Archive for November, 2017

November 30, 2017

Thursday, November 30th, 2017

That’s it for another month! Not a bad one at all, TXPR up 70bp.

HIMIPref™ Preferred Indices
These values reflect the December 2008 revision of the HIMIPref™ Indices

Values are provisional and are finalized monthly
Index Mean
Current
Yield
(at bid)
Median
YTW
Median
Average
Trading
Value
Median
Mod Dur
(YTW)
Issues Day’s Perf. Index Value
Ratchet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.6967 % 2,488.6
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.6967 % 4,566.4
Floater 3.63 % 3.86 % 102,491 17.65 3 0.6967 % 2,631.6
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.0656 % 3,126.0
SplitShare 4.72 % 3.56 % 55,006 1.08 6 0.0656 % 3,733.1
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.0656 % 2,912.7
Perpetual-Premium 5.34 % 4.66 % 55,292 2.20 20 -0.0039 % 2,842.2
Perpetual-Discount 5.18 % 5.23 % 68,746 15.05 15 -0.0422 % 3,029.6
FixedReset 4.22 % 4.17 % 145,204 4.46 98 -0.0142 % 2,502.8
Deemed-Retractible 5.03 % 5.24 % 90,099 5.97 30 0.0389 % 2,957.5
FloatingReset 2.71 % 2.70 % 41,186 3.94 8 -0.1301 % 2,686.2
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
PWF.PR.P FixedReset -1.48 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-11-30
Maturity Price : 17.94
Evaluated at bid price : 17.94
Bid-YTW : 4.32 %
BIP.PR.A FixedReset -1.14 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-11-30
Maturity Price : 23.16
Evaluated at bid price : 24.27
Bid-YTW : 5.18 %
GWO.PR.F Deemed-Retractible 1.04 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2017-12-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.80
Bid-YTW : -35.06 %
SLF.PR.G FixedReset 1.08 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 18.65
Bid-YTW : 7.34 %
PWF.PR.A Floater 1.43 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-11-30
Maturity Price : 17.00
Evaluated at bid price : 17.00
Bid-YTW : 3.31 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
W.PR.M FixedReset 701,193 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-10-15
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.31
Bid-YTW : 3.94 %
BMO.PR.M FixedReset 319,200 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2022-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.92
Bid-YTW : 3.40 %
BAM.PF.B FixedReset 125,650 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-11-30
Maturity Price : 23.82
Evaluated at bid price : 24.24
Bid-YTW : 4.42 %
NA.PR.A FixedReset 120,300 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-08-15
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.66
Bid-YTW : 3.56 %
BAM.PF.I FixedReset 78,560 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2022-03-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.06
Bid-YTW : 3.96 %
BMO.PR.C FixedReset 64,100 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2022-05-25
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.65
Bid-YTW : 3.90 %
There were 25 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
MFC.PR.K FixedReset Quote: 22.90 – 23.31
Spot Rate : 0.4100
Average : 0.2965

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 22.90
Bid-YTW : 5.25 %

BAM.PF.J FixedReset Quote: 25.65 – 26.00
Spot Rate : 0.3500
Average : 0.2452

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2022-12-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.65
Bid-YTW : 4.42 %

GWO.PR.G Deemed-Retractible Quote: 24.87 – 25.17
Spot Rate : 0.3000
Average : 0.1994

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.87
Bid-YTW : 5.25 %

BAM.PR.T FixedReset Quote: 21.15 – 21.38
Spot Rate : 0.2300
Average : 0.1485

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-11-30
Maturity Price : 21.15
Evaluated at bid price : 21.15
Bid-YTW : 4.58 %

BAM.PF.F FixedReset Quote: 24.80 – 25.00
Spot Rate : 0.2000
Average : 0.1236

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-11-30
Maturity Price : 23.55
Evaluated at bid price : 24.80
Bid-YTW : 4.51 %

PWF.PR.E Perpetual-Premium Quote: 25.30 – 25.57
Spot Rate : 0.2700
Average : 0.1962

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2017-12-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.30
Bid-YTW : -3.54 %

New Issue: BPO FixedReset, 4.85%+323M485

Wednesday, November 29th, 2017

Brookfield Office Properties Inc., a subsidiary of Brookfield Property Partners L.P., has announced:

that it has agreed to issue to a syndicate of underwriters led by Scotiabank, CIBC Capital Markets, RBC Capital Markets and TD Securities Inc., for distribution to the public, ten million Cumulative Minimum Rate Reset Class AAA Preference Shares, Series II (the “Preferred Shares, Series II”). The Preferred Shares, Series II will be issued at a price of C$25.00 per share, for aggregate proceeds of C$250 million. Holders of the Preferred Shares, Series II will be entitled to receive a cumulative quarterly fixed dividend yielding 4.85% annually for the initial period ending December 31, 2022. Thereafter, the dividend rate will be reset every five years at a rate equal to the greater of (i) the five-year Government of Canada bond yield plus 3.23% and (ii) 4.85%.

