The SSB has a higher 10 year average interest rate compared to the 10 year SGS bond currently, offers capital protection and more flexibility.
What happened?
Apart from the upcoming 1-year T-bill auction, some in the Beansprout community also asked about the 10 year SGS bond (NX22100W) which will be auctioned on 27 Jan 2023.
After all, it is not often that we see a government bond of such longer maturity available to individual investors.
So let’s take a look at whether the 10 year SGS bond might be worth your time to subscribe to while visiting family and friends during the Chinese New Year period!
Source: MAS
#1 – How does the SGS bond compare to the T-bill?
First and foremost, let’s go through the difference between the SGS bond and the T-bill.
If you are familiar with Singapore Treasury Bills (T-bills), then it would not be difficult to understand what SGS bonds are.
They are fully...