MTUC desak dividen KWSP sama spt 2015, 6.4%

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PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) has called on the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) to declare the same dividend of 6.4% in 2015 for last year instead of the 5.7% it had announced on Saturday.

Its secretary-general J. Solomon claimed EPF can pay out the extra 0.7% which incurs an additional payout of around RM4.5 billion.

"The EPF invited MTUC working committee on Feb 17 to inform its concluded dividend of 5.7% for 2016. While announcing, EPF basically told that the fixed income market has increased. For the equity market there was three years of negative growth and another factor is depreciation of ringgit," he said in a statement, today.

Claiming that EPF had made RM731 billion last year as compared with RM684.5 billion in 2015, Solomon said the majority of EPF's payout amounting to RM37.08 billion will still remain in the fund giving them the ability to retain 6.4% as declared in the previous year.

"The equity market for companies when dividend is paid out leaves the company, whereas in EPF when dividend is declared it still remains in the fund.

"EPF still has the dividends in the funds and EPF can further invest the dividend to generate income. Therefore even if the equity market ratio has reduced it will be only minimal," he stressed.

Solomon added that the increased dividend payout is sustainable because EPF's fundamentals that the contributor's savings on the retirement should be substantial.

Meanwhile, the Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) praised the EPF's dividend declaration despite the slight dip.

Its executive director executive director Datuk Shamsuddin Bardan said that EPF's performance was still commendable given the tough economic challenges both locally and international as well.

"Given the economic conditions, EPF's performance was not expected to match last year.

"Other funds such as Amanah Saham Negara (ASN) and Amanah Saham Bumiputra (ASB) also suffered a dip in its performance. However EPF's strategic investments in the UK despite Brexit has given them a slight edge," he told theSun when contacted, today.

Their views came after, EPF on Saturday had declared a 5.7% dividend for 2016, with the total payout amounting to RM37.08 billion, a commendable achievement in view of the much tougher market environment.

Its chairman Tan Sri Samsudin Osman had said the EPF is pleased it has been able to consistently exceed its two strategic investment targets of at least 2.5% nominal dividend on a yearly basis and at least 2.0% real dividend on a rolling three-year basis.

Samsudin had also said the payout amount required for 1% dividend in 2016 was RM6.51 billion, higher compared with RM5.43 billion in 2014.

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HARAPAN sokong MTUC, mahu dividen KWSP lebih tinggi
22 Feb 2017, 6:51 petang     22 Feb 2017, 7:04 malam

Pakatan Harapan (HARAPAN) menyokong gesaan Kongres Kesatuan Sekerja Malaysia (MTUC) mengenai kadar dividen pencarum Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja (KWSP) yang lebih tinggi pada tahun 2016.

Dalam kenyataan bersama oleh Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad dari Parti Amanah Negara (AMANAH), Wong Chen (PKR) dan Teresa Kok dari DAP, HARAPAN mahu dividen lebih tinggi selaras dengan kenaikan kos sara hidup.

"Dividen KWSP yang lebih tinggi selaras dengan lonjakan kos pengangkutan awam serta kenaikan kadar gaji yang perlahan dan ditambah dengan kesan daripada cukai barangan dan perkhidmatan (GST).

"Keseluruhan 10 juta pekerja sektor swasta mengharapkan dividen lebih baik daripada dana itu kerana ia satu-satunya sumber simpanan mereka," kata HARAPAN dalam kenyataan.

Beberapa hari yang lalu, KWSP mengisytiharkan kadar dividen 5.70 peratus bagi 2016, dengan jumlah pengagihan pendapatan sebanyak RM37.08 bilion.

Pengerusinya, Tan Sri Samsudin Osman berkata KWSP gembira kerana berjaya mengatasi dua sasaran pelaburan KWSP secara konsisten iaitu untuk mengisytiharkan kadar dividen nominal sekurang-kurangnya 2.5 peratus setiap tahun dan kadar dividen sebenar melebihi inflasi sekurang-kurangnya 2.0 peratus bagi purata bergerak tiga tahun.

"Sebagai sebuah dana simpanan persaraan, KWSP sentiasa memberi penekanan terhadap pulangan yang mampan untuk jangka panjang berbanding pulangan jangka pendek.

"Ini merupakan satu pencapaian yang baik walaupun berhadapan dengan keadaan pasaran yang sukar. Bagi 2016, dividen sebenar untuk purata tiga tahun bergerak adalah 3.83 peratus, 183 mata asas melebihi sasaran," kata Samsudin.

Mengulas lanjut, HARAPAN berkata, pihaknya juga berpendapat tindakan KWSP mengisytiharkan kadar dividen lebih rendah berbanding 6.4 peratus pada tahun 2015 tersasar dengan hasrat kerajaan yang mahu rakyat mempunyai nilai simpanan yang tinggi pada hari tua.

"HARAPAN juga melihat bahawa penurunan dividen ini berpunca daripada pelaburan KWSP di dalam syarikat sarat hutang, iaitu 1Malaysia Development Berhad(1MDB) sebanyak RM1.72 bilion.

"Oleh itu, HARAPAN menggesa supaya KWSP segera melupuskan pegangan dan pelaburan dalam 1MDB terutamanya dalam bon-bon bagi melindungi kepentingan pencarum.

"KWSP kini berdepan masalah kewangan yang akhirnya memberi kesan kepada pencarum dan pendepositnya.

"Pelaburan KWSP sebanyak RM1.72 bilion adalah satu jumlah yang besar, apatah lagi bila dana ini adalah simpanan wang rakyat yang diuruskan oleh KWSP," tambahnya.

aHoi83

Sedap2 guna duit org buat untung bila nk bg dividen kedekot. :

kasibiman

KLCI jatuh 4% tahun 2016.
Fixed income yield jatuh 50bps.
KLCI corporate earnings contracted 4 years in a row collectively.
Ringgit merudum.

dan the gila and babi bit:

1. babi sekor nak soh bayar dividen tinggi atas alasan dividen epf bayar remains in the funds. No relevance and numbers provided provided. nak mengencing dia bagi beza epf income. tapi beza base of asset under management mana? dasar bangsat nak mengencing org bodoh.

2. babi sekor lagi nak soh bayar dividen lebih sbb kos sara hidup dan GST. Jesus farking christ. tang mana investment returns berkadaran dgn cost of living or GST?



kimak2 neh seme just pegi mampos boleh tak?

mjla

Hari hari makan sumpah making susut ke dividen

renko

botak bibir pink aritu kemain beriye2 berucap menyembur2 air liur kata pertumbuhan ekonomi negara sangat bagus..tp dividen mampu bagi banyak tu je ke..kata untung

gaara_X

deme cakap je eekonomi bagus....setakat cakap je laa...

cmf_conan

kasibiman replied at 23-2-2017 09:23 AM
KLCI jatuh 4% tahun 2016.
Fixed income yield jatuh 50bps.
KLCI corporate earnings contracted 4 yea ...

mcm mana laaa dividen kwsp patuh syariah nanti yek?
yg dividen kwsp ini jatuh pon meroyan begini..

kasibiman

cmf_conan replied at 23-2-2017 12:10 PM
mcm mana laaa dividen kwsp patuh syariah nanti yek?
yg dividen kwsp ini jatuh pon meroyan begini. ...

Kebiasaannya product shariah kadar pulangan lebih rendah. Dia hanya lebih tinggi bila ekonomi tak elok.

Shariah funds generate alpha on downturn sbb tiada exposure kpd leveraged business mcm banks. Kompeni2 ni lebih utuh masa persekitaran ekonomi kurang memberangsangkan tapi juga suffer from lower performance during economy upcycle.