At least 60% of the market is by controlled by them

A very simple example if EPF owns 7% direct interest in a company expect 35% is controlled by GLC

Are they GLCs?  Of course includes of all of them

As long as 1/3 is controlled by GLC and with the founder or owner holding 10% at least it is already controlled by GLCs and no way retail or private institutions can try to takeover

that is old story,    most already knew. 
..do you have any idea of the % controlled?

A very simple example take Bursa Top 30 and you will know how many %

The control of companies is just a simple example only for illustration 

In Malaysia, representing developing countries, it was observed that institutional investors held 51% of shares in the 10 largest companies listed on Bursa Malaysia (Saleh, Zulkifli, & Muhamad, 2010). Furthermore, 70% of total institutional shareholdings belong to the five largest government-controlled institutional investors, namely the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera (LTAT) or Armed Forces Fund Board, Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB), Lembaga Tabung Haji (LTH), and National Social Security Organization of Malaysia (SOCSO)

Don’t forget indirect or nominee interest as there is more than you think under the surface 

No one is able to deep dive because of indirect interest or nominee particularly small caps hence you won’t be able to get the full data but just indication of it 

dividend announcement is in 3 months time. do u think EPF payout more than 6% next year ?

http://dlvr.it/SCb8SB?fbclid=IwAR2Qng32tCv...vt0YmQsrdDDVBhM

It may be the case if they want to promote people to keep funds in EPF. Has the assets been flat y-o-y with the withdrawals? The need to have liquidity to cover withdrawal schemes won’t help.

https://ipaper.thesundaily.my/epaper/viewer...%20Daily#page/2

with 73% contributors below the poverty line and only 3% meets the criteria of RM240k by 55 years old, has EPF as a whole failed?
https://www.kwsp.gov.my/about-epf/corporate...ation-structure
if there are RM800b with 14mil members, that's averaging RM57k per member. that doesn't seems too bad right?

but recent reports actually suggest that they have close to RM1tril
https://www.kwsp.gov.my/annualreport2019/index-en.html
and pls take note active members are only about half of the total members:
https://www.kwsp.gov.my/member/overview

If there is such a term applicable to EPF as "you tak suka you keluar", then the following is the size of the that action :-
Which means high value account holders or retirees who continue to leave the money inside EPF hold a 27% sway overall to the total size of EPF.
I guess this partly explained why EPF had not been saying much on the matter of tier dividend, as it would have been a politically landmine..

It may had been cheap for the politician to say, but EPF would view the lost of RM270 billion walking out of EPF very differently. This can cause a serious implication unimaginable to the KLSE market, MGS and various other bond market especially if all the withdrawal hit around the same time. EPF cannot pay the people who withdraw in specie, hence they have to cash out of all these investment to raise the RM270 billion cash to pay into all these people who want to withdraw.

If this causes the market to dip or panic given the size of the withdrawal, it may just cause the next financial trouble for the country.

What are the odds of EPF act being amended to say, withdrawal age is pushed backwards to 60/65 year old?

The 1M threshold could also possibly be increased.

I think withdrawing everything above 1M is not a bad idea; looking at the direction this country is going…

Probably the time is ripe for a privately run; independent retirement fund to be set up…

I hope not. Other then putting conditions, EPF need creates value to entice people to keep their savings longer past the withdrawal age.

By prudently managing their savings/investment giving a good rate of return. The lowest cost of operational cost, so value can return to members. Provide efficient and competent service, professional manage and run.

Do not slaughter the goose that lays the golden egg for their retirement short term gain.

To keep the fund going, encourage the gig economy or mandate those outside the normal employment structure to participate like those part timers, self employed.

More savings campaign. Financial advice workshop run by EPF.

The idea, is people want to keep their money in EPF rather then take it out.

PRS… probably should consider moving the funds there…

Does anyone have access to Cindy’s latest article? ”Would multimillionaire EPF savers help poorer members?”

Should I withdraw my EPF and invest into property?
Is it a good time to do so, this year? Seeing inflation is inevitably coming.

My hometown Kuching.
I only go for subsale, landed individual title, as Kuching landed properties appreciating healthily over the past 2-3 years. Looking to bid for an auction unit in town area, but would need to withdraw from EPF to do so.
Still contemplating whether should I just leave EPF savings alone, or use it to buy investment property, which can generate 4-5% rental income + capital appreciation.

and EPF no processing fees right? 

Yes, housing loan charges 2.9% - 3% at the moment, but when buying a property you are leveraging on the bank's money. Putting in 40k + fees for 400k property. Any form of capital appreciation on the 400k unit (say 5% a year averagely) means your initial capital appreciates more than 5% already when you factor in the leverage.

That's true, however this time spotted an opportunity in Auction market, may need to liquidate some stocks/UT (however most are in deep red or fallen alot for past few weeks) or can only withdraw EPF for that reason.

I have a question though, after withdrawing, I can re-deposit back right?
But when redepositing back, it will go back to 70:30 , Acc1:Acc2 ratio? Or I can choose to deposit into account 2 only (since the withdrawal was on acc2)?