Singapore Savings Bond Dec 2018, announced on 1 Nov, offers investors 1.89% to 3.04%pa interest. This translates to an average annualised interest of 2.57%pa over 10 years.
This month’s Singapore Savings Bond Dec 2018 offer comes on the back of 2 key developments. First, Oct 2018 was a horrible month for equity investors. There was serious upheaval in the equity markets around the world that made investors very uncomfortable. You too might have been affected.
Second, S$500 million worth of Temasek Bond T2023 was successfully sold to both retail and institutional investors. This was the first time retail investors were offered a tranche (You would be able to read more about the Temasek Bond offer in my lengthy post here). Both Temasek Bond T2023 (5 year maturity) and Astrea IV PE bond (10 year maturity) have widened choices that retail investors have in the corporate S$ bond market.
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