The first batch of Singapore Savings Bonds will be available for purchase at 6pm today. For more details of the yield, you can check the SSB website from 330pm onwards. Roughly, it should be around: 1 year – 0.99% p.a. 2 years – 1.11% p.a. 5 years – 2.17% p.a. 10 years – 2.85% p.a. The […]
Edited : 22/07/2015 at 9am If you have been waiting for news about when the first Singapore Savings Bond (SSB) will be launched, you might want to know that MAS has announced that the first Singapore Savings Bond will be issued on 1st Oct, 2015. Retail investors will be able to apply for them from 1st September […]
Yesterday, MAS released more details on the Singapore Savings Bonds that I wrote about earlier. To apply, you will need two things: A bank account with either DBS/POSB, UOB and OCBC. An individual Central Depository (CDP) Securities account with direct crediting service (DCS) setup. Direct Crediting Service (DCS) allows you to credit your Singapore-dollar dividend payments […]
The recently announced Singapore Savings Bonds (SSB) has the potential to be a game changer for savers in Singapore. Details on how to buy them are not available yet but they are expected to be launched in the 2nd half of 2015, with a fresh issue every month. It’s an interesting product with a hybrid of […]