Unshackle the EPF or face the consequences

Better returns: An EPF branch office in Petaling Jaya. The provident fund should be allowed to do what it feels is best for its contributors.

IN its second-quarter results, the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) sounded a major warning.

The provident fund, which endears itself to many above 55, warned that it may not be able to keep up with the current rate of dividends if there are continued restrictions on its efforts to invest outside Malaysia.