In September, Aviva and Singlife have announced that they are merging into one company. For funding the purchase consideration of acquisition and capital adequacy purposes, they have issued a new bond today. This should attract strong interest. Below are the technical details of the bond. The Issuer The bond issuer, ASH, is the holding company […]
Ant Group IPO – What You Need To Know About The World’s Largest IPO
If you are a global investor, you need to pay attention to China’s tech companies. In my previous article, I talked about the Hong Kong IPO fever this year and highlighted the Ant IPO. The IPO prices for both Shanghai and Hong Kong legs are finally set. If you are interested in Ant IPO, here […]
Fixed Maturity Plan – Income Solution for Low Risk Investors in a Yield-Starved World
If you are investing for retirement, you need passive income to cover your expenses. But safe and consistent income is hard to come by nowadays. The ugly truth about retirement is that the traditional way of generating income doesn’t work anymore due to the modern loose monetary policies. While the low-interest rate is great to […]
How to Invest Your CPF – The Complete Guide To CPF Investment Scheme (CPFIS)
CPF is one of the most important assets for retirement planning in Singapore. But it is often under invested. Although CPF board pays you an almost guaranteed interest rate for your savings, you can still invest your CPF to earn a potentially higher return. There are a variety of instruments approved for CPF investment, such […]
New Temasek Bond Issues – 50 years!
Would you buy a 50 years bond with only 2.7% interest? Probably not. But when Temasek issues such bonds, they are oversubscribed. I explained before that contrary to many false beliefs, Temasek doesn’t invest CPF’s money, given the good reputation, they have their own way of sourcing for cheap funds. And this is a good […]
Hong Kong IPO Fever is Back! Ready for ANT IPO?
How many of you still remember the famous Hong Kong show “The Greed of Man” (大時代)? The dramatic scene of the final battle between Ting Hai (丁蟹) and Fong Chin-bok (方展博) on the trading floor of the Hong Kong exchange was probably the childhood memory that triggered my interest in the stock market. Whatever political […]