Appendix 5  NS&I Products

SBS has continued to service a similar number of products since April 1999. The closure of products is balanced by the launch of new products. Six products in NS&I's current portfolio are on Thaler and a significant number of accounts are still processed manually or on legacy systems, including Premium Bonds. More than half of the total funds invested with NS&I are invested in Savings Certificates or Premium Bonds.

 

Products on
Sale
April 1999

New Product
post
April 1999

Product closed
to new business
after April 1999*

Product
on Thaler

Value of funds
invested March
2003 (£ million)
(estimate)

Premium Bonds

 

 

 

19,677

Savings Certificates

 

 

16,989

Income Bonds

 

 

8,612

Investment Accounts

 

 

 

7,214

Pensioner Guaranteed Income Bonds 

 

 

3,982 

Ordinary Accounts

 

 

 

1,374

Capital Bonds1 

 

 

1,293 

Childrens' Bonus Bonds

 

 

 

1,228

Individual Savings Account 

 

 

1,190 

Fixed Rate Savings Bonds

 

 

624

First Option Bonds 

 

338 

Guaranteed Equity Bond

 

 

317

Treasurers Accounts

 

 

 

65

Tessa2

 

 

37

Yearly Plan3

 

 

 

 

29

SAYE4

 

 

 

 

13

Deposit Bonds5

 

 

 

 

6

TOTAL FUNDS INVESTED

 

 

£62,998 million

* Still hold a residue of un-redeemable funds where NS&I has been unable to effect repayment as NS&I has lost contact with customers.




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1  Sales of Capital Bonds made from February 2003 are administered on Thaler. Sales made prior to February 2003 are still administered on a legacy system.

2  NS&I have never administered Tessas but do allow customers with maturing Tessas from other organisations to invest those funds into Tessa ISAs for up to 6 months following maturity. The last Tessas are dated Spring 1999 for maturity in Spring 2004.

3  The last agreements started in 1995 with final monthly payments and certificates issued in 1996. The last certificates matured in 2001.

4  The last contracts started in 1994/95 and last payments made in 2001/02.

5  The last bonds were sold in November 1988 - a full redemption exercise took place in June 2002.