Malaysia’s property market is seeing a strong resurgence, with RM78.2 billion in real estate investments recorded in 2025 , but the deeper story lies in who is driving the capital flows . Private Capital Leads the New Investment Cycle The surge is underpinned by an 86.7% increase in private equity and venture capital , signalling a clear shift: "Long-term capital including family offices and ultra-wealthy investors is returning to real estate." Globally, private capital has already overtaken institutional investors in commercial real estate for four consecutive years, and Malaysia is increasingly part of this trend. Malaysia Attracting Regional and Cross-Border Wealth The inflows are particularly visible in: Johor , supported by policy initiatives like the Single Family Office (SFO) framework Premium commercial assets , including landmark developments such as TRX Rising participation from family offices and cross-border investors This suggests Malaysia is evolvin...
After a long wait, finally the EPF announced the dividend for the year 2011 and it comes to many surprises at 6% as global economy is too volatile throughout the whole year. Anyway, it is a good news to majority Malaysians as the payout is slightly 0.2% higher than the year before. PETALING JAYA: The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) Board has declared a dividend of 6% for 2011 the highest in the last 10 years. In a statement yesterday, EPF said the dividend, an increase of 20 basis points over the 5.8% paid out in 2010, translates to RM24.47bil being distributed to its members. “2011 marks another commendable achievement for the EPF. “Despite the challenging investment landscape, it was the strongest performance since 2001 that affirms our long term and prudent investment strategy combined with continuous efforts by our investment team,” said EPF chairman Tan Sri Samsudin Osman. The dividend payout of the RM24.47bil was derived after deducting net impairment allowance on financial assets...