Top Up - Friends

Important Notice

1.  All the form details must be filled in English

2.  The outstanding term of the top-up amount should not be less than 5 years.  

3.  For single premium investment, 7% initial charge will be deducted from the investment amount.                            

4.  The minimum monthly top up amount is USD50

5.  For Premium Increase / Reinstatement a new DDA form must be submitted if a limit has been set on the original form or the original DDA has been cancelled.

6.  If client change the BSO with his bank but not through Friends, please submit a certified true copy of the new BSO or the certified true copy of the amendment of the BSO.  Otherwise, Friends need a Bank Confirmation letter stating that a Standing Instruction has been set-up quoting the account holders name, account number, amount/date of standing instruction.  If the above is not available, Friends is willing to accept a certified copy of the client's bank statement showing the transaction. The bank statement must clearly show the account holder's name, account number and the debit transaction and date.    

7.  The no. of remaining months can be calculated by Remaining Term Calculator

8.  Where a document submitted is not written in English, we require the certifier to explain on the document:

What the document is

Translate the applicant’s name and address into English

The certifier should also write a statement onto the document to the effect that:

Translation wording: ‘I certify that the English translation provided is a true translation of the relevant part(s) of this document:

Signed: (the signature of the independent financial adviser)

Name:  (the printed name of the independent financial adviser)

Capacity/position held:

Date:   (the date the independent financial adviser has certified the copy document)

9. For Reserve plan,

The client should provide the illustration when applying lump sum top up for Reserve plan, if the charge character is different (Eg. The client’s chosen Initial Period is 5 years, if he or she wants to apply top up for 8 years, illustration should be submitted.)

The client No need to submit the illustration when applying lump sum top up for Reserve plan, if the charge character is same  (Eg. The client’s chosen Initial Period is 5 years, if he or she wants to apply top up for 5 years, there is no need to submit illustration.)

If the client need to submit the illustration, please send the policy number to FPI by email for illustration generatiom. The email address is [email protected]  (Updated: 2 Feb 2018)  

Checklist 

(OnePlatform Internal Document and Principal Document are required to be submitted)

OnePlatform Internal Document 

1.  Client Data Form

2.  Client Agreement (CA form) 

3. Financial Needs Analysis Form

4. Risk Profile Questionnaire

5. Acknowledgement Letter of Specific Services Agreement for Investment-Linked Assurance Scheme Policies

Principal Document

"FPI Financial Needs Analysis Form" is required (if Top Up documents is submitted after 22 Sep 2020, based on submit to FPI date)

1.  Application Form

     Premium top up ([P5])

If client has filled up a new fund allocation in the top up form, the new fund allocation will ONLY apply to the Total Premium (existing + top up amount) .     

If client has applied DPMS or wants to keep the existing fund allocation. Please leave the fund allocation box blank.  
If client's source of fund comes from salary, it is necessary to state the Employer name and annual salary in the top-up letter.
When filling the top-up (increment) amount, Minimum increased amount of Regular contribution is HKD400 or USD50.  For Lump Sum case, the Minimum increment amount of single contribution is US$3,000.

2.   Financial Needs Analysis Form   [F1] 

3. Certified Address Proof (If different from the original address) 

Should be submitted with Request for Change of Address
Client needs to fulfill both principal and OWM address proof requirement.
For details, please refer to: OWM address proof requirement ​​​​​​​AND FPI - Address Proof Requirement ​​​​​​​
Certified with consultant printed full name, signature, capacity/position held and date
Chinese document needs English translation
For clients who are unable to provide any form of address proof. please submit Verification of PO Box Address / Confirmation of Residential Address ([V1]). When completing the form, please provide an explanation against each question stated in the form.    

4.   RESERVE – Top Up Single Premium– Request illustration from Friends if required (Updated: 5 Feb 2018)

5.  Payment Methods

Existing DDA can be used if there’s no limit set on the DDA, new DDA form is required if there’s a limit set on the existing DDA.

New BSO form/BSO amendment form is required if BSO is the existing method of payment. If the bank doesn’t have a BSO amendment form, please submit a new BSO form and a BSO cancellation form to cancel the existing BSO setup.

  6.  Important Facts Statement and Applicant’s Declarations Investment-Linked Assurance Scheme ("ILAS") Policy

For Premier ([I1])

For Premier Ultra ([I2])

For Summit ([I3])

For Zenith ([I4])

For Summit II ([I5])

For Premier II ([I7])

Please note that client will need to tick the box in section III of AD if the applicant is aged 60 above.

For IFS and AD, please highlight the two unique requirements from FPIL on the Important Fact Statement.      

7.  FATCA-Supplementary application form ([S5]) [For Individual case] OR 

     FATCA-Declaration for an Entity ([S6]) [For Corporate case]

Please note that Account name is the name of the policy holder and Account number is the policy number. 

8.  Risk Profile Questionnaire ([R5])

9.  Important Facts Statement for Mainland Policyholder ([I8])

Special Cases

If contribution amount is greater than HKD850,000 per annum or single premium is greater than HKD10,500,000 then you have to attach "Evidence of source of wealth".  If the source of wealth is salary, you have to attach original or certified copy of recent payroll slip.  For other details, please refer Source of Wealth Guideline from Friends Provident 
    • If the policy has more than one policy owner, and policy owners would like to authorize that Friends Provident to accept instruction, like fund switching, surrender, regular withdrawal, etc, with only one of the policy owners signature. You can request all policy owners to sign the Dual Authority Declaration ([D3]) . However, after setting the authorization, any one of the policy owners can surrender a maximum 20% of the whole policy without the signatures of other policy owners. But, if the policy is fully surrendered, all the policy owners must sign. If a policy consists of 2 or more policyholders, it is best to advise them to complete the dual authority form for them to able to place switch/redirection via the client online account. FPI will reject all switch/redirection orders from client online account if the policy consist of 2 or more policyholders and has not signed any dual authority form.​​​​​​​

Friends Provident Customer Hotline: 35506188​​​​​​​

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