Holders of Preferred Shares, Series II will have the right, at their option, to convert their shares into Cumulative Floating Rate Class AAA Preference Shares, Series JJ (the “Preferred Shares, Series JJ”), subject to certain conditions, on December 31, 2022 and on December 31 every five years thereafter. Holders of Preferred Shares, Series JJ will be entitled to receive cumulative quarterly floating dividends at a rate equal to the 90-day Government of Canada Treasury Bill yield plus 3.23%.

The Series II Shares and Series JJ Shares will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, as to: (i) the payment of dividends, as and when declared, (ii) the payment of amounts due on redemption, and (iii) the payment of amounts due on the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of Brookfield Office Properties, by the following entities: Brookfield Property Partners L.P., Brookfield Property L.P., Brookfield BPY Holdings Inc., Brookfield BPY Retail Holdings II Inc., BPY Bermuda Holdings Limited, BPY Bermuda Holdings II Limited, BPY Bermuda Holdings IV Limited and BPY Bermuda Holdings V Limited.

Brookfield Office Properties has granted the underwriters an option, exercisable in whole or in part anytime up to two business days prior to closing, to purchase an additional 2,000,000 Preferred Shares, Series II at the same offering price. Should the option be fully exercised, the total gross proceeds of the financing will be C$300 million.

The Preferred Shares, Series II will be offered in all provinces of Canada by way of a supplement to Brookfield Office Properties’ existing Canadian short form base shelf prospectus dated August 29, 2016.

The net proceeds of the issue will be used by Brookfield Office Properties for general corporate purposes. The offering is expected to close on or about December 7, 2017.

This issue looks extraordinarily expensive to me! According to Implied Volatility analysis:

impvol_bpo_171129
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With the parameters shown, the theoretical value of the new issue is 23.12. Critics will be quick to point out that in this calculation there is zero value assigned to the minimum rate guarantee … but I’d say that’s about right!

However, when the graph is examined more closely, it does look as if the Floor issues are on a different line with a steeper slope than the non-Floor issues. So let’s try disaggregating the data:

impvol_bpo_nofloor_171129
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impvol_bpo_floor_171129
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It’s an interesting idea that bears watching in the future. The Implied Volatility of the “Floor” series is extremely high, indicating that the Black-Scholes assumptions do not hold, which I usually take to mean implies a strong belief in the directionality of future prices, e.g., that all issues will be called and hence are all expected to gravitate towards par. Regretably, all extant ‘floor’ issues (BPO.PR.C, BPO.PR.E, BPO.PR.G) have relatively high spreads (518, 396 and 374bp, respectively) and are trading above par, which may be contaminating the data.

November 29, 2017

Wednesday, November 29th, 2017

PerpetualDiscounts now yield 5.23%, equivalent to 6.80% interest at the standard equivalency factor of 1.3x. Long corporates now yield a little under 3.75%, so the pre-tax interest-equivalent spread (in this context, the “Seniority Spread”) is now about 305bp, a slight (and perhaps spurious) widening from the 300bp reported November 22.

HIMIPref™ Preferred Indices
These values reflect the December 2008 revision of the HIMIPref™ Indices

Values are provisional and are finalized monthly
Index Mean
Current
Yield
(at bid)
Median
YTW
Median
Average
Trading
Value
Median
Mod Dur
(YTW)
Issues Day’s Perf. Index Value
Ratchet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.2401 % 2,471.4
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.2401 % 4,534.8
Floater 3.66 % 3.88 % 105,807 17.60 3 0.2401 % 2,613.4
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.0328 % 3,124.0
SplitShare 4.72 % 3.55 % 53,985 1.08 6 0.0328 % 3,730.7
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.0328 % 2,910.8
Perpetual-Premium 5.34 % 4.72 % 56,154 0.09 20 -0.0294 % 2,842.3
Perpetual-Discount 5.18 % 5.23 % 69,712 15.06 15 -0.2078 % 3,030.9
FixedReset 4.22 % 4.17 % 143,691 4.47 98 -0.0332 % 2,503.2
Deemed-Retractible 5.01 % 5.29 % 90,475 5.90 30 -0.1282 % 2,956.3
FloatingReset 2.71 % 2.72 % 41,729 3.94 8 0.2269 % 2,689.7
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
SLF.PR.G FixedReset -1.07 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 18.45
Bid-YTW : 7.51 %
BAM.PR.N Perpetual-Discount -1.06 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-11-29
Maturity Price : 22.07
Evaluated at bid price : 22.30
Bid-YTW : 5.41 %
HSE.PR.A FixedReset 1.04 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-11-29
Maturity Price : 17.53
Evaluated at bid price : 17.53
Bid-YTW : 4.55 %
IFC.PR.C FixedReset 1.28 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.71
Bid-YTW : 4.73 %
PWF.PR.P FixedReset 2.02 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-11-29
Maturity Price : 18.21
Evaluated at bid price : 18.21
Bid-YTW : 4.25 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
BMO.PR.C FixedReset 176,300 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2022-05-25
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.70
Bid-YTW : 3.85 %
RY.PR.R FixedReset 168,150 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-08-24
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.87
Bid-YTW : 3.40 %
NA.PR.X FixedReset 75,000 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-05-15
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.70
Bid-YTW : 3.58 %
NA.PR.A FixedReset 64,700 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-08-15
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.77
Bid-YTW : 3.44 %
BNS.PR.R FixedReset 55,900 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2022-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.14
Bid-YTW : 3.54 %
TD.PF.G FixedReset 55,410 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-04-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.88
Bid-YTW : 3.30 %
There were 19 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
SLF.PR.A Deemed-Retractible Quote: 23.45 – 23.84
Spot Rate : 0.3900
Average : 0.2483

