|
Products |
Treasury
Bills |
Treasury
Notes/Bonds |
Long
Term
Commercial
Papers |
Promissory
Notes |
|
Features
|
Original
maturities:
91, 182
and 364
days |
Original
maturities:
2, 5, 7,
10 and
20 years |
Peso
long-term
borrowings
by prime
Philippine
corporations
licensed by
the SEC |
Generally
short-term:
40 to 60
days |
|
Minimum
investment:
Php 1M |
Minimum
Investment:
Php1M |
Minimum
placement:
Php1M |
Yield
comparable
to
commercial
papers |
|
Interest
paid in
advance |
Interest
paid
semi-annually
in arrears |
Coupons paid
quarterly or
semi-annually |
Interest
paid in
arrears |
|
Final
withholding
tax of 20% |
Final
withholding
tax of 20% |
Terms
offered are
usually up
to the next
repricing
date |
|
|
Advantages |
Full and
unconditional
guarantee
of the
national
government |
Full and
unconditional
guarantee of
the national
government |
Withholding
tax of 20% |
|
|
First
Metro
shall
purchase
at
market
securities
sold to
clients |
First Metro
shall
purchase at
market
securities
sold to
clients |
|
|
|
Competitive
rates of
interest |
Competitive
rates of
interest |
|
|
|
Documentation |
Confirmation
of
sale
without
recourse
with
custodianship
agreement |
Confirmation
of sale
without
recourse
with
custodianship
agreement |
Confirmation
of sale
without
recourse
with
custodianship
agreement |
|