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(Updates with background) KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Malaysia's Employees Provident Fund (EPF) said it has appointed Alizakri Alias as the pension fund's new chief executive effective on Aug ...
The EPFO's top decision-making body is the Central Board of Trustees (CBT), [2] [3] a statutory body established by the Employees' Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions (EPF&MP) Act, 1952. [4] As of 2021, more than ₹ 15.6 lakh crore (US$209 billion) are under EPFO management.
Legally, the EPF is only obligated to provide 2.5% dividends (as per Section 27 of the Employees Provident Fund Act 1991). [8] The EPF claims that the lowered dividend is the result of its decision to invest in low-risk fixed revenue instruments, which produce lower returns but maintains the principal value of its members' contributions.
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.
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's Employees Provident Fund (EPF) said it has appointed Alizakri Alias as the pension fund's new chief executive effective on Aug. 20, according to a statement on ...
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The EPFO's apex decision-making body is the Central Board of Trustees. Nepal and Sri Lanka have similar employees provident fund schemes. In Malaysia, The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) was established in 1951 upon the Employees Provident Fund Ordinance 1951. The EPF is intended to help employees from the private sector save a fraction of their ...