than one employer at the same time, he/she may have more than one contribution account.
If you are a self-employed person, personal account holder or TVC account holder, you can transfer your MPF held in your contribution account, personal account or TVC account to any other MPF schemes of your choice at any time.
For transfer of MPF, transfer instructions can be submitted to the eMPF Platform via the eMPF Web Portal or the eMPF Mobile App.
eMPF Web Portal
eMPF Mobile App
How to manage your MPF when changing jobs?
You should proactively manage the MPF accumulated during your previous employment in one of the following ways:
Method 1: Transfer the MPF to your 'contribution account' opened under your new employment
Method 2: Transfer the MPF to your existing 'personal account'
If you do not have any personal accounts, and you are satisfied with the MPF scheme chosen by your former employer, you may consider retaining your MPF in a personal account under the scheme of your previous employment for investment.
For transfer of MPF, transfer instructions can be submitted to the eMPF Platform via the eMPF Web Portal or the eMPF Mobile App.
eMPF Web Portal
eMPF Mobile App
If you have any questions relating to transfer of MPF, please contact the eMPF Platform.
When should you adjust your MPF fund choices?
In general, it is a good practice to review your fund choices regularly and adjust your MPF fund choices as you think fit.
How to adjust your MPF fund choices?
You may complete and submit new investment instructions to the eMPF Platform. If your investment instructions involve switching out of the Guaranteed Fund, please check with us the terms and conditions of the Guaranteed Fund as failure to fulfil some qualifying conditions may cause the loss of guaranteed returns.
You may send your new investment instructions to the eMPF Platform via the eMPF Web Portal or the eMPF Mobile App.
eMPF Web Portal
eMPF Mobile App
In order that your instructions can be processed within the same day, you must send the completed investment instructions to the eMPF Platform before the cut-off time. For details, please refer to the MPF Scheme Brochure.
When can you withdraw your MPF?
Once you reach the age of 65, you can choose to withdraw your MPF or choose to retain your MPF in the MPF scheme.
By law you or your personal representative (in case of death) can withdraw your MPF early on the following six grounds:
- Early Retirement
- Terminal Illness
- Permanent Departure From Hong Kong
- Total Incapacity
- Death
- Small Balance
If you withdraw your MPF at the age of 65 or 60 upon early retirement, you may choose to withdraw either in one lump sum or by instalments.
The law does not stipulate any deadlines for withdrawing MPF. You should consider your personal needs before making a withdrawal application. If you choose to retain all your MPF in your account, no application is required. Your MPF will continue to be invested in the Constituent Fund(s) you have selected.
For withdrawal of MPF, withdrawal instructions can be submitted to the eMPF Platform via the eMPF Web Portal or the eMPF Mobile App.
eMPF Web Portal
eMPF Mobile App
If you have any questions relating to withdrawal of MPF, please contact the eMPF Platform.
Additional information useful to you
Taxation
Employees are allowed to claim salaries tax deduction for their mandatory contributions, subject to a maximum deduction of HK$18,000 per tax assessment year. Contributions that are made to TVC accounts may also be eligible for tax deduction.
Accrued benefits from mandatory contributions are tax exempt while accrued benefits from voluntary contributions made by Participating Employers may be subject to tax, depending on when and how they are paid.
TVC account holders will be able to deduct the TVC paid into their TVC accounts, subject to a maximum deduction per tax assessment year as specified in the Inland Revenue Ordinance.
We recommend that you seek professional advice regarding your own particular tax circumstances.
Documents from us and/or the eMPF Platform
Scheme members will receive the following documents:
- Upon joining the HSBC SuperTrust Plus: this KSID, the MPF Scheme Brochure and the notice of participation; and
- Within three months after the financial year end: member annual benefit statement.
TVC account holders will receive a TVC summary around 10 May after the end of the relevant year of tax assessment.
Other information
This KSID only provides a summary of the key information of HSBC SuperTrust Plus. For details of the scheme, please refer to the MPF Scheme Brochure and the master trust deed for HSBC SuperTrust Plus. Copies of these documents are available via the links:
The On-going Cost Illustrations, a document which illustrates the on-going costs on contributions to Constituent Funds in HSBC SuperTrust Plus, is available via the link:
The Fund Fact Sheet and the Monthly Fund Performance Summary provide basic information (eg fund performance) on individual Constituent Funds of HSBC SuperTrust Plus. Copies of these documents are available via the links:
If you wish to submit paper-based instructions to the eMPF Platform, the relevant forms can be downloaded via the eMPF Platform’s website at empf.org.hk/forms/en.
Personal Data Statement
To obtain the latest copy of the 'Personal Information Collection Statement for HSBC Mandatory Provident Fund', please visit the HSBC MPF website at www.hsbc.com.hk/mpf.
How to make enquiries and complaints?
If you would like to make an enquiry or a complaint, please feel free to contact the Trustee and the eMPF Platform.
Enquiries or Complaints which are not related to scheme administration services
HSBC MPF Employer Hotline: +852 2583 8033
HSBC MPF Member Hotline: +852 3128 0128
Email: pensioncs@hsbc.com.hk (for enquiries); customer.care.mpf@hsbc.com.hk (for complaints)
Postal address: PO Box 71555, Kowloon Central Post Office
Website: www.hsbc.com.hk/mpf
Enquiries or Complaints which are related to scheme administration services
eMPF Customer Service Hotline: + 852 183 2622
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 9:00 am – 7:00 pm
Saturday: 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Sunday & Public Holidays: Closed
eMPF Service Centres
Hong Kong Island: Unit 601B, 6/F, Dah Sing Financial Centre, No. 248 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong
Kowloon: Suites 1205-6, 12/F, Chinachem Golden Plaza, No. 77 Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui East, Kowloon
New Territories: Suite 1802A, 18/F, Tower 2, Nina Tower, No. 8 Yeung Uk Road, Tsuen Wan, New Territories
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Saturday: 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Sunday & Public Holidays: Closed
Fax of eMPF Platform: + 852 3197 2988
Postal address of eMPF Platform: PO Box 98929 Tsim Sha Tsui Post Office
Email address of eMPF Platform: enquiry@support.empf.org.hk
Website of eMPF Platform: www.empf.org.hk
Issued by The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited and HSBC Provident Fund Trustee (Hong Kong) Limited