How will Bank Negara’s absence change KWAP?

By Khairul Khalid

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In these three articles KINIBIZ mulls over developments at KWAP. We begin with looking at a proposed amendment to the Retirement Fund Act 2007, which is causing a stir, not least because it seeks to remove Bank Negara’s involvement in the RM112 billion pension fund KWAP. We move along to the amendments, which apart from removing Bank Negara from KWAP’s investment panel, also contains a clause of secrecy. Will these changes compromise transparency? Finally Tiger weighs in. Some curious changes are afoot at pensioners’ fund KWAP.  The question is, why now? And is there not a better solution?

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Should EPF take over KWAP?

Some curious changes are afoot at pensioners’ fund KWAP, especially with the proposed bill to remove Bank Negara from its investment panel and secrecy clauses. The question is, why now? And is ...