It is worrying. Income's valuation is lower than Singlife, both deals announced this month. Singlife is a much smaller player in Singapore.
This is like Hyflux-II. It also hints that Income's balance sheet is very weak. Allianz only made an offer but Income's board is extremely supportive of it.
Announcement:
https://www.income.com.sg/pre-convgo
I have already lost my savings in Hyflux, everyday i think about how MAS, DBS, PUB and Hyflux board of directors conned me. I don't want to lose my life & saving policies with a risky insurer. I would have never placed my savings with Allianz in the first place. I can only hope that Great Eastern or a more reputable insurer put up a counter offer, or else, i will surrender all my policies when Allianz takes over.
Why you buy into Hyflux ?
Do you know that you are buying into a bond call "Perpetual note"
A perpetual bond, also known as a perp, is a type of bond that has the following characteristics ¹ ² ³ ⁴:
- No maturity date
- Issuer does not have to redeem the principal amount
- Interest is paid in the form of coupon payments
- Theoretically, the coupon payments will be paid forever
- Can be called back by the issuer at their discretion
- Higher credit risk for the investor
- Higher interest rate risk for the investor
- Can offer a step-up feature to increase the coupon rate over time
- Can be traded on a stock exchange
- Can be used by investors seeking regular fixed income payments
it is a high risks bond, and it's only meant for institutional investor and not for POP and MOM investor. This round, Hyflux has conned 1 billion SGD out of POP and mom investor. From then on, whenever Hyflux founder name is being mention names, I spit at her !
A perpetual bond, also known as a perp, is a type of bond that has the following characteristics ¹ ² ³ ⁴:
- No maturity date
- Issuer does not have to redeem the principal amount
- Interest is paid in the form of coupon payments
- Theoretically, the coupon payments will be paid forever
- Can be called back by the issuer at their discretion
- Higher credit risk for the investor
- Higher interest rate risk for the investor
- Can offer a step-up feature to increase the coupon rate over time
- Can be traded on a stock exchange
- Can be used by investors seeking regular fixed income payments