Najib congratulates EPF for 6.4% dividend

Datuk Seri Najib Razak congratulated the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) for declaring a high dividend rate of 6.4% for 2015 despite the economic challenges. He wanted EPF to continue efforts to provide the best returns to all its contributors. "Congratulations EPF for declaring the high 6.4% dividend for 2015 despite facing economic challenges. Continue efforts to give good returns to contributors," he said in his Twitter account today. Yesterday EPF declared a dividend rate of 6.40% for 2015 with payments totalling RM38.24 billion. A total of RM5.98 billion is required to pay every 1% dividend rate for the year concerned, an increase of 10.13% compared to RM5.43 billion in 2014. – Bernama, February 21, 2016.]]>