Determinant the dividend performance of Amanah Saham Bumiputera (ASB) / Nur Anessa Manizan

This study empirically investigates to find the significant relationship of the interest rate, inflation rate, and GDP growth rate with the dividend return by using annual time series data started from 1990 to 2020. Amanah Saham Bumiputra (ASB) is one of the most favourable choices when it comes to the unit trust investment. As far as the concern, ASB is one of the unit trust investments that paid with the highest dividend towards its holders. However, how many of Malaysians are aware with the factors that had taken to be considered for the dividend being paid. Thus, this study is emphasizing in the factors that affect dividend performance of ASB. The data collected is provided by the ASNB and processed by the EViews software. The result indicated that gross domestic product, inflation rate, and interest rate are having a positive relationship towards the performance of ASB.
Keywords: Determinants of performance, Amanah Saham Berhad, unit trust company, time series data, gross domestic product, inflation rate, and interest rate.