KWSP Kredit RM21.61 Bilion Dividen (5.80%) Ke Dalam Akaun Ahli Untuk 2010

Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja (KWSP) dengan kelulusan Menteri Kewangan hari ini mengisytiharkan bayaran dividen tertinggi pernah dicapai sebanyak RM21.61 bilion kepada ahlinya, meningkat 11.55 peratus berbanding bayaran dividen 2009 sebanyak RM19.37 bilion. Amaun ini merupakan 5.80 peratus kadar dividen bagi tahun kewangan berakhir 31 Disember 2010.

Kadar dividen ini 15 mata asas melebihi kadar 5.65 peratus yang dibayar pada tahun 2009, menggambarkan tahun yang memberangsangkan di mana pendapatan pelaburan kasar mencecah rekod tertinggi dalam sejarah sebanyak RM24.06 bilion. Ini merupakan peningkatan 39.76 peratus berbanding RM17.22 bilion pendapatan pelaburan kasar yang dicatatkan pada 2009.

Dalam satu kenyataan yang dikeluarkan hari ini, Pengerusi KWSP, Tan Sri Samsudin Osman berkata, “Pendapatan pelaburan memberangsangkan yang dicapai pada 2010 ini dijana terutamanya daripada prestasi pelaburan ekuiti. Suasana kewangan dan ekonomi yang bertambah baik menyediakan pasaran dengan kecairan yang mencukupi lalu membenarkan aktiviti pengambilan untung sepanjang tahun.”

“Bayaran dividen ini diperoleh setelah ditolak elaun rugi terjejas bersih ke atas aset kewangan, perbelanjaan pelaburan, perbelanjaan operasi dan caj berkanun serta bayaran dividen pengeluaran.”

Disokong oleh tahun yang kukuh untuk pasaran ekuiti, Ekuiti merupakan penyumbang terbesar kepada pendapatan pelaburan kasar KWSP pada 2010, mewakili 45.45 peratus jumlah pendapatan pelaburan kasar KWSP. Untuk tahun tersebut, sejumlah RM10.94 bilion dijana daripada ekuiti, peningkatan ketara 125.69 peratus daripada RM4.85 bilion yang diperoleh pada 2009. (Rujuk Lampiran, Jadual 1).

Pinjaman dan Bon merupakan penyumbang kedua terbesar pendapatan pelaburan pada 2010, mencatatkan RM7.02 bilion pendapatan pelaburan kasar berbanding RM6.63 bilion dicatatkan pada tahun sebelumnya, manakala Sekuriti Kerajaan Malaysia menyumbang pendapatan ketiga terbesar sebanyak RM5.30 bilion berbanding RM5.22 bilion pada 2009.

Ini diikuti oleh Instrumen Pasaran Wang dengan pendapatan pelaburan kasar sebanyak RM703.52 juta, meningkat dengan ketara daripada RM435.57 juta pada tahun sebelumnya. Manakala sejumlah RM103.18 juta dijana daripada Hartanah dan Pendapatan-pendapatan lain.

Dalam tahun yang diulas, jumlah aset pelaburan KWSP terus mencatatkan pertumbuhan yang baik melepasi paras RM400 bilion kepada RM440.52 bilion setakat 31 Disember 2010.

Strategi pelaburan KWSP berpandukan model Alokasi Aset Strategik yang dirangka bagi menepati profil risiko dan pulangan KWSP serta untuk mengekalkan pulangan konsisten dalam jangka masa panjang. Pada 2010 kira-kira dua pertiga jumlah aset pelaburan KWSP kekal dalam instrumen berpendapatan tetap berisiko rendah yang memberikan pendapatan yang stabil.

“Sebagai dana persaraan, objektif utama KWSP adalah untuk melindungi modal (simpanan ahli) dan dalam masa yang sama memberikan nilai tambah kepada simpanan itu. Bagi mencapai objektif ini, KWSP akan terus melaksanakan pendekatan pelaburan berhemat yang didokong oleh penyelidikan yang menyeluruh dan teliti dan mengikut amalan terbaik pelaburan bagi memastikan simpanan ahli dilindungi untuk tempoh jangka masa panjang,” kata Tan Sri Samsudin.

Untuk bayaran dividen 2010, KWSP memerlukan RM3.73 bilion bagi membayar setiap satu peratus kadar dividen berikutan peningkatan dalam bilangan ahli. Jumlah ini meningkat 8.67 peratus berbanding RM3.43 bilion yang dibayar untuk satu peratus kadar dividen pada 2009. (Rujuk Lampiran, Carta 1)

Ahli boleh mendapatkan Penyata Kira-Kira KWSP mereka untuk menyemak pengkreditan dividen 2010 melalui Kios KWSP, kaunter atau i-Akaun mulai Isnin, 21 Februari 2011.

