Archive for September, 2020

ALA.PR.A / ALA.PR.B : 15% Net Conversion to FixedReset

Wednesday, September 30th, 2020

AltaGas Ltd. has announced (strikethroughs added; see following press release):

that 35,180 of its 8,000,000 Cumulative Redeemable Five-Year Fixed Rate Reset Preferred Shares, Series A (the “Series A Preferred Shares”) (TSX: ALA.PR.A) were tendered for conversion into Cumulative Floating Rate Preferred Shares, Series B (the “Series B Preferred Shares”) (TSX: ALA.PR.B) and that 1,270,639 of its Series B Preferred Shares were tendered for conversion into Series A Preferred Shares. As a result of the conversions AltaGas has 5,511,220 Series A Preferred Shares and 2,488,780 Series B Preferred Shares issued and outstanding.

The Series A Preferred Shares will continue to pay on a quarterly basis, for the five-year period beginning on September 30, 2020, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of AltaGas, a fixed dividend based on an annual fixed dividend rate of 3.060 percent. The Series A Preferred Shares will continue to be listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the symbol ALA.PR.A.

The Series B Preferred Shares will pay a floating quarterly dividend for the five-year period beginning on September 30, 2020, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of AltaGas. The floating quarterly dividend rate for the Series B Preferred Shares for the quarterly floating rate period (being the period from September 30, 2020 to but excluding, December 31, 2020) is 2.809 percent and will be reset every quarter. The Series B Preferred Shares will continue to be listed the TSX under the symbol ALA.PR.B.

For more information on the terms of, and risks associated with an investment in, the Series A Preferred Shares and the Series B Preferred Shares, please see the prospectus supplement dated August 11, 2010 which is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

AltaGas is a leading North American energy infrastructure company that connects NGLs and natural gas to domestic and global markets. AltaGas creates value by growing and optimizing its energy infrastructure, including a focus on clean energy sources. For more information visit: www.altagas.ca

They later announced their wish:

to correct an error in its press release entitled “AltaGas Ltd. Announces Results of Series A and Series B Preferred Share Conversions” issued on September 30, 2020. As a result of the conversions AltaGas has 6,746,679 Series A Preferred Shares and 1,253,321 Series B Preferred Shares issued and outstanding rather than the 5,511,220 Series A Preferred Shares and 2,488,780 Series B Preferred Shares referred to in AltaGas’ previous press release. This correction does not change any other amounts or information reported in the prior press release.

Thus there has been a net conversion of 1,235,459 shares from ALA.PR.B to ALA.PR.A, or 15% of the total issue size.

ALA.PR.A is a FixedReset issued at 5.00%+266bp, which commenced trading August 19, 2010 after being announced August 10, 2010. In 2015 the issue reset to 3.38% and I recommended holders retain the issue. Despite this, there was a 31% conversion to FloatingResets. The issue has now reset to 3.06%.

ALA.PR.B is a FloatingReset, Bills+266bp, which arose via a partial conversion from ALA.PR.A in 2015.

September 30, 2020

Wednesday, September 30th, 2020
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TXPR closed at 582.42, up 1.42% on the day. Volume today was 3.48-million, highest of the past thirty days and well ahead of second-place September 9.

CPD closed at 11.58, up 1.14% on the day. Volume was 74,620, well above the median of the past 30 trading days.

ZPR closed at 9.12, up 1.56% on the day. Volume of 155,437 was well below the median of the past 30 trading days.

Five-year Canada yields were up 1bp to 0.35% today.

PerpetualDiscounts now yield 5.24%, equivalent to 6.81% interest at the standard equivalency factor of 1.3x. Long corporates now yield 2.86%, so the pre-tax interest-equivalent spread (in this context, the “Seniority Spread”) has narrowed to 395bp from the 405bp reported September 23.

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 0.0000 % 1,634.0
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.0000 % 2,998.3
Floater 5.21 % 5.21 % 53,678 15.13 3 0.0000 % 1,727.9
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.0514 % 3,502.7
SplitShare 4.85 % 4.80 % 52,527 3.61 7 0.0514 % 4,182.9
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.0514 % 3,263.7
Perpetual-Premium 5.31 % 4.25 % 77,382 3.52 17 0.3244 % 3,154.5
Perpetual-Discount 5.21 % 5.24 % 94,438 14.96 17 0.2448 % 3,532.7
FixedReset Disc 5.51 % 4.25 % 119,803 16.35 68 1.3536 % 2,081.4
Deemed-Retractible 5.02 % 4.90 % 121,274 15.20 27 0.2386 % 3,457.5
FloatingReset 2.86 % 2.13 % 49,756 1.31 3 0.6328 % 1,795.3
FixedReset Prem 5.23 % 4.19 % 282,098 0.79 11 0.3121 % 2,629.0
FixedReset Bank Non 1.95 % 2.25 % 138,142 1.31 2 -0.0201 % 2,844.0
FixedReset Ins Non 5.67 % 4.39 % 82,273 16.20 22 1.5754 % 2,130.2
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
BIP.PR.A FixedReset Disc -1.88 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-30
Maturity Price : 16.73
Evaluated at bid price : 16.73
Bid-YTW : 5.91 %
EML.PR.A FixedReset Ins Non -1.07 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-04-17
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.05
Bid-YTW : 4.89 %
MFC.PR.I FixedReset Ins Non 1.00 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-30
Maturity Price : 19.10
Evaluated at bid price : 19.10
Bid-YTW : 4.38 %
IFC.PR.C FixedReset Ins Non 1.05 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-30
Maturity Price : 16.34
Evaluated at bid price : 16.34
Bid-YTW : 4.66 %
W.PR.M FixedReset Disc 1.06 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-30
Maturity Price : 24.55
Evaluated at bid price : 24.90
Bid-YTW : 5.22 %
NA.PR.C FixedReset Disc 1.07 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-30
Maturity Price : 23.33
Evaluated at bid price : 23.65
Bid-YTW : 4.10 %
TD.PF.A FixedReset Disc 1.09 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-30
Maturity Price : 17.60
Evaluated at bid price : 17.60
Bid-YTW : 4.06 %
IFC.PR.G FixedReset Ins Non 1.13 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-30
Maturity Price : 17.90
Evaluated at bid price : 17.90
Bid-YTW : 4.49 %
TD.PF.B FixedReset Disc 1.15 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-30
Maturity Price : 17.