The Silver Bonds will be distributed round by round if the overall subscription exceeds HK$15 billion, to ensure applicants for small numbers are served first. Photo: Felix Wong The Silver Bonds will be distributed round by round if the overall subscription exceeds HK$15 billion, to ensure applicants for small numbers are served first. Photo: Felix Wong
The Silver Bonds will be distributed round by round if the overall subscription exceeds HK$15 billion, to ensure applicants for small numbers are served first. Photo: Felix Wong

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Hong Kong’s Silver Bonds lure senior citizens as government promises to pay seven times more than banks in annual interest

  • Subscriptions for the inflation-protected bonds this year far exceed that recorded for four previous issues
  • The product is available to those born in or before 1956, and pays as much as 3.5 per cent coupon annually

Topic |   Bonds
Yujing Liu
Yujing Liu

Updated: 12:09am, 12 Dec, 2020

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The Silver Bonds will be distributed round by round if the overall subscription exceeds HK$15 billion, to ensure applicants for small numbers are served first. Photo: Felix Wong The Silver Bonds will be distributed round by round if the overall subscription exceeds HK$15 billion, to ensure applicants for small numbers are served first. Photo: Felix Wong
The Silver Bonds will be distributed round by round if the overall subscription exceeds HK$15 billion, to ensure applicants for small numbers are served first. Photo: Felix Wong
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