CPF interest rates from 1 April 2015 to 30 June 2015

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CPF interest rates from 1 April 2015 to 30 June 2015

  • Up to 3.5% per annum* on the Ordinary Account
  • Up to 5% per annum* on the Special and MediSave Accounts

HDB mortgage rate from 1 April 2015 to 30 June 2015

  • Remains unchanged at 2.6% per annum

Central Provident Fund (CPF) members will continue to earn interest rates of up to 3.5% per annum on their Ordinary Account (OA) monies, and up to 5% per annum on their Special and Medisave Accounts (SMA) monies in the second quarter of 2015.

 

The above interest rates include an additional 1% interest paid on the first $60,000 of a member’s combined balances (with up to $20,000 from the OA) which is part of the Government’s efforts to enhance the retirement savings of CPF members.

 

  

Interest rate for Ordinary Account and HDB mortgage rate

 

The OA interest rate will be maintained at 2.5% per annum from 1 April 2015 to 30 June 2015, as the computed rate of 0.21% is lower than the legislated minimum interest rate.

 

Correspondingly, the concessionary interest rate for HDB mortgage loans, which is pegged at 0.1% above the OA interest rate, will remain unchanged at 2.6% per annum from 1 April 2015 to 30 June 2015.

 

Please refer to Annex A for the detailed computation of the OA interest rate and HDB mortgage rate.

  

 

Interest rate for Special and MediSave accounts

 

The SMA interest rate will be maintained at 4% per annum from 1 April 2015 to 30 June 2015, as the computed rate of 3.33% is lower than the current floor interest rate.

 

Please refer to Annex B for the detailed computation of the SMA interest rate.

  

 

Interest rate for Retirement Account

 

The RA interest rate will be maintained at 4% per annum from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015, as announced on 25 November 2014.

 

Please refer to Annex C for the detailed computation of the RA interest rate.

 

 

* This includes the additional 1% interest paid on the first $60,000 of a member’s combined balances, of which up to $20,000 comes from the Ordinary Account (OA). The additional interest earned on OA monies will go to the member’s Special Account or Retirement Account, to enhance their retirement adequacy. If a member is above 55 years old and participates in the CPF LIFE scheme, the additional 1% interest will still be earned on his combined balances, which includes the savings used for CPF LIFE.

  

 

Public enquiries

 

CPF members can visit cpf.gov.sg or call the CPF Call Centre at 1800-227-1188 for enquiries.

 

Annex A

 

Computation of CPF OA interest rate and HDB mortgage rate for 1 April 2015 to 30 June 2015

 

The interest rate on OA monies is adjusted quarterly. OA monies earn either the legislated minimum interest of 2.5% per annum, or the 3-month average of major local banks’ interest rates, whichever is higher.

 

Average banks' interest rate from November 2014 to January 2015 0.21% (see note)
CPF OA interest rate for April 2015 to June 2015 2.50% per annum
(legislated minimum rate)
Plus: Fee to cover Cost of Loan Administration 0.10%
HDB mortgage rate for April 2015 to June 2015 2.60% per annum

Note:

 

  12-MONTH DEPOSIT RATE
(% per annum)
SAVINGS RATE
(% per annum)
AVERAGE
(% per annum)
MONTH/
YEAR
DBS1 OCBC2 UOB3 DBS4 OCBC5 UOB6 Using the 80FD:20SD formula
30 Nov 2014 0.2500 0.2500 0.2500 0.0500 0.0500 0.0500 0.2100
31 Dec 2014 0.2500 0.2500 0.2500 0.0500 0.0500 0.0500 0.2100
31 Jan 2015 0.2500 0.2500 0.2500 0.0500 0.0500 0.0500 0.2100


(1) Balances of $20,000 to < $50,000

(2) Balances > $20,000 to $50,000

(3) Balances < $50,000

(4) Balances > $10,000 to $100,000 (AUTO-SAVE Account)

(5) Balances ≤ $100,000 (EASI-SAVE Account)

(6) Balances > $15,000 to $100,000 (UNIPLUS Account)

 

Annex B

 

Computation of CPF SMA interest rate for 1 April 2015 to 30 June 2015

 

The interest rate on SMA monies is adjusted quarterly. SMA monies earn either the current floor interest rate of 4% per annum or the 12-month average yield of 10-year Singapore Government Securities (10YSGS) plus 1%, whichever is higher.

 

Average yield of 10YSGS from February 2014 to January 2015 2.33% (see note)
Plus: 1.00% 1.00%
Computed CPF SMA interest rate for April 2015 to June 2015 3.33%
CPF SMA interest rate for April 2015 to June 2015 4.00% per annum
(current floor rate)

 

 

 

Note:

10-year Singapore Government Securities yields from February 2014 to January 2015

Source: Yields of 10-Year Singapore Government Securities are obtained from www.mas.gov.sg/bonds-and-bills

 

 

 

Annex C

 

Computation of CPF RA interest rate for 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015

 

RA monies credited in 2015 will be invested in newly-issued Special Singapore Government Securities (SSGS) which will earn a fixed coupon rate equal to either the 12-month average yield of the 10YSGS plus 1% computed for the year, or the current floor rate of 4% per annum, whichever is higher.

 

The average yield of the 10YSGS plus 1% from November 2013 to October 2014 is 3.40% per annum. As this is below the current floor rate of 4% per annum, new SSGS issued in the year of 2015 will pay a fixed coupon of 4%.

 

The interest rate earned by RA monies is the weighted average interest rate of the entire portfolio of these SSGS, which is adjusted in January each year to take into account the coupon rates payable by the new SSGS issuance.