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EPF - Tough Markets But Commendable Returns

Pankaj C Kumar, Financial Market Columnist and former Chief Investment Officer

01-Mar-21 07:47

EPF - Tough Markets But Commendable Returns

The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) declared a 5.2% dividend for conventional savings and a 4.9% dividend for shariah savings for 2020. Pankaj C Kumar, a financial market columnist and former Chief Investment Officer, gives us his views on whether the dividends met his expectations and the challenges in replicating these returns in 2021.

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Produced by: Wong Shou Ning

Presented by: Philip See, Wong Shou Ning


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Categories:  Personal Finance,  Investments,  Financial Literacy,  Young Finance,  Property,  Business Analysis,  Trends and Forecasts,  Markets,  Politics,  Social Issues,  law & legal matters

Tags:  epf,  dividend,  2020,  conventional savings,  shariah savings,  i-lestari,  i-sinar, 


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