“Walaupun KWSP optimis bahawa momentum yang positif ini akan berterusan pada 2011, prospek untuk tahun ini akan terus bergantung kepada kekukuhan ekonomi domestik dan antarabangsa. Sebagai tabung persaraan, KWSP akan mengekalkan matlamat untuk melabur mengikut objektif strategiknya dan pada masa yang sama mengambil inisiatif pengurusan risiko yang ketat bagi menguruskan secara berkesan sebarang ketidak tentuan dan ancaman yang dihadapi,” kata Tan Sri Samsudin.

Mengenai Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja (KWSP)

Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja (KWSP) adalah dana pencen terulung di Malaysia yang menyediakan jaminan asas kewangan bagi persaraan. KWSP sentiasa komited dalam menjamin dan meningkatkan simpanan ahlinya melalui amalan terbaik pelaburan dan tadbir urus korporat. Langkah berhemah sentiasa menjadi panduan dalam setiap keputusan pelaburannya.

Sebagai sebuah organisasi yang berfokuskan pelanggan, KWSP memberikan perkhidmatan yang cekap dan berkesan untuk keselesaan ahli dan majikan berdaftar.

KWSP akan terus memainkan peranannya sebagai pemangkin kepada pembangunan ekonomi negara, selaras dengan kedudukannya sebagai institusi simpanan terkemuka di Malaysia.

Tarikh: 20 Februari 2011

Source from: http://www.kwsp.gov.my/index.php?ch=p2news&pg=bm_p2news_press&ac=3485

Ringgit hits new 13-year high

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian ringgit hit a new 13-year high of 3.0345 in intra-day trading yesterday before ending trade at 3.036 against the US dollar.

A local wire service quoted a currency trader as saying the new high was driven by speculation that Asian central banks may raise interest rates to curb inflationary pressures and the continued demand for the local currency.

An Ambank Group report said yesterday that the ringgit's strength was precipitated by stronger-than-expected December export data, as manufacturers shipped more palm oil and petroleum products to customers in South-East Asia and Japan.

EPF dividend creeps up to 5.85pc for 2010, says source

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7 — Malaysia’s largest pension fund, the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), is expected to announce a slight dividend increase to 5.85 per cent for 2010, a source has told The Malaysian Insider.

It is understood that the 0.2 per cent increase was decided at a board meeting last month.

“Yes, it is not as high an increase as the year before,” the source said, referring to the jump from 2008’s 4.5 per cent to 5.65 per cent in 2009.

The rate was decided based on returns from EPF’s investments, the source added but did not reveal the fund’s profits for last year.

In 2009, EPF made a record RM19.63 billion in net profit.

The source said the investment panel had suggested the figure to the board last month and it was now awaiting approval from the Finance Ministry.

By convention, the finance minister will approve EPF’s recommendation and the announcement is expected later this month or early March.

In previous years, EPF had announced dividends of 5.8 per cent for 2007, 5.15 per cent for 2006 and 5 per cent for 2005. The highest dividend rate it has paid out was 8.5 per cent in 1983 and 1986.

According to previous reports, EPF’s investments recorded a 5.12 per cent increase to RM5.75 billion in the third quarter ending September 30 last year.

This was based on an investment outlay of RM425.49 billion.

EPF had also earned RM5.55 billion in the first quarter, a 70 per cent increase year-on-year, and RM5.93 billion in the second quarter.

The fund has around 6.3 million contributors.

Unionists had asked last year for government guarantees on workers’ contributions as the Najib administration had asked the EPF to invest more on the local and foreign fronts.

They say it appeared that the government was dependent on EPF funds in Budget 2011 where it was allowed to triple investments abroad to 20 per cent from seven per cent previously.

The pension fund is also involved in re-developing the Malaysian Rubber Board (MRB) land in Sungai Buloh and a RM23 billion bid to take toll operator PLUS Expressways Bhd private with UEM Group Berhad.

