Returns from EPF stand out in negative rates era

Safe and strong: EPF contributors using the various services at the EPF Petaling Jaya branch. It is perplexing that some people feel money with the pension fund is not safe.

IT is that time of the year when the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), the guardian of some RM650bil worth of funds belonging to private sector workers, declares its annual dividend.

Last year it declared a dividend of 6.75% - the highest in recent years.