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Anonymous

30 Sep 2023

CPF

What to do with cpf?

Home loan done in Sep 2023 with $27k in OA and $230k in SA and $65k in MA.

age 43 this year...

technically FRS will be reach in 2035...

contributioj will continue for both OA and SA since I'm still working till 2035...

OA monthly has at least $1300 top up since SA already overflow...

question is what to do with OA fund?

treat it as saving account?

invest it?

savw more to buy 2nd house

thanks for advice

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Chin Guo Qiang (ITIL4 / CSPO / CSM)

Edited 15 Oct 2023

Assistant Vice President, IT Operations at Bank of China Limited

Congratulations on getting the Home Loan done (i assume that is fully paid in this context).

For the SA account, can use as premium savings account and prepare for retirement (RA) in a way.

As for the OA account, you can keep the min sum of $20,000 for the enhanced interest sum of 3.5% pa first.

Then buy in either Singapore Savings Bond (SSB) or Singapore Government Securities (SGS) Treasury Bills (also known as T-bills) at a fixed sum each time. T-bills tend to have higher interest rates (last 6-month one at 3.87% pa for 12/10/23 batch).

Can refer to the following articles for more information on Singapore Savings Bond (SSB) or Singapore Government Securities (SGS) Treasury Bills, as well as CPF interest rates.

Central Provident Fund (CPF) Special Account (SA) cap as of Oct 2023 ($198,800 for year 2023, $228,200 for year 2027)

https://www.cpf.gov.sg/member/infohub/education...

Central Provident Fund (CPF) interest rates :

https://www.cpf.gov.sg/member/infohub/news/news...

Singapore Savings Bond (SSB) :

https://blog.seedly.sg/guide-investing-singapor...

Singapore Government Securities (SGS) Treasury Bills : https://blog.seedly.sg/treasury-bills-t-bill-si...

Buy Tbill / put some into FD - almost risk free, but will have to monitor when to rollover. You can also consider buying a property provided you could get a mortgage at an attractive rate.

Javier Tan Yan Kai

11 Oct 2023

Actuarial Analyst at AIA

Transfer OA to SA for a risk free 4%. Let me know your thoughts. Thank

For risk free, will invest in Tbills and roll every 6 mths. But this is not permanent solution as Tb...

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