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\nFund managers participating in Hong Kong\u2019s US$167 billion Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) scheme may be forced to sell part of their holdings of US government bonds after the country lost its triple-A grade from three of the biggest rating companies.
\nThe Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA), the scheme\u2019s regulator, has instructed MPF trustees and fund managers to prepare for a contingency plan if the last remaining credit agency downgrades the US government bonds.
\n\u201cRecently, the MPFA…
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
\nRead more…MPF fund managers told to gird for US holdings after Moody\u2019s cut<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fund managers participating in Hong Kong\u2019s US$167 billion Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) scheme may be...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-Eai","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":77032,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/first-time-buyers-in-hong-kong-may-be-allowed-to-use-mpf-savings-to-buy-a-house-but-dont-hold-your-breath\/","url_meta":{"origin":154398,"position":0},"title":"First-time buyers in Hong Kong may be allowed to use MPF savings to buy a house \u2026 but don\u2019t hold your breath","date":"January 17, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r First-time buyers in Hong Kong could eventually be allowed to withdraw their Mandatory Provident Fund savings to buy property, under proposals being considered by the pensions regulator. 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