The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) announced dividend rate of 6.35 percent for the financial year ended 31st December 2013 after obtaining approval from Minister of Finance. It was the highest since year 2000 and 0.2% higher than 6.15 percent announced in 2012.
Kindly refer to “Historical Employees Provident Funds (EPF / KWSP) Dividend Rate” page for EPF dividend rate table & chart since 1952. You may want to compare it with by using EPF Dividend Calculator.
The total dividend payout stand at RM31.20 billion from RM35 billon investment income. The remaining are used for investment expenses, operating expenditures, statutory charges and net impairment allowance on financial assets. The payout representing an increase of 12.81 per cent compared to RM27.45 billion recorded in 2012.
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Amanah Saham Nasional Berhad (ASNB), announced a dividend of 6.70 sen per unit for Amanah Saham 1Malaysia (AS 1Malaysia) for the financial year ended 30th September 2013.
The dividend is 0.10 sen per unit higher then 6.60 sen per unit announced last year & it is the highest since it was launched in 2009. Kindly refer to “Historical AS1 Malaysia Dividend Rate” for previous year dividend.
The dividend will involve a total payment of RM593.06 million and will benefit 365,355 unit holders who currently hold 8.02 billion units of AS 1Malaysia.
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The Malaysian Armed Forces Fund, better known as Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera (LTAT) members will receive a 16 percent dividend and bonus for financial year end 31st December 2012.
The 16 percent dividend comprised of 7 percent dividend, 1 percent bonus and 8 per cent special bonus in the form of unit trusts.
LTAT manages to maintain its “stellar” record for its dividend rate. The lowest dividend rate since 1991 was 10 percent. The highest was 18.25 percent, which recorded in 1996.
Kindly browse Historical Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera (LTAT) Dividend Rate for previous year dividends since establishment in 1973.
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For the financial end of 30th September 2012, Amanah Saham 1 Malaysia (“AS1M”) declared 6.6 sen dividend to the unitholders. In the same period, 336,411 individuals subscribe to AS1M with the total investmets of RM8 billion. Average investment per individual is RM23,833. There were 1,442 rich Malaysians invest more than RM500,000 in AS1M.
In summary, AS1M invested 53.46 percent of the total funds size in Malaysia Stock Market down from 83.35 percent in 2011. The remaining was invested in money market and others.
The following table show 20 largest stock portfolio held AS1M, unitholder distribution and investment income for financial end of 30th September 2012.
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The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) announced dividend rate of 6.15 percent for the financial year ended 31st December 2012 after obtaining approval from Minister of Finance. It was the highest since year 2000 and 15 basis points higher than 6.0 percent announced in 2011.
Kindly refer to “Historical Employees Provident Funds (EPF / KWSP) Dividend Rate” page for EPF dividend rate table & chart since 1952.
The total dividend payout stand at RM27.45 billion from RM31.02 billon investment income. The remaining are used for investment expenses, operating expenditures, statutory charges and net impairment allowance on financial assets. The payout representing an increase of 12.17 per cent compared to RM24.47 billion recorded in 2011.
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