In the past, we’ve discussed a variety of investment options for the average retail investor, including Stocks, Bonds, Mutual Funds, UITFs, and Preferred Shares, among others.
We now add another asset class to our investment portfolio. Here are details about Long Term Negotiable Certificate of Deposit (LTNCD) — a relatively safe bank product that offers higher interest rate than your regular savings accounts.
If you’re looking for non-traditional investments that are relatively safe, you may check out LTNCD or Long-Term Negotiable Certificate of Deposit.
LTNCD is a bank product very similar to Time Deposits, except that they have longer maturity periods. While most Time Deposits mature in 1 month, 6 months, or 1 year, LTNCDs usually mature in at least 5 years.
One good thing about LTNCD is that investments up to P500,000 are covered by the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC), which makes this option a relatively safe investment asset.
It seems like more and more local banks are preferring the use of Long-Term Negotiable Certificates of Deposits (LTNCD) as a way of raising additional funds. Instead of issuing more shares or launching a new debt instrument, banks in the Philippines are resorting to LTNCDs which consumers find more attractive because they are relatively safe yet high-yielding compared to traditional deposits.