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.45
Bid-YTW : 5.78 %

POW.PR.B Perpetual-Discount Quote: 25.16 – 25.50
Spot Rate : 0.3400
Average : 0.2305

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-11-29
Maturity Price : 24.87
Evaluated at bid price : 25.16
Bid-YTW : 5.38 %

BAM.PF.H FixedReset Quote: 26.03 – 26.30
Spot Rate : 0.2700
Average : 0.1866

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2020-12-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.03
Bid-YTW : 3.88 %

IFC.PR.A FixedReset Quote: 20.08 – 20.34
Spot Rate : 0.2600
Average : 0.1777

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 20.08
Bid-YTW : 7.06 %

MFC.PR.M FixedReset Quote: 23.51 – 23.84
Spot Rate : 0.3300
Average : 0.2479

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.51
Bid-YTW : 4.94 %

SLF.PR.D Deemed-Retractible Quote: 22.14 – 22.40
Spot Rate : 0.2600
Average : 0.1841

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 22.14
Bid-YTW : 6.43 %

New Issue: PPL FixedReset 4.90%+326M490

Wednesday, November 29th, 2017

Pembina Pipeline Corporation has announced (on 2017-11-28):

that it has entered into an agreement with a syndicate of underwriters co-led by RBC Capital Markets, CIBC World Markets, and Scotiabank (together, the “Underwriters”) pursuant to which the Underwriters have agreed to purchase from Pembina 12,000,000 cumulative redeemable minimum rate reset class A preferred shares, Series 21 (the “Series 21 Preferred Shares”) at a price of $25.00 per share for distribution to the public.

The holders of Series 21 Preferred Shares will be entitled to receive fixed cumulative dividends at an annual rate of $1.225 per share, payable quarterly on the 1st day of March, June, September and December, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of Pembina, yielding 4.90 percent per annum, for the initial fixed rate period to but excluding March 1, 2023. The first quarterly dividend payment date is scheduled for March 1, 2018. The dividend rate will reset on March 1, 2023 and every five years thereafter at a rate equal to the sum of the then five-year Government of Canada bond yield plus 3.26 percent, provided that, in any event, such rate shall not be less than 4.90 percent per annum. The Series 21 Preferred Shares are redeemable by Pembina, at its option, on March 1, 2023 and on March 1 of every fifth year thereafter at a price of $25.00 per share plus accrued and unpaid dividends.

The holders of Series 21 Preferred Shares will have the right to convert their shares into cumulative redeemable floating rate class A preferred shares, Series 22 (the “Series 22 Preferred Shares”), subject to certain conditions, on March 1, 2023 and on March 1 of every fifth year thereafter. The holders of Series 22 Preferred Shares will be entitled to receive quarterly floating rate cumulative dividends, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of Pembina, at a rate equal to the sum of the then 90-day Government of Canada treasury bill rate plus 3.26 percent.

Pembina has granted to the Underwriters an option, exercisable at any time up to 48 hours prior to the closing of the offering, to purchase up to an additional 4,000,000 Series 21 Preferred Shares at a price of $25.00 per share.

Closing of the offering is expected on December 7, 2017, subject to customary closing conditions.

The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering to reduce indebtedness of the Company under its credit facilities. The indebtedness of the Company under the Credit Facilities was incurred in the normal course of business to fund the Company’s capital program, and to fund a portion of the cash consideration payable to former common shareholders of Veresen Inc. (“Veresen”) pursuant to the plan of arrangement with Veresen which closed on October 2, 2017.

The offering is being made by means of a prospectus supplement under the short form base shelf prospectus filed by the Company on July 27, 2017 in each of the provinces of Canada.

It looks expensive to me! According to Implied Volatility analysis:

impvol_ppl_171129
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With the parameters shown, the theoretical value of the new issue is 24.27. Critics will be quick to point out that in this calculation there is zero value assigned to the minimum rate guarantee … but I’d say that’s about right!

