Sains Malaysiana 53(11)(2024): 3639-3649

http://doi.org/10.17576/jsm-2024-5311-08

 

Pengeluaran Optimum dan Mampan: Aplikasi Pelan Caruman Tertakrif di Malaysia

(Optimum and Sustainable Withdrawal: Application of Defined Contribution Plans in Malaysia)

 

ZARUL KHALIFF KAMAL¹, NORISZURA ISMAIL^2,*, ZAIDI ISA² & NURUL HANIS AMINUDDIN JAFRY³

 

¹Institute of Risk Management, School of Economics, Finance and Banking, Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM-IRM), 06010 Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia

²Jabatan Sains Matematik, Fakulti Sains dan Teknologi, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

³Pusat Pengajian Citra Universiti, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

 

Received: 1 May 2024/Accepted: 7 August 2024

 

Abstrak

Perancangan persaraan Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja (KWSP) di Malaysia meliputi dua fasa utama iaitu fasa yang melibatkan pengumpulan caruman dalam tahun-tahun bekerja dan fasa yang melibatkan pengeluaran caruman terkumpul. Dalam fasa pertama, KWSP menyediakan beberapa pilihan bagi pengeluaran pra-persaraan selain mengumpul caruman untuk persaraan. Dalam fasa kedua, KWSP hanya menyediakan opsyen pengeluaran secara sekali gus di awal tahun persaraan. Sekiranya pencarum tidak melakukan perancangan pengeluaran pra-persaraan yang strategik, caruman terkumpul mungkin tidak dapat menyediakan pendapatan persaraan yang mencukupi. Di samping itu, sekiranya pesara tidak melakukan perancangan pengeluaran yang bertaktikal, pesara akan berhadapan dengan risiko kemusnahan kewangan. Kajian ini bertujuan untuk membina dua model beraktuari, iaitu model pengeluaran optimum dan model pengeluaran mampan, bagi pengeluaran persaraan dengan aplikasi pelan caruman tertakrif di Malaysia (KWSP). Hasil kajian mendapati bagi model pengeluaran optimum, pesara yang mempunyai kadar penghindaran risiko yang lebih tinggi dijangka melakukan pengeluaran yang lebih kecil di awal tahun persaraan untuk menikmati pengeluaran yang lebih besar di akhir tempoh persaraan. Bagi model pengeluaran mampan, pesara yang mempunyai kebarangkalian kemusnahan kewangan yang lebih rendah adalah pesara yang menyimpan wang persaraannya ke dalam Unit Amanah. Model pengeluaran optimum sesuai untuk pesara yang ingin memaksimumkan penggunaan kekayaan persaraan, terutamanya jika mereka mempunyai kesihatan yang kurang baik dan menjangka jangka hayat yang lebih pendek. Model pengeluaran mampan pula lebih sesuai bagi pesara yang mempunyai kesihatan yang baik serta ingin mengambil peluang daripada pulangan pelaburan yang tinggi hasil daripada pelaburan kekayaan persaraan.

 

Kata kunci: Caruman tertakrif; pengeluaran mampan; pengeluaran optimum; persaraan; unit amanah

 

Abstract

The retirement planning under Employees Provident Fund (EPF) in Malaysia covers two main phases, the phase involving the accumulation of contributions during working years and the phase involving the withdrawal of accumulated contributions. In the first phase, EPF provides several options for pre-retirement withdrawals in addition to collecting contributions for retirement. In the second phase, EPF only provides a lump sum withdrawal for the accumulated contribution at the beginning of the retirement year. If contributors do not make strategic pre-retirement withdrawal plans, the accumulated contributions may not provide sufficient retirement income. In addition, if retirees do not make tactical withdrawal plans, retirees will be faced with the risk of financial ruin. This study aims to build two actuarial models, the optimum withdrawal model and the sustainable withdrawal model, for the withdrawal of the accumulated contribution with the application of a defined contribution plan in Malaysia (EPF). The results of the study found that for the optimal model, retirees who have a higher risk aversion are expected to make smaller withdrawals at the beginning of the retirement year to enjoy larger withdrawals at the end of the retirement period. For the sustainable model, retirees who have a lower probability of financial ruin are retirees who invest their retirement money into Unit Trusts. The optimal model is suitable for retirees who want to maximize the use of retirement wealth, especially if they are in poor health and expect a shorter life expectancy. The sustainable model is more suitable for retirees who have good health and want to take advantage of the high investment returns resulting from the investment of retirement wealth.

 

Keywords: Defined contribution; optimal withdrawal; retirement; sustainable withdrawal; unit trust

 

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*Corresponding author; email: ni@ukm.edu.my