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Employees' Provident Fund (EPF; Malay: Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja, KWSP) is a federal statutory body under the purview of the Ministry of Finance. It manages the compulsory savings plan and retirement planning for private sector workers in Malaysia .
The fund receives contributions from the Federal Government of Malaysia, statutory bodies and local authorities. [1] The contributions are invested by the fund in a mix of equities, bonds, property, private equity and infrastructure, with the investment returns used to finance the government's pension liabilities.
Notional Defined Contributions: No: N/A Latvia: Social assistance: Notional Defined Contributions: Mandatory individual accounts: Voluntary individual accounts Lithuania: Social assistance: Social insurance system: Voluntary pension fund: Voluntary individual accounts Luxembourg: No: Social insurance system: Mandatory occupational pension provision
The Employees' Social Security Act 1969 (Malay: Akta Keselamatan Sosial Pekerja 1969), is a Malaysian laws which enacted to provide social security in certain contingencies and to make provision for certain other matters in relation to it.
A pension fund, also known as a superannuation fund in some countries, is any program, fund, or scheme which provides retirement income.The U.S. Government's Social Security Trust Fund, which oversees $2.57 trillion in assets, is the world's largest public pension fund.
Launched on 21 September 2010, [1] it is a comprehensive economic transformation plan to propel Malaysia's economy into high income economy. The program will lift Malaysia's gross national income (GNI) to US$523 billion by 2020, and raise per capita income from US$6,700 to at least US$15,000, meeting the World Bank's threshold for high income nation. [2]
For officers, participation in the fund is voluntary, with no contribution towards their accounts by the Government of Malaysia. [ 1 ] [ 5 ] Armed forces members of other ranks (compulsory contributors) are required to contribute a portion of their monthly salary to LTAT, with the government contributing as employer.
As of 2023, it is a trustee company, wholly owned by the Government of Malaysia, under the purview of the Ministry of Finance (Malaysia). Established in 1921 as the Department of Public Trustee and Official Administrator, the company was corporatized in 1995.