Terms and Conditions
1. You acknowledge your understanding that should you want to obtain printed copies of the MPF Scheme Brochure for BCT (MPF) Pro Choice, the BCT (MPF) Industry Choice and/or the Explanatory Memorandum of the BCT Premier Pooled ORSO Retirement Plan, please contact us:
  Member Hotline 2298 9333
Employer Hotline 2298 9388
Premier Pooled ORSO Retirement Plan Hotline 2298 9389
2. All rights reserved. Information and materials contained in this website / web application (hereinafter referred "E-Platform") are protected by copyright and may not be copied, reproduced, modified or transmitted for public / commercial purposes without the written permission of Bank Consortium Trust Company Limited ("BCTC"). The logos and / or marks displayed on this E-Platform may not be used without the written consent of BCTC.
  You may download information and materials contained in this E-Platform only on a single computer for your personal, internal and non-commercial use. You should not amend, alter, make addition to or deletion of the information and materials or use them for any commercial purposes, including, but not limited to, any sale or rental or public display of the same. You agree to prevent any unauthorised copying and / or transferring of the information and materials.
  BCTC retains the sole and absolute right, at any time, to terminate this licence if you are in breach of the terms and conditions stated herein.
3. BCTC may, at any time and without notice, at its sole and absolute discretion, amend, alter, make addition or deletion to the information and materials contained in this E-Platform.
4. You should consider your own risk tolerance level and financial circumstances before making any investment choices. When, in your selection of funds, you are in doubt as to whether a certain fund is suitable for you (including whether it is consistent with your investment objectives), you should seek financial and / or professional advice and choose the fund(s) most suitable for you taking into account your circumstances.
5. Your investment decision should not be based on this E-Platform alone. Please read the relevant MPF Scheme Brochures for further details, including the risk factors.
6. BCT (Pro) MPF Conservative Fund and BCT (Industry) MPF Conservative Fund of the relevant schemes do not guarantee the repayment of capital.
7. (i) You understand and agree that you shall be responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your PIN and you agree to take all steps to ensure that it is not disclosed to any person. You also agree that you will promptly inform BCTC to change your PIN in the event that you become aware of any breach of the confidentiality of your PIN.
  (ii) BCTC accepts no responsibility for the use of your PIN by any other person. You must not allow any other person to access this E-Platform using your PIN.
8. (i) BCTC shall not be obliged to act on any instruction for cancellation, variation or amendment of any instruction already given to BCTC nor be responsible or liable to you for any loss or expense suffered or incurred by you if the original instruction has already been completed or in the opinion of BCTC, BCTC has insufficient time to act on such instruction to cancel, vary or amend the original instruction.
  (ii) Any price quoted in the use of this E-Platform in response to any enquiry by you is for reference only and shall not be binding on BCTC or any of its market information providers. BCTC shall be entitled to act on any instruction for the sale and purchase of any fund even if the price of such fund has altered to your disadvantages between the time of receipt of such instruction and the time at which BCTC or its fund managers complete any such sale or purchase.
  (iii) BCTC will not be obliged under any circumstances to take any action at any time outside the normal business hours of BCTC. Subject to the aforesaid you agree that if you instruct BCTC so that BCTC receives any such instruction later than the cut-off time specified on the relevant MPF Scheme Brochures or the trust deeds, BCTC will process such instruction on the next "Dealing Day" as defined therein.
  (iv) BCTC should not be liable for any unsuccessful dealings should the instruction received exceed the respective dealing limits as specified in the relevant MPF Scheme Brochures or the trust deeds.
9. No Warranties / Use of Information of Materials
Users should be aware that transactions over the internet may be subject to interruption, transmission blackout, delayed transmission due to internet traffic or incorrect data transmission due to the public nature of the internet. BCTC does not represent or warrant that access to this E-Platform will be uninterrupted and that there will be no delays, errors, failures or loss of any information transmitted to and from this E-Platform.
