Singapore bonds

The city state’s sovereign bonds have gained 1.9% in October, the most since April 2020.

OCBC expects the issuance pipeline of Singapore bonds to be healthy

The securities gained 1% last month, a performance which trails only that of South African and Mexican notes.

Singapore now offers the highest real yields among top-rated countries.

OCBC analyst Wong Hong Wei sees the silver lining in bonds, even when interest rates are close to zero.

SINGAPORE (June 7): Corporate bond offerings by some of Singapore’s biggest companies are drawing such strong demand from investors that they are artificially lowering borrowing costs for weaker borrowers, according to S&P Global Ratings.