I received an SMS from CPF that went:
"You have a CPFIS investment deduction from your Ordinary Account."
I suppose this means that my competitive bid (using CPF-OA money) for the last 6 months T-bill auction that took place on 14 September was successful.
A quick check revealed that the cut-off yield was 3.73% p.a. and this is still relatively attractive.
This is relatively attractive when our local banks are offering much lower interest rates for 6 months fixed deposits.
Definitely, it is more attractive than the 2.5% p.a. offered by CPF-OA even when accounting for a loss of 7 months worth of interest income which would have been paid by CPF.
Why 7 months?
This is due to how CPF calculates and pays interest on our CPF savings, taking only the month-end balance into consideration.
So, all three of my applications using cash on hand, SRS and CPF-OA money were successful.
I find it strange that there seems to be less interest...