EPF's investment abroad has been providing higher returns than domestic investments since 2010, said the Finance Ministry.

In a parliamentary written reply, the ministry said EPF's foreign portfolio annual yield was between 7.13 percent and 12.84 percent between 2010 to 2016.

In contrast, the returns on EPF's domestic portfolio provided between 5.74 percent and 6.82 percent during the same time period.

EPF's exposure abroad has been increasing incrementally. In 2010, 10 percent of its assets were held abroad. As of June this year, the figure stood at 29 percent or RM220.34 billion.

This means that EPF's exposure abroad has increased fivefold since 2010 (RM44.05 billion at the time).

The investments are spread across 40 countries, in 25 currencies...