What you need to know about the new Astrea 8 Bonds. And whether it's worth buying it today? Deadline to subscribe Astrea IPO: 17 July 2024, 12pm Singapore Time. Okay – there’s something interesting about the new Astrea 8 bonds. Readers have also recently emailed me asking about this. It’s been a while since I talked about bonds. Let me share some thoughts here. I’ve previously bought both Astra IV and Astrea VI bonds (see green box below), mostly for my son’s portfolio. I thought it was a great way to invest his savings into a safe, corporate bond (I’ll share my experience in a bit). Now, Astrea has issued a couple of these bonds before. It’s not the same as the SIA MCB bonds by the way. And so far, management has a good track record of paying back bond principal and coupons. Last week, Astrea announced it wants to raise a fresh set of bonds — Astrea 8 bonds. it  ...