KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 12 — The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has refuted allegations of misconduct or regulatory breaches in the buying and selling of Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd’s (MAHB) shares and the purported losses incurred from the transaction.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 12 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim wants the implementation of policy and institutional formations in the country to be carried out swiftly and using more effective methods.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 10 — The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has introduced two key features for its Simpanan Shariah that will provide faster access and flexibility for members effective April 1, 2025.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 5 — The government is conducting a detailed study on the best implementation mechanism for foreign workers’ contribution to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), said the Finance Ministry.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 26 — The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has appointed Tan Sri Mohd Zuki Ali as its new chairman, effective September 1, 2024.

PUTRAJAYA, July 3 — The Communications Ministry is looking into ways, including through the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), to increase retirement benefits for media practitioners.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 — The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) saw a total of 107,105 new member registrations in the first quarter (1Q 2024), bringing the total membership to 16.1 million.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 5 — The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) is committed to supporting reforms in Malaysia’s retirement income framework to ensure inclusivity and security for all.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 — It is time for Malaysia to embrace serious reforms to its pension and retirement frameworks to ensure financial security and equity for all, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 — The Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association Malaysia (Rehda) believes that the salary hike for civil servants this December could lead to more opportunities for the group to purchase properties.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 26 — CIMB Investment Bank Bhd (CIMB IB) expects the impact of the Employee Provident Fund’s (EPF) introduction of a third account, which allows for flexible withdrawals, on Malaysian Government Securities (MGS) and Government Investment Issues (GII) demand to be mitigated by strong net contributions, ample onshore liquidity, and government-linked investment company (GLIC) and government-linked company (GLC) repatriation.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 25 — The Employee Provident Fund (EPF) today announced the EPF Account Restructuring Initiative, which will take effect on May 11, with the introduction of a Flexible Account for short-term financial needs.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 25 — The Employees Provident Fund's (EPF) 16.07 million members are free to decide if they want to move their funds to the newly announced and much-talked-about Account 3, known as Akaun Fleksibel, said its chief executive officer Ahmad Zulqarnain Onn.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 2 — The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has released a revised list of unit trust funds that qualify under the EPF Members Investment Scheme (EPF MIS) effective April 1, 2024.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 11 — The Transport Ministry has brushed off claims that Khazanah Nasional Bhd intends to sell its stake in Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) to Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) as reported earlier.

SHAH ALAM, March 3 — Malaysia's demographic landscape is undergoing a significant transformation, with the proportion of elderly citizens expected to soar to 40 per cent by 2043, highlighting critical implications for the nation's fiscal outlook, said Ahmad Zulqarnain Onn, chief executive officer of the Employees Provident Fund (EPF).

KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 — The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) remains the largest investor in the domestic market as its asset under management (AUM) rose to RM702.48 billion as at December 2023 from RM643.38 billion in 2022.

KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 3 — Domestic investments contributed RM31.71 billion or 47 per cent of the Employees Provident Fund’s (EPF) total investment income of RM66.99 billion in financial year 2023 (FY2023).

KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 3 —The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has announced a higher dividend rate of 5.50 per cent for conventional savings for the financial year ended December 31, 2023 (FY2023), compared to 5.35 per cent in FY2022, resulting in a total payout of RM50.33 billion.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 29 — The Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) is expected to announce the flexible account or Account 3 initiative in April, including the withdrawal mechanism and flexibility for contributors, Finance Minister II Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan said.