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Amanah Saham Bumiputera (ASB) has announced an income distribution rate of 5.75 sen per unit for the financial year ending 31 December 2025, maintaining the same rate as the previous year.
This distribution involves a total amount of RM10.4 billion and benefits 11.4 million ASB unit holders.
This annual distribution amount is the highest record since ASB's establishment, bringing the fund's cumulative income distribution to RM206.7 billion.
ASB, managed by Amanah Saham Nasional Berhad (ASNB), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB), continues to show sustainable investment performance. ASB managed to outperform the benchmark Maybank 12-Month Fixed Deposit by a gap of 346 basis points, compared to the average fixed deposit rate of 2.29 percent.
PNB Group Chairman, Raja Tan Sri Datuk Seri Arshad Raja Tun Uda, stated that this achievement demonstrates the resilience of ASB’s investment portfolio despite the challenging market environment.
He said, “We are pleased to maintain ASB’s dividend distribution of 5.75 sen with a total payout of RM10.4 billion, which reflects the strength and resilience of ASB’s investment portfolio in protecting the people’s savings.”
This excellent performance was achieved despite the domestic equity market showing a weak performance, with the FBM KLCI index recording a negative return of 0.3 percent as of 2025, affected by foreign fund outflows and more cautious investor sentiment.
Nevertheless, Malaysia’s economic fundamentals remain strong with a projected Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of between 4.0 to 4.8 percent, supported by inflows of investment and the strengthening of the ringgit by 8.7 percent to RM4.09 against the US dollar.
PNB also focused on the challenge of lack of savings among the people and the need to strengthen the saving culture. Overall, ASNB distributed dividends totaling RM15.3 billion in 2025, the highest ever recorded, bringing the total distribution since inception to RM279 billion. This includes 18 unit trust funds including fixed and variable price funds.
PNB Group President and Chief Executive Officer, Datuk Abdul Rahman Ahmad, said the implementation of the second year of the LEAP-6 Strategic Plan had seen an increase in Assets Under Management (AUM) of 4.5 per cent to RM364 billion.
He added, “We are on track to achieve the RM400 billion AUM target by 2027, supported by net customer inflows and sustainable income distribution.”
PNB will continue to intensify efforts to increase the people’s savings by 2026 through the #KitaGenerasiLabur campaign, the Auto Labur digital periodic savings initiative, as well as several new initiatives including the khultah-based zakat payment method to be launched in the second quarter of 2026.
ASB’s income distribution calculation is based on the average monthly minimum balance throughout the financial year. Reinvested investment units will be credited to unit holders' accounts on 1 January 2026.
Meanwhile, ASB transactions will be temporarily suspended from 27 to 31 December 2025 and will resume online from 1 January 2026 and at ASNB branches and agents from 2 January 2026.