Historical of Malaysia's Employee Provident Funds Dividend Rate (Year 1952 - 2010)

李金友：棕油價料企高 綠野種植計劃派息2400萬

（吉隆坡31日訊）受惠于日愈走高的原棕油價格，邁入第四年的綠野種植業計劃（CHGS），宣布派發12%淨回酬。

Plentiful Gold Class公司主席丹斯里李金友指出，公司共派發2400萬令吉淨回酬給參與此計劃的投資者，這是自07年推出此投資計劃來的最高回酬率，在這之前的回酬率為8%。

該計劃目前投資者達1萬31名，其中3%為新加坡和香港投資者。

他今日在綠野種植業計劃淨回酬新聞發布會上，發表上述；列席者包括總執行長李金熊和綠野行銷私人有限公司（Mines Marketing Sdn Bhd）執行董事葉振聞。

淨回酬派發將以現場交付或線上電子淨回酬系統方式完成，投資者可在2月8日至13日，下午1時至5時，前往金馬皇宮酒店領取支票，或待2月中時，公司以電子轉帳方式將款項存入投資者銀行戶口。

李金友說，綜觀過去一年的原棕油價格走勢，預計在今年仍將繼續走揚，若原棕油價格持續維持在每公噸2500令吉以上，12%淨回酬仍可期待。


吸引城市種植者
 李金熊指出，去年原棕油價格平均維持在每公噸2700令吉。

綠野種植業計劃大部分用地位于吉蘭丹話望生（Gua Musang），但由于該地油棕樹齡介于1至3年，未達收成階段，因此主要收入來自沙巴拿篤（Lahad Datu）用地。

李金友指出，在此計劃下的拿篤用地達1200英畝，去年總產量達1萬1400公噸。

為了鼓勵更多投資者加入農民種植計劃，公司也計劃成立“城市種植者”投資俱樂部，將有意參與種植業的投資者聚集在一起，分享領域資訊和探討綠野種植業計劃未來發展。


Source from:
http://www.chinapress.com.my/content_new.asp?dt=2011-02-01&sec=business&art=0201bsa009a01.txt

Country Heights Growers Scheme makes record payout

THE Country Heights Growers Scheme, a farm-sharing investment scheme, has declared a record RM24 million dividend payout to its 10,031 investors.

Plentiful Gold-Class Bhd, the scheme's manager, will pay the dividends, that translate into a net yield of 12 per cent, by February 14 2011.

"For the first three years, we paid out 8 per cent in dividends to investors. This will be the fourth year and we're giving out 12 per cent," said pioneer of the scheme Tan Sri Lee Kim Yew.

"Our investors see good growth prospects in the oil palm industry and are prepared to lock into this scheme for 23 years," he told reporters in a briefing in Seri Kembangan, Selangor, yesterday.

Lee is also the major shareholder of Country Heights Holdings Bhd. However, the scheme, covering 3,600ha of oil palm plantation in Gua Musang, Kelantan, is a separate entity from Country Heights and is managed by Plentiful Gold-Class, a subsidiary of Bee Garden Holdings Sdn Bhd.

Lee said the master title of the 4,000ha Gua Musang oil palm plantation is registered in Bee Garden Holdings' name and is held in trust with BHLB Trustee Bhd.

"When the scheme expires in 2030, the plantation land will be put up for sale and net proceeds shall be refunded to all investors proportionately," he added.

Under the scheme, Bee Garden Holdings sold 3,600ha of the 4,000ha oil palm plantation land in Gua Musang to more than 10,000 investors of the scheme and raised RM215 million.

The money was used to buy oil palm seedlings, among others.

"We started planting the seedlings in 2006. The trees are still young. So far, the dividends paid out to the scheme investors are sourced from income generated at a 480ha oil palm plantation in Lahad Datu, also owned by Bee Garden Holdings," he said.

Overcharged iPhone bill

Telco justifies auto GPRS fees but cancelled service as requested

ONG of Petaling Jaya is exasperated after finding in his phone bill he has been overcharged by DiGi.

"My monthly bill usually comes up to no more than RM47.50. A few months ago, I received a statement from DiGi saying I owed them RM177.21. The following month, it was RM143.10.

"That was shocking news to me because my usual bill always been below RM50."

ONG says she called up DiGi's Customer Service Hotline and was told the billing department would call her in three days.

"After several missed calls and chasing after them, I was told my iPhone automatically connects to GPRS and incurs hefty charges this without me realising it.

"They told me this is apparently one of iPhone's flaws that had yet to be corrected.

"I told them it was not fair to penalise me for a fault that was not mine and to charge me for a service I never used. But DiGi was adamant and won't waive these charges."

ONG claims some of her friends also encountered the same problem.

"If DiGi knows such a fault exists in iPhones, they should warn customers about it and disable the GPRS function. I have since disabled the function but I suspect the telecommunication company is not going to issue any warnings to their customers."

ONG does not want others to go through her experience.

● A SPOKESMAN for DiGi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd says their investigations and records show the data charges are genuine as the customer’s postpaid account has an active GPRS service.

"On iPhone, the customer has the option to switch off the cellular/roaming data service to prevent unwarranted data usage and charges.

"We have since contacted the customer and the matter has been settled. DiGi has also cancelled the GPRS service as requested by the complainant.”