On 19 August 2011, Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) announced a 6.50 sen dividend per unit of Amanah Saham Wawasan 2020 (ASW 2020) for the year ending 31 August 2011. This year's dividend will be an increase of 0.15 sen per unit compared with the 6.35 sen dividend for 2010.

As a unitholder and participant through the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) members' investment scheme, I am happy with the return ;) ... at least it gives better return than EPF...


Have you invested / participated through the EPF members' investment scheme? If you have not, do read my earlier post ~ INVEST IN AMANAH SAHAM WAWASAN (ASW)

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Yes. 5.65%. An increase of 1.15% from the 4.5% declared for 2008. I hope next year the rate will be more than 6%. Come on EPF...make us happy :)
For Amanah Saham Wawasan. I bet you will pay 2% higher than EPF.

EPF’S INVESTMENTS IN 2009 AND 2008

Asset Class	Investments up to 31 December 2009		Investments up to 31 December 2008		Increase/ (Decrease) (RM billion)
	(RM billion)	%	(RM billion)	%
Malaysian Government Securities	93.11	25.08	96.16	28.12	(3.05)
Loans & Bonds	152.96	41.20	137.25	40.13	15.71
Equities	100.43	27.05	87.95	25.72	12.48
Money Market Instruments	23.21	6.25	19.03	5.56	4.18
Property	1.55	0.42	1.62	0.47	(0.07)
Total	371.26	100.00	342.01	100.00	29.25

Source : The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) website

For the 2009 dividend payout, the EPF requires RM3.43 billion to pay a one per cent dividend rate as a result of a larger membership base. This represents a 7.86 per cent increase over the amount of RM3.18 billion per one per cent dividend rate for 2008.

Members can check their EPF Account Statement for the crediting of the 2009 dividend from Monday, 8 March 2010 onwards.

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Today was my lucky day. After waiting for more than 3 years, I finally got my cheque for USD330.40 from Thomas F. Lennon, Inc., the Receiver for 12daily Pro (12DP). Although it is only 30% of my total claim (calculated in accordance with the Distribution Plan), I am still happy I got it! My hubby got half of the amount he invested much earlier in 2006 through Stormpay.

Here is the screenshot of the letter and the cheque

To those of you who do not know what 12Daily Pro is, ... here is what I got from the 12dailypro.com (archive)

What is 12daily Pro?
12daily Pro is a revolution in internet marketing. Our program was specifically designed with the professional online entrepreneur in mind. Let's face it; time is money. 12daily wants to help you maximize your online earnings while minimizing your efforts. This program is designed for people who call web promotion and investment their primary source of income and more importantly, for those people who would like to. If this sounds like you, 12daily Pro is the one program you can't miss out on. What's the bottom line? We pay you to view websites and online content specifically targeted to web promotion professionals like you!

This is what you get from wikipedia

12DailyPro was one of the largest autosurfs in 2005. Promising a return of 12% daily for 12 days, funds invested went into the millions. In February 2006, autosurfs reached the United States national news when funds of members of 12DailyPro were frozen by payment processor StormPay.

Rather than focus entirely on StormPay, news organizations such as ABC4 (Utah) and WTOC (Georgia) investigated the autosurf itself. In a statement released by the Georgia Government Consumer Protection Agency titled "Pyramid Schemes Never Die; Just Evolve", 12DailyPro was closely scrutinized. Media calls to 12DailyPro owner Charis Johnson went unanswered.

Later in February, 12DailyPro received a cease and desist order by the SEC, who claimed that 95% of the program's funds came from new members. On February 28, the SEC filed a proposed stipulation, agreed to by the attorney for Charis Johnson, LifeClicks, and 12DailyPro that these parties would turn over all assets and records to a permanent legal receiver.

Were you one of the investors / players in 12DP? How much money did you burn? Have you received your claim? ...better check your mail box :)

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I received my first Adgitize payment today. Here is the screenshot.

Thanks Adgitize !

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Yesterday Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) announced a 6.30 Sen Dividend per unit of Amanah Saham Wawasan 2020 (ASW 2020) for the year ending 31 August 2009. This year's dividend is lower than the 7 sen declared last year. If I am not wrong it is the lowest since the fund inception date :( The reason given is due to the fund’s 41% increase in size over the past one-year period.

Nevertheless, as a unitholder and participant through the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) members' investment scheme, I am quite happy with the return ;) ... at least it gives better return than EPF...


Have you invested / participated through the EPF members' investment scheme? If you have not, do read my earlier post ~ INVEST IN AMANAH SAHAM WAWASAN (ASW)

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Do you know that you can maximise your EPF savings (for your retirement needs) by investing your money in your Account 1(***see note below) in Amanah Saham Wawasan (ASW)?

You Do if you have already done so.
You Don't if you have not done so (even if you knew it!).


*** You want to know how much you can withdraw from your Account 1. Please check here

Why invest in ASW?
The return is much better than keeping your money in EPF. Average return is about 7% per annum. Just imagine, by investing your money in ASW, you may see your investment double in 10 - 11 years time.

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