  All information and materials contained in this E-Platform are provided solely for information purposes and should not be treated as an offer, solicitation, invitation, advice or recommendation of any investments products or services. Further, BCTC's products and services are only available in the jurisdictions where they may lawfully be offered for sale. For the avoidance of doubt, all information and materials contained in this E-Platform should not be treated as an offer, solicitation, invitation, advice or recommendation of any investments products or services to any person in any country where it is unlawful to make such an offer, solicitation, invitation, advice or recommendation.
  The information and materials contained in this E-Platform are provided on an "as is" and an "as available" basis without any express or implied warranties of any kind including warranties of merchantability, non-infringement of intellectual property rights, fitness for particular purpose or absence of computer viruses. Any software downloaded from this E-Platform is downloaded at the user's own risk.
  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, BCTC does not represent or warrant the accuracy, adequacy or completeness of the information and materials contained in this E-Platform and expressly disclaim any liability for any errors or omissions in such information and materials. The information and materials contained in this E-Platform are not intended to be treated as professional advice in whatever nature and should not be relied upon as such. Persons accessing this E-Platform are advised to obtain appropriate independent professional advice, if needed.
  Unless otherwise specified, information and materials provided in other websites / web applications which BCTC offers a hyperlink do not represent BCTC's standpoint and BCTC shall not be taken as endorsing, recommending, approving, guaranteeing or introducing and service / product referred to in such other websites / web applications. Further, BCTC is not responsible for and is not liable to the contents available on any hyper-linked websites / web applications and access to and use of which is at the user's own risk.
  To the extent consistent with the above, statements made elsewhere in the E-Platform (such as footnotes) and / or law, none of BCTC, its group of companies, their shareholders, directors, employees, agents or associates shall be liable to any person for any direct, indirect or consequential loss or damages in whatever nature arising from such persons' use of this E-Platform.
  These terms and conditions are governed by the laws of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and any dispute shall be subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
10. This online platform is for (1) existing customers who request to transfer MPF accrued benefits to “BCT (MPF) Pro Choice” and/or “BCT (MPF) Industry Choice”; and (2) new customers who set up a “BCT (MPF) Pro Choice” personal account and use it to request to transfer MPF accrued benefits.
11. Online requests for Transfer Funds are applicable to new contributions or transfer-in assets of the relevant account. The fund allocation of the existing account balance (if any) will remain unchanged. Account / fund consolidation instructions of the same scheme (i.e. “BCT (MPF) Pro Choice”) will be transferred by fund units.
12. You should consider your own risk tolerance level and financial circumstances before making any investment choices. When, in your selection of constituent funds, you are in doubt as to whether a certain fund is suitable for you (including whether it is consistent with your investment objectives), you should seek financial and/ or professional advice and choose the constituent fund(s) most suitable for you taking into account your circumstances.
13. Investment involves risks. Past performance is not indicative of future performance. Please read the MPF Scheme Brochures for BCT (MPF) Pro Choice and/ or BCT (MPF) Industry Choice for further details, including risk factors and detailed investment policies of the funds.
14. The BCT (Pro) MPF Conservative Fund of BCT (MPF) Pro Choice and BCT (Industry) MPF Conservative Fund of BCT (MPF) Industry Choice do not guarantee the repayment of capital.
15. Effective 1 April 2017, the Default Investment Strategy (comprising two constituent funds, namely (a) BCT (Pro) Core Accumulation Fund and BCT (Pro) Age 65 Plus Fund under BCT (MPF) Pro Choice; and (b) BCT (Industry) Core Accumulation Fund and BCT (Industry) Age 65 Plus Fund under BCT (MPF) Industry Choice) has become the default investment arrangement of relevant MPF schemes.
16. When selecting the type of account to transfer into, you should consider factors of various account types such as fees, and unit rebate. You are welcome to call the hotline [2298-9333] for assistance.
17. Please print and sign the form after online registration, and return it us as soon as possible. The application form (PDF file) of “Personal Account - Member Application Form” will be stored for six months after the application has been created, after which will be automatically destroyed. The other application form(s) will be stored for three months after the application has been created, after which will be automatically destroyed.
18. If you have invested in the Default Investment Strategy [“DIS”] and would like to switch out from it and / or change your investment mandate to invest into other constituent fund(s) before the taking place of the annual de-risking on your birthday, we must receive your new investment mandate before 4:00 pm on your birthday.