These straw-men critics I have created will also have to explain why the two other Floor-Rate FixedResets (PPL.PR.K and PPL.PR.M) are cheap according to this analysis. It can be done – just assume that spreads on those two issues are so large that the floor doesn’t matter any more – but one way or another, it’s another example of the asymmetry of returns on issues priced near par working against the investor.

November 28, 2017

Wednesday, November 29th, 2017
HIMIPref™ Preferred Indices
These values reflect the December 2008 revision of the HIMIPref™ Indices

Values are provisional and are finalized monthly
Index Mean
Current
Yield
(at bid)
Median
YTW
Median
Average
Trading
Value
Median
Mod Dur
(YTW)
Issues Day’s Perf. Index Value
Ratchet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.1530 % 2,465.4
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.1530 % 4,524.0
Floater 3.67 % 3.90 % 105,759 17.57 3 0.1530 % 2,607.2
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.1441 % 3,122.9
SplitShare 4.72 % 4.21 % 50,393 1.09 6 -0.1441 % 3,729.5
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.1441 % 2,909.9
Perpetual-Premium 5.34 % 4.57 % 54,533 0.09 20 0.0490 % 2,843.1
Perpetual-Discount 5.17 % 5.25 % 70,414 15.03 15 0.2252 % 3,037.2
FixedReset 4.22 % 4.16 % 145,920 4.44 98 -0.0966 % 2,504.0
Deemed-Retractible 5.00 % 5.28 % 90,899 5.90 30 0.2510 % 2,960.1
FloatingReset 2.71 % 2.78 % 40,299 3.94 8 -0.1558 % 2,683.6
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
HSE.PR.A FixedReset -2.69 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-11-28
Maturity Price : 17.35
Evaluated at bid price : 17.35
Bid-YTW : 4.59 %
TRP.PR.A FixedReset -1.77 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-11-28
Maturity Price : 20.53
Evaluated at bid price : 20.53
Bid-YTW : 4.34 %
TRP.PR.B FixedReset -1.63 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-11-28
Maturity Price : 16.34
Evaluated at bid price : 16.34
Bid-YTW : 4.34 %
MFC.PR.K FixedReset -1.25 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 22.90
Bid-YTW : 5.24 %
GWO.PR.I Deemed-Retractible 1.11 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 22.80
Bid-YTW : 6.20 %
SLF.PR.B Deemed-Retractible 1.18 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.68
Bid-YTW : 5.67 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
TD.PF.H FixedReset 163,228 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-10-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.18
Bid-YTW : 3.67 %
TD.PF.C FixedReset 83,532 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-11-28
Maturity Price : 22.95
Evaluated at bid price : 23.26
Bid-YTW : 4.16 %
BMO.PR.C FixedReset 59,504 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2022-05-25
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.68
Bid-YTW : 3.86 %
BAM.PR.K Floater 40,400 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-11-28
Maturity Price : 14.52
Evaluated at bid price : 14.52
Bid-YTW : 3.90 %
TD.PF.B FixedReset 33,522 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-11-28
Maturity Price : 23.09
Evaluated at bid price : 23.49
Bid-YTW : 4.14 %
TRP.PR.J FixedReset 31,250 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-05-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.60
Bid-YTW : 3.55 %
There were 25 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
PVS.PR.E SplitShare Quote: 26.15 – 26.60
Spot Rate : 0.4500
Average : 0.2980

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2017-12-28
Maturity Price : 26.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.15
Bid-YTW : -3.28 %

TD.PF.H FixedReset Quote: 26.18 – 26.54
Spot Rate : 0.3600
Average : 0.2248

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-10-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.18
Bid-YTW : 3.67 %

MFC.PR.H FixedReset Quote: 24.91 – 25.30
Spot Rate : 0.3900
Average : 0.2939

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.91
Bid-YTW : 4.79 %

CU.PR.F Perpetual-Discount Quote: 22.33 – 22.65
Spot Rate : 0.3200
Average : 0.2292

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-11-28
Maturity Price : 22.01
Evaluated at bid price : 22.33
Bid-YTW : 5.05 %

SLF.PR.G FixedReset Quote: 18.65 – 18.99
Spot Rate : 0.3400
Average : 0.2592

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 18.65
Bid-YTW : 7.34 %

GWO.PR.L Deemed-Retractible Quote: 26.00 – 26.24
Spot Rate : 0.2400
Average : 0.1592

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2017-12-31
Maturity Price : 25.25
Evaluated at bid price : 26.00
Bid-YTW : -16.37 %

BBD: DBRS Upgrades Trend to Stable

Wednesday, November 29th, 2017

DBRS has announced (on 2017-11-27) that it:

confirmed the Issuer Rating of Bombardier Inc. (Bombardier or the Company) at B and has changed the trend to Stable from Negative. This action reflects some evidence of stabilization in the Company’s financial profile, albeit at a very weak level; the expectation that further modest improvement should be achievable over the next 12 months; material progress achieved after two years of the Company’s margin-improving five-year transformation initiative, especially in the rail division; greater visibility regarding the viability of the C Series program as a result of the partnership announced with Airbus SE; and liquidity that remains sufficient for near-term requirements. Bombardier’s rating continues to be supported by its 70% stake in Bombardier Transportation (BT), a global leader in rail manufacturing and solutions; the significant capital and technological barriers to entry into its various business lines; and the Company’s broad portfolio of business aircraft offerings, to be complemented by the ultra-long-distance Global 7000, which is currently undergoing flight testing and may enter into service in H2 2018. Significant execution risks associated with new aircraft development, volatile end markets and modest margins are structural challenges.

