EPF explains lower dividend rate despite higher total payout

EPF explains lower dividend rate despite higher total payout

KUALA LUMPUR: The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) said the lower dividend for 2025 is due to weaker domestic market performance and currency movements.

EPF chief executive officer Ahmad Zulqarnain Onn said the overall payout was higher, driven by the larger size of contributions and the fund itself.

“As to why the dividend rate is lower than last year, there are two principal reasons.

“The first factor was the performance of Bursa Malaysia, which grew by about two per cent compared with 12 per cent the year before,” he said during a media briefing on the dividend announcement today.

The second reason, he said, was that some of EPF’s international assets, particularly those denominated in US dollars, declined in ringgit terms due to the strengthening of the local currency.

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EPF earlier announced a dividend of 6.15 per cent each for Simpanan Konvesional and Simpanan Shariah.

This involves a total payout of RM79.6 billion.