Buy Government Bonds through ATM

This information is preliminary. It has not been verified.

Hi Mr Tan,

UOB, DBS & OCBC are working closely with MAS to launch this project in Mar/Apr 2009 (delayed from earlier schedule to launch in Nov 2008).

Under current system, individual investors must go to selected banks to submit paper document to buy Singapore Government Bills & Bonds (SGBB).

The new system will allow individual investors with UOB/DBS/OCBC’s ATM to bid for SGBB through ATM machines.

Investors can bid for minimum face value of $1,000 SGBB, up to $1 mil for Bill and up to $2 mil for Bond for each issue.

The maturity period for Bills are 3 months or 1 year.

The maturity period for Bonds (both zero-coupon or with-coupon bonds) are available for 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 15 and 20 year-term-maturity period.

MAS will announce the winners of the bidding process and all SGBB will be credited to investors’ CDP account.

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