KUALA LUMPUR: The government remains committed to continuing pensions for retirees, despite the increasing burden of operating expenditure (OE), said ...
: The government remains committed to continuing pensions for retirees, despite the increasing burden of operating expenditure , said Deputy Finance Minister I Datuk Seri Ahmad MaslanIn fact, he said improvements were being made, through a comprehensive study involving civil servants’ salaries and pension schemes.
He added that an estimated 32,000 new retirees are recorded every year, and the government spends RM31 billion to pay the pensions of more than 900,000 retirees.“As of July, KWAP’s unaudited gross funds reached RM184.5 billion. Approximately 80 per cent of the funds are invested in the country, and 20 per cent are international investments,” he told reporters at the 2023 KWAP Contributors Forum.
KWAP, which is the third largest fund manager after Employees’ Provident Fund and Permodalan Nasional Bhd, contributed a dividend of RM3 billion to the government.He added that 40 per cent of KWAP funds are invested in fixed income securities and private equity, while the rest are in the real estate and public equity sectors.
KWAP targets gross funds to reach RM200 billion in 2025, with an investment return of seven per cent. -
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