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MPF FUNDS UNDER AIA HONG KONG WIN SIX AWARDS AT “BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK TOP FUND AWARDS”

11 December 2018
The MPF funds under AIA Hong Kong have received six awards in the following fund categories at the “Bloomberg Businessweek Top Fund Awards 2018” in recognition of their outstanding performance:
Outstanding Performer (1 year) • Mixed Allocation - Growth
Outstanding Performer (1 year) • Mixed Allocation – Stable Growth
Outstanding Performer (5 years) • Mixed Allocation - Growth
Best Performer (5 years ) • Mixed Allocation – Stable Growth
Outstanding Performer (10 years) • Mixed Allocation - Growth
Outstanding Performer (10 years) • Great China (Aggregated approach)

Ms. Elaine Lau, Chief Corporate Solutions Officer of AIA Hong Kong & Macau said, “MPF is an essential component of retirement protection for people in Hong Kong. AIA Hong Kong strives to provide excellent MPF funds to help people to accumulate sufficient retirement reserves. AIA was honoured with six awards for our MPF funds in different investment periods of fund categories at the ‘Bloomberg Businessweek Top Fund Awards 2018', recognising the outstanding performance of our MPF funds over both the short and long term. Going forward, AIA Hong Kong's Corporate Solutions will continue to provide products and services with “Value, Choice, and Simplicity”, to help our customers prepare for their desired retirement future.”
Organised by Bloomberg Businessweek/Chinese Magazine, “Top Fund Awards” recognise funds and fund managers that deliver outstanding performance. The Awards apply a Bloomberg data-driven and performance-based methodology evaluating funds subject to asset class categories to identify the “Top Funds”. The MPF fund category awards are assessed with 1-year, 5-year and 10-year total return figures to identify the best performing funds.
About AIA Hong Kong and AIA Macau
AIA Hong Kong and AIA Macau are subsidiaries of AIA Group Limited. AIA Group Limited established its operations in Hong Kong in 1931. To date, we have over 15,000 AIA financial planners1, as well as an extensive network of brokerage and bancassurance partners. We serve over 3 million customers2, offering them a wide selection of professional services and products ranging from individual life, group life, accident, medical and health, mandatory provident fund, personal lines insurance to investment-linked products with numerous investment options. We are also dedicated to providing superb product solutions to meet the financial needs of high net worth customers.

1 as at 30 June 2018
2 as at 31 March 2018
About AIA
AIA Group Limited and its subsidiaries (collectively “AIA” or the “Group”) comprise the largest independent publicly listed pan-Asian life insurance group. It has a presence in 18 markets in Asia-Pacific – wholly-owned branches and subsidiaries in Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, China, Korea, the Philippines, Australia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Vietnam, New Zealand, Macau, Brunei, Cambodia, a 97 per cent subsidiary in Sri Lanka, a 49 per cent joint venture in India and a representative office in Myanmar.

The business that is now AIA was first established in Shanghai almost a century ago in 1919. It is a market leader in the Asia-Pacific region (ex-Japan) based on life insurance premiums and holds leading positions across the majority of its markets. It had total assets of US$221 billion as of 30 June 2018.

AIA meets the long-term savings and protection needs of individuals by offering a range of products and services including life insurance, accident and health insurance and savings plans. The Group also provides employee benefits, credit life and pension services to corporate clients. Through an extensive network of agents, partners and employees across Asia-Pacific, AIA serves the holders of 32 million individual policies and over 16 million participating members of group insurance schemes.

AIA Group Limited is listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited under the stock code “1299” with American Depositary Receipts (Level 1) traded on the over-the-counter market (ticker symbol: “AAGIY”).
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