The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) made RM29.77 billion from its investments in the second quarter of 2026, 44% more than the RM20.61 billion it made during the same period last year.
That brought EPF’s investment income for the first six months of the year to RM57.5 billion, up 48% from RM38.92 billion in the same period last year. The strong performance gives the retirement fund a good start to the year, although it is still too early to tell what this means for members’ eventual dividend.
Shares Made Up Most Of The Gains
Shares were the biggest source of EPF’s investment income in the second quarter, bringing in RM20.94 billion. That’s 52% more than the RM13.77 billion made from shares a year earlier, and accounted for 70% of EPF’s total investment income for the quarter.
Fixed income investments, which include Malaysian Government Securities, loans and bonds, brought in another RM6.91 billion. Property and infrastructure contributed RM1.30 billion, while money market investments added RM620 million.
By the end of June, EPF had RM1.54 trillion in total investment assets. Shares made up 47.5% of its investments, while fixed income investments accounted for another 44%.
Strong First Half Doesn’t Guarantee A Strong Second Half
The strong results were helped by better performance in global share markets, with market conditions continuing to play an important role in EPF’s investment performance in the second half of the year.
EPF chief executive officer Ahmad Zulqarnain Onn said the fund had locked in some gains while market conditions were favourable, but members should not assume the same opportunities will continue.
For members, the RM57.5 billion first-half figure is encouraging, but it should not be taken as a forecast of what EPF will make for the full year. The fund said it will continue to focus on growing members’ savings over the long term rather than chasing short-term market gains.
More Money Also Went Into EPF
EPF also received more contributions from members and employers during the quarter. Total contributions rose 8.5% from a year earlier to RM33.87 billion.
For the first half of 2026, voluntary contributions reached RM14.15 billion, while contributions through i-Saraan rose 75.7% to RM1.33 billion.
EPF also added nearly 441,850 new members during the first six months of the year, bringing its total membership to almost 18.5 million. Of these, 10.9 million were active members.
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