DBRS anticipates that the Company’s business risk profile is likely to remain largely unchanged over the next 12 months, although further improvements from the transformation program should be supportive. The financial risk profile should achieve modest improvement, although DBRS views the Company’s target of achieving a free cash flow break-even position in 2018 as aggressive. Key metrics are projected to improve to within at least the B rating category in F2018.

Overall, DBRS views Bombardier’s strategic actions, such as the Airbus partnership, operating performance within the context of the transformation plan and important milestones achieved such as the successful flight testing hours of the Global 7000 as illustrative of a more stable footing. Liquidity remains adequate for near-term requirements and there are no significant long-term debt maturities until 2020. (DBRS expects the new issuance of 7.50% Senior Notes due in 2024 that is currently underway, and the associated tender offer for the 4.75% Senior Notes due 2019, to be successful.) Bombardier would need to demonstrate material improvement in key financial metrics and prove that free cash flow surpluses have been achieved or are imminent before DBRS would consider an upgrade. Significant cost overruns or Entry-Into-Service (EIS) delays of the Global 7000, evidence that the margin gains under the transformation plan are not sustainable, concerns regarding liquidity, or substantial downturns in key destination markets may lead to DBRS considering a downgrade.

This is an unsolicited credit rating.

This rating is no longer endorsed by DBRS Ratings Limited for use in the European Union.

BBD was downgraded to Pfd-4(low) by DBRS in November 2013, and the preferred share coverage was immediately discontinued. Affected issues (since the issuer rating will affect everything) are BBD.PR.B, BBD.PR.C and BBD.PR.D.

S&P downgraded the issues to P-5(low) in September 2016, where they remain.

November 27, 2017

Monday, November 27th, 2017

Publication of the November 27 preferred share report has been delayed. I intend to post it shortly before publication of the November 28 report.

Update, 2017-11-29, finally:

HIMIPref™ Preferred Indices
These values reflect the December 2008 revision of the HIMIPref™ Indices

Values are provisional and are finalized monthly
Index Mean
Current
Yield
(at bid)
Median
YTW
Median
Average
Trading
Value
Median
Mod Dur
(YTW)
Issues Day’s Perf. Index Value
Ratchet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.1971 % 2,461.7
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.1971 % 4,517.0
Floater 3.67 % 3.90 % 97,871 17.58 3 0.1971 % 2,603.2
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.5203 % 3,127.4
SplitShare 4.72 % 4.26 % 50,072 1.09 6 0.5203 % 3,734.8
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.5203 % 2,914.1
Perpetual-Premium 5.34 % 4.67 % 44,065 0.10 20 -0.0431 % 2,841.8
Perpetual-Discount 5.18 % 5.22 % 65,513 15.03 15 0.1043 % 3,030.3
FixedReset 4.21 % 4.14 % 148,136 4.40 98 -0.0423 % 2,506.4
Deemed-Retractible 5.00 % 5.27 % 87,153 5.90 30 0.0804 % 2,952.7
FloatingReset 2.70 % 2.75 % 41,958 3.95 8 -0.1028 % 2,687.8
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
W.PR.M FixedReset -1.28 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-10-15
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.30
Bid-YTW : 3.94 %
CU.PR.G Perpetual-Discount 1.09 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-11-27
Maturity Price : 21.97
Evaluated at bid price : 22.30
Bid-YTW : 5.05 %
BAM.PR.N Perpetual-Discount 1.17 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-11-27
Maturity Price : 22.12
Evaluated at bid price : 22.40
Bid-YTW : 5.38 %
MFC.PR.K FixedReset 1.27 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.19
Bid-YTW : 5.04 %
PVS.PR.E SplitShare 1.51 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2017-12-27
Maturity Price : 26.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.15
Bid-YTW : -3.46 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
NA.PR.A FixedReset 57,135 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-08-15
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.75
Bid-YTW : 3.46 %
BAM.PF.F FixedReset 53,503 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-11-27
Maturity Price : 23.58
Evaluated at bid price : 24.88
Bid-YTW : 4.49 %
BMO.PR.M FixedReset 53,136 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2022-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.90
Bid-YTW : 3.41 %
HSB.PR.C Deemed-Retractible 44,300 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2017-12-27
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.27
Bid-YTW : 1.80 %
BAM.PF.C Perpetual-Discount 32,410 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-11-27
Maturity Price : 22.46
Evaluated at bid price : 22.81
Bid-YTW : 5.39 %
IFC.PR.E Deemed-Retractible 26,456 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.15
Bid-YTW : 5.27 %
There were 24 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
MFC.PR.G FixedReset Quote: 24.53 – 24.99
Spot Rate : 0.4600
Average : 0.2853

