{"id":31308,"date":"2017-09-15T18:05:09","date_gmt":"2017-09-15T10:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/?p=31308"},"modified":"2019-12-03T10:16:05","modified_gmt":"2019-12-03T02:16:05","slug":"epf-q2-investments-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/epf-q2-investments-up","title":{"rendered":"EPF Q2 Investments Up 36.6%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has reported an increase in quarterly income citing from a year ago, citing better performance of the equities market.<\/p>\n<p>The fund announced that its Q2 investment income was up 36.36% to RM11.51 billion from RM8.44 billion a year ago, but it dipped from RM11.79 billion in the first quarter ended March 31, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>According to EPF chief Datuk Shahril Ridza Ridzuan, the lower quarter-on-quarter income was due to a decline in contribution in equities.<\/p>\n<p>He added that he expected a moderation in income growth for upcoming 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