The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has released its 2012 annual report where the Auditor General has made a special disclosure of the Fund’s investments and their income.

Auditor General H.A.S. Samaraweera’s annexure to this report states by 16 December 2013 the EPF had incurred a loss of Rs. 14.4 billion from its investments of Rs. 50.7 billion in 64 companies listed at the Colombo Stock Exchange.

Meanwhile, up to the same date the investments of Rs. 17.8 billion in 22 listed companies have increased by around Rs. 04 billion.

Accordingly, by 16 December 2013 the EPF has made a loss of nearly Rs. 10 billion through its investments at the Colombo Stock Exchange.

The EPF’s long and short term investment value at the CSE up to the same date has increased to Rs. 70.5 billion.

The auditor General has further stated that by 10 June 2014 the EPF has invested in 82 CSE listed companies and the values of these investments have increased by Rs. 74.8 billion.

While the share prices in 48 companies had decreased by Rs. 9.6 billion, the share prices in 34 companies have increased by Rs. 8.9 billion.

The full estimate of the EPF’s investments in the CSE is as follows: