Below are key highlights for the week ending 4 July 2014 (please click here for further detail):
- The SFI lost 0.14% to 117.81.
- YTD, the STI currently outperforms the SFI by 0.91%.
- The SFI suite mostly declined this week. Larger declines were seen with the SFI Statutory Board Index (-0.26%) and the SFI 10+ Year Bond Index (-0.48%).
- In the latest index rebalancing, seven debt issuances were added to the SFI. The SFI is now represented by 243 debt issuances with a combined market value of approximately S$135 billion.
- Specific to corporate bonds, six debt issuances were added to the SFI Corporate Bond Index. The SFI Corporate Bond Index is now represented by 226 debt issuances with a combined market value of approximately S$51 billion.
SFI Returns
|
Index |
Total Return (%) |
Interest Yield (%) |
||
|
Week |
MTD |
YTD |
Current |
|
|
SFI |
-0.14% |
-0.07% |
2.40% |
2.84% |
|
SFI Government Bond Index |
-0.11% |
-0.08% |
2.13% |
2.63% |
|
SFI Corporate Bond Index |
-0.18% |
-0.05% |
2.84% |
3.18% |
|
- SFI Statutory Board Bond Index |
-0.26% |
-0.09% |
2.43% |
2.26% |
|
- SFI Industrial Bond Index |
-0.10% |
0.01% |
3.19% |
3.96% |
|
- SFI Financial Bond Index |
-0.14% |
-0.06% |
3.09% |
3.77% |
|
SFI 1 – 3 Year Bond Index |
0.00% |
0.01% |
0.88% |
2.71% |
|
SFI 3 – 5 Year Bond Index |
-0.03% |
0.04% |
2.31% |
2.59% |
|
SFI 5 – 7 Year Bond Index |
-0.12% |
-0.02% |
3.30% |
2.96% |
|
SFI 7 – 10 Year Bond Index |
-0.11% |
-0.04% |
3.71% |
2.92% |
|
SFI 10+ Year Bond Index |
-0.48% |
-0.37% |
2.98% |
3.17% |
|
Equity Benchmark: Straits Times Index1 |
0.04% |
0.51% |
3.31% |
N/A |
Source: Thomson Reuters Datastream (data as of 7 July 2014)
1 Performance is measured on a price return basis for the Straits Times Index.
