LTAT declares 5% dividend for 2022

The Armed Forces Fund Board (LTAT) has declared a dividend rate of 5% for 2022 involving a total payout worth RM476.45 million.

Defence Minister Mohamad Hasan, in announcing this today, said the dividend rate had increased by 0.9% from 2021.

"This takes into account the state of the market and the country's financial system which have yet to recover after nearly three years of being in a slump due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

"But due to the efficient management of LTAT, they have received good returns from investors," he told reporters at the ceremony to announce the dividend rate in Kuala Lumpur.

Mohamad also advised the LTAT management not to expose the fund to high-risk investments and to maintain the principle of safe savings for contributors.
 
"LTAT is a body established under the Parliament Act for the armed forces to make contributions for their future. So LTAT has a big role which is first, to make sure that their contributions are safe, and secondly to make sure that they bring returns.

"Don't expose our savings to high risk (investments) because if we invest for high returns then the risks will be high. Then the principle will not be guaranteed. So, manage it well," he said.

LTAT recorded RM652.36 million in gross income for the year under review, an increase of 27.4% compared to the previous year, driven by public and private equity investment income.

It also recorded RM499.64 million in retained earnings, an increase of 72.8% compared to RM289.15 million in 2021.

The dividend payouts were made to 122,935 contributors on March 10.