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-12-19
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.53
Bid-YTW : 4.36 %

RY.PR.L FixedReset Quote: 25.32 – 25.63
Spot Rate : 0.3100
Average : 0.2183

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2019-02-24
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.32
Bid-YTW : 3.25 %

TRP.PR.B FixedReset Quote: 16.61 – 16.86
Spot Rate : 0.2500
Average : 0.1708

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-11-27
Maturity Price : 16.61
Evaluated at bid price : 16.61
Bid-YTW : 4.27 %

MFC.PR.F FixedReset Quote: 18.00 – 18.28
Spot Rate : 0.2800
Average : 0.2135

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 18.00
Bid-YTW : 7.72 %

HSE.PR.C FixedReset Quote: 24.70 – 24.90
Spot Rate : 0.2000
Average : 0.1343

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-11-27
Maturity Price : 23.45
Evaluated at bid price : 24.70
Bid-YTW : 4.70 %

PWF.PR.F Perpetual-Discount Quote: 24.86 – 25.07
Spot Rate : 0.2100
Average : 0.1448

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-11-27
Maturity Price : 24.60
Evaluated at bid price : 24.86
Bid-YTW : 5.33 %

New Issue: PRM SplitShare, 5-Year, 5%

Friday, November 24th, 2017

Harvest Portfolios Group Inc. has announced:

that Big Pharma Split Corp. (the “Company”) has completed its initial public offering (the “Offering”) of 1,360,000 Preferred Shares and 1,360,000 Class A Shares for aggregate gross proceeds of $34 million. The Company has granted the Agents (as defined below) an over-allotment option, exercisable for a period of 30 days from today’s date, to purchase up to an additional 204,000 Preferred Shares and up to an additional 204,000 Class A Shares. The Class A Shares and the Preferred Shares will commence trading today on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbols “PRM” and “PRM.PR.A”, respectively.

The Company will invest in an initially equally-weighted portfolio (the “Portfolio”) of ten issuers comprised of equity securities selected by Harvest from a universe of pharmaceutical issuers that at the time of investment and immediately following each semi-annual reconstitution and rebalancing: (i) are listed on a North American exchange; (ii) pay a dividend; and (iii) have options in respect of its equity securities that, in the opinion of Harvest, are sufficiently liquid to permit Harvest to write options in respect of such securities (the “Investable Universe”). The Portfolio will be comprised primarily of the largest (as determined by market capitalization calculated in US$) pharmaceutical issuers in the Investable Universe. In order to seek to generate additional returns, Harvest may write call options each month in respect to some or all of the equity securities in the Portfolio.

The investment objectives for the Preferred Shares are to provide their holders with fixed cumulative preferential quarterly cash distributions in the amount of $0.125 per Preferred Share ($0.50 per annum or 5.0% per annum on the $10.00 issue price) until December 31, 2022 (the “Maturity Date”) and to return of the original issue price to holders on the Maturity Date.

The investment objectives for the Class A Shares are to provide their holders with regular monthly cash distributions targeted to be $0.1031 per Class A Share ($1.2372 per annum or 8.25% per annum on the $15.00 issue price) and with the opportunity for growth in net asset value per Class A Share.

Harvest is the manager, portfolio manager and promoter of the Company.

The syndicate of agents for the Offering is being co-led by BMO Capital Markets, CIBC Capital Markets and Scotiabank and also includes National Bank Financial Inc., Canaccord Genuity Corp., GMP Securities L.P., Raymond James Ltd., Desjardins Securities Inc., Echelon Wealth Partners Inc., Industrial Alliance Securities Inc., Mackie Research Capital Corporation and PI Financial Corp. (collectively, the “Agents”).

For additional information: Please visit www.harvestportfolios.com, e-mail info@harvestportfolios.com or call toll free 1-866-998-8298.

The SplitShare Corporation has its own web-page.

The preferred shares have been rated Pfd-3(high) by DBRS:

The Class A Share distributions are subject to the asset coverage test, which does not permit any distributions to holders of the Class A Shares if the net asset value (NAV) of the Company falls below $15.00 or if the dividends of the Preferred Shares are in arrears.

Based on current asset coverage of 2.4 times (x), the net asset value of the Company would have to fall by approximately 57.5% for the holders of the Preferred Shares to be in a loss position. The initial dividend coverage ratio is 0.4x. To supplement Portfolio income, the manager will engage in call option writing.

