{"id":43827,"date":"2020-07-07T12:28:49","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T04:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/?p=43827"},"modified":"2020-08-14T17:20:41","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T09:20:41","slug":"maximise-retirement-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/maximise-retirement-fund","title":{"rendered":"Have You Done These 5 Things To Grow Your Retirement Fund?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38160\" src=\"https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/In-partnership-with-CIMB-Principal-Updated.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"48\" srcset=\"\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/In-partnership-with-CIMB-Principal-Updated.jpg 409w, \/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/In-partnership-with-CIMB-Principal-Updated-300x35.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 409px) 100vw, 409px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What does your dream retirement look like? Whether it\u2019s travelling the world, pursuing a hobby or living by the seaside, one thing\u2019s for sure: you\u2019re going to need a lot of money.<\/p>\n<p>However, most Malaysians fall short. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theedgemarkets.com\/article\/longterm-challenges-retirement-planning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Two out of three<\/a>\u00a0EPF members aged 54 have less than RM50,000 saved, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com.my\/business\/business-news\/2017\/10\/25\/most-malaysians-cannot-afford-to-retire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">70% of members<\/a> who withdraw their funds at age 55 use up their savings in less than a decade after retiring.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s hardly enough savings to retire \u2013 let alone retire comfortably.<\/p>\n<p>So what can you do to avoid being part of those statistics? View the infographic to find out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are five ways to maximise your retirement fund. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44143,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,1,236,230],"tags":[208,520],"class_list":["post-43827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-infographic","category-investment","category-sponsored","category-unit-trust","tag-featured","tag-principal"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>5 Ways Malaysians Can Maximise Their Retirement Fund<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Most Malaysians do not save enough for retirement. 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