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PETALING JAYA: Given the devastating effect the Covid-19 pandemic has had on the economy, economists and Malaysians have welcomed the Employees Provident Fund’s dividend payout for 2020. EPF had declared dividends of 5.20% for Conventional Savings and 4.9% for Syariah Savings for 2020, with a total dividend payout of RM47.64bil. Sunway University Business School economics professor Dr Yeah Kim Leng said given the downturn of the economy in 2019, the financial performance of companies or funds...

Civic tech to boost citizen engagement 28 Feb 2021 / 21:55 H. THE on-and-off movement control measures and travel restrictions have made people, organisations and government transform the way they interact with one another. Many people have been forced to postpone social gatherings and meetings or resort to online learning. The recent e-Conomy SEA 2020 report by Google, Temasek and Bain and Company showed that one in three Malaysians started using digital services due to Covid-19. With the r...

Overcoming obstacles: EPF declared a 5.2% dividend for Conventional Savings and 4.9% dividend for Syariah Savings for pandemic-hit 2020. PETALING JAYA: Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) says it has delivered a solid performance in 2020 for both its operational and financial results with a total dividend payout of RM47.64bil. The pension fund declared a dividend of 5.20% for Conventional Savings and 4.9% for Syariah Savings for 2020. It said the payout amounted ...

Matching grants can boost EPF funds 28 Feb 2021 / 21:46 H. DESPITE 2020 being a bad year in terms of the pandemic and economic downturn, the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), a retirement savings fund responsible for ensuring members’ retirement wellbeing, has been able to declare a dividend of 5.2% for conventional savings and 4.9% for syariah savings for 2020, with a total payout of RM47.64 billion. And this could be the main reason why it had earlier announced its readiness to allow an un...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27: Perikatan Nasional (PN) which is set to complete one year as the government this March 1 had taken a daring and historic move to...

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has declared a dividend of 5.2% with a payout amounting to RM42.88bil for conventional savings and 4.9% for syariah savings, with a payout totalling RM4.76bil.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27: The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has declared a dividend of 5.2 per cent with a payout amounting to RM42.88 billion for Simpan...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 ― The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has declared a dividend of 5.2 per cent with a payout amounting to RM42.88 billion for Simpanan Konvensional and 4.9 per cent for Simpanan Shariah, with a payout totalling RM4.76 billion. Cumulatively, the total payout for 2020 is RM47.64...

At 10am, the FBM KLCI was up 12.99 points to 1,570.54. Market breadth was positive with 611 gainers and 264 losers, while 390 counters traded unchanged. Trading volume was 2.98 billion shares valued at RM1.22 billion. The gainers included Malaysian Pacific Industries Bhd, ViTrox Corp Bhd, Nestle (M) Bhd, Press Metal Aluminium Holdings Bhd, Uchi Technologies Bhd, Euro Holdings Bhd, Hong Leong Financial Group Bhd, D&O Green Technologies Bhd and Aeon Credit Service (M) Bhd. The actively traded sto...

Share this article Share this article OXFORD, England, Feb. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- In recent decades, Indonesian wood pulp production has been associated with extensive social and environmental problems. Much of this has been driven by the clearing of  over two million hectares of forest for wood fibre plantations to supply the countrys pulp mills. Many of these plantations are located on drained peatlands. Pulp related deforestation in Indonesia reached its peak in 2011, when 150,000 hecta...