On maturity, the holders of the Preferred Shares will be entitled to the value of the Portfolio up to the face value of the Preferred Shares and any accrued but unpaid dividends in priority to the holders of the Class A Shares.
The credit quality of the Portfolio is strong, though it is concentrated in the health-care sector. Nevertheless, the underlying companies from the indicative Portfolio have a consistent dividend paying history. The Company’s NAV may be sensitive to volatility of prices of the Portfolio securities as well as changes in the dividend policies of the underlying companies and the health-care industry-specific risks. In assigning the Pfd-3 (high) rating, DBRS has taken into account (1) the level of downside protection available to holders of the Preferred Shares, (2) the Portfolio quality, (3) potential foreign-exchange risk because the income received on the Portfolio will not be hedged and (4) stated distributions to the Class A Shares.

This issue will not be tracked by HIMIPref™ as it is too small to allow for reasonable expectations of efficient tradability. But here’s hoping they build it up!

November 24, 2017

Friday, November 24th, 2017
HIMIPref™ Preferred Indices
These values reflect the December 2008 revision of the HIMIPref™ Indices

Values are provisional and are finalized monthly
Index Mean
Current
Yield
(at bid)
Median
YTW
Median
Average
Trading
Value
Median
Mod Dur
(YTW)
Issues Day’s Perf. Index Value
Ratchet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.1975 % 2,456.8
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.1975 % 4,508.2
Floater 3.68 % 3.92 % 96,293 17.54 3 0.1975 % 2,598.1
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.1906 % 3,111.3
SplitShare 4.74 % 4.53 % 67,110 4.32 6 -0.1906 % 3,715.5
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.1906 % 2,899.0
Perpetual-Premium 5.34 % 4.68 % 56,311 0.11 20 -0.0078 % 2,843.0
Perpetual-Discount 5.19 % 5.22 % 64,825 15.03 15 0.0451 % 3,027.2
FixedReset 4.21 % 4.20 % 151,009 4.34 98 0.1152 % 2,507.5
Deemed-Retractible 5.00 % 5.31 % 86,800 5.91 30 0.1091 % 2,950.3
FloatingReset 2.70 % 2.74 % 42,231 3.96 8 0.1517 % 2,690.5
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
BAM.PR.N Perpetual-Discount -1.16 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-11-24
Maturity Price : 21.90
Evaluated at bid price : 22.14
Bid-YTW : 5.44 %
MFC.PR.K FixedReset -1.08 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 22.90
Bid-YTW : 5.28 %
HSE.PR.E FixedReset 1.00 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2020-03-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.98
Bid-YTW : 4.35 %
HSE.PR.G FixedReset 1.03 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2020-06-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.00
Bid-YTW : 4.43 %
IFC.PR.A FixedReset 1.16 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 20.14
Bid-YTW : 7.05 %
HSE.PR.C FixedReset 1.22 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-11-24
Maturity Price : 23.48
Evaluated at bid price : 24.78
Bid-YTW : 4.73 %
PWF.PR.P FixedReset 7.46 % Just a reversal of yesterday‘s nonsense.

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-11-24
Maturity Price : 18.00
Evaluated at bid price : 18.00
Bid-YTW : 4.36 %

Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
RY.PR.R FixedReset 147,625 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-08-24
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 27.00
Bid-YTW : 3.24 %
IFC.PR.E Deemed-Retractible 83,950 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.00
Bid-YTW : 5.37 %
CM.PR.P FixedReset 51,728 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-11-24
Maturity Price : 23.11
Evaluated at bid price : 23.42
Bid-YTW : 4.17 %
TRP.PR.G FixedReset 35,390 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-11-24
Maturity Price : 23.08
Evaluated at bid price : 24.25
Bid-YTW : 4.58 %
TD.PF.H FixedReset 20,466 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-10-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.21
Bid-YTW : 3.63 %
BMO.PR.C FixedReset 19,675 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2022-05-25
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.60
Bid-YTW : 3.93 %
There were 14 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
BAM.PR.N Perpetual-Discount Quote: 22.14 – 22.57
Spot Rate : 0.4300
Average : 0.2793

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-11-24
Maturity Price : 21.90
Evaluated at bid price : 22.14
Bid-YTW : 5.44 %

MFC.PR.K FixedReset Quote: 22.90 – 23.42
Spot Rate : 0.5200
Average : 0.3957

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 22.90
Bid-YTW : 5.28 %

PWF.PR.A Floater Quote: 16.76 – 17.09
Spot Rate : 0.3300
Average : 0.2280

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-11-24
Maturity Price : 16.76
Evaluated at bid price : 16.76
Bid-YTW : 3.36 %

IFC.PR.F Deemed-Retractible Quote: 25.20 – 25.47
Spot Rate : 0.2700
Average : 0.1850

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.20
Bid-YTW : 5.45 %

MFC.PR.C Deemed-Retractible Quote: 22.15 – 22.40
Spot Rate : 0.2500
Average : 0.1685

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 22.15
Bid-YTW : 6.49 %

BMO.PR.T FixedReset Quote: 23.10 – 23.35
Spot Rate : 0.2500
Average : 0.1690

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-11-24
Maturity Price : 22.73
Evaluated at bid price : 23.10
Bid-YTW : 4.22 %

November 23, 2017

Thursday, November 23rd, 2017

Chris Bourke of Bloomberg wrote a piece about Australia’s housing market that interested me because of Canada’s presence in the charts:

housingbook
Click for Big

That represents the failure of Canada’s housing policy since 2006 – the vast expansion of the CMHC insurance books has enabled the banks – through lower risk and, importantly, lower risk weights feeding into their capital ratios – to load up on mortgages. It astonishes me that there are some people who are surprised by the housing bubble in Toronto and Vancouver; I am flabbergasted that there are some who blame foreign money for the problem.

The other chart I liked was:

cranes
Click for Big

Wow. In Toronto, you can’t throw a brick without hitting a crane – Sydney must be something else!

HIMIPref™ Preferred Indices
These values reflect the December 2008 revision of the HIMIPref™ Indices

Values are provisional and are finalized monthly
Index Mean
Current
Yield
(at bid)
Median
YTW
Median
Average
Trading
Value
Median
Mod Dur
(YTW)
Issues Day’s Perf. Index Value
Ratchet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.2626 % 2,452.0
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.2626 % 4,499.3
Floater 3.69 % 3.91 % 99,610 17.55 3 -0.2626 % 2,593.0
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.0987 % 3,117.2
SplitShare 4.73 % 4.14 % 53,442 1.10 6 0.0987 % 3,722.6
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.0987 % 2,904.5
Perpetual-Premium 5.34 % 4.69 % 45,043 0.16 20 -0.0020 % 2,843.2
Perpetual-Discount 5.19 % 5.23 % 62,934 15.06 15 0.0338 % 3,025.8
FixedReset 4.22 % 4.20 % 152,585 4.41 98 -0.1509 % 2,504.6
Deemed-Retractible 5.01 % 5.31 % 87,901 5.91 30 -0.0450 % 2,947.1
FloatingReset 2.70 % 2.77 % 41,823 3.96 8 -0.1353 % 2,686.5
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
PWF.PR.P FixedReset -7.36 % Clearly a bogus quote (16.75-18.10), since the low for the day was 18.00 (three trades of 100 shares each, timestamped 3:36). I have not checked whether this lamentable state of affairs is due to inadequate Toronto Stock Exchange reporting or inadequate Toronto Stock Exchange supervision of market-makers.

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-11-23
Maturity Price : 16.75
Evaluated at bid price : 16.75
Bid-YTW : 4.68 %

IFC.PR.A FixedReset -1.24 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 19.91
Bid-YTW : 7.24 %
W.PR.K FixedReset -1.02 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-01-15
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.15
Bid-YTW : 3.90 %
VNR.PR.A FixedReset 1.04 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-11-23
Maturity Price : 22.89
Evaluated at bid price : 24.25
Bid-YTW : 4.63 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
CU.PR.E Perpetual-Discount 115,800 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-11-23
Maturity Price : 23.93
Evaluated at bid price : 24.41
Bid-YTW : 5.01 %
NA.PR.A FixedReset 62,700 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-08-15
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.77
Bid-YTW : 3.42 %
GWO.PR.N FixedReset 24,000 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 18.43
Bid-YTW : 7.44 %
TRP.PR.J FixedReset 22,540 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-05-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.70
Bid-YTW : 3.42 %
PWF.PR.Z Perpetual-Discount 14,436 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-11-23
Maturity Price : 24.39
Evaluated at bid price : 24.78
Bid-YTW : 5.23 %
BMO.PR.D FixedReset 13,190 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2022-08-25
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.56
Bid-YTW : 3.90 %
There were 3 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
PWF.PR.P FixedReset Quote: 16.75 – 18.10
Spot Rate : 1.3500
Average : 0.7509

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-11-23
Maturity Price : 16.75
Evaluated at bid price : 16.75
Bid-YTW : 4.68 %

MFC.PR.L FixedReset Quote: 22.70 – 23.00
Spot Rate : 0.3000
Average : 0.1832

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 22.70
Bid-YTW : 5.39 %

TRP.PR.G FixedReset Quote: 24.23 – 24.75
Spot Rate : 0.5200
Average : 0.4106

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-11-23
Maturity Price : 23.08
Evaluated at bid price : 24.23
Bid-YTW : 4.58 %

W.PR.K FixedReset Quote: 26.15 – 26.50
Spot Rate : 0.3500
Average : 0.2650

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-01-15
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.15
Bid-YTW : 3.90 %

SLF.PR.C Deemed-Retractible Quote: 22.10 – 22.32
Spot Rate : 0.2200
Average : 0.1519

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 22.10
Bid-YTW : 6.66 %

IFC.PR.A FixedReset Quote: 19.91 – 20.20
Spot Rate : 0.2900
Average : 0.2252

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 19.91
Bid-YTW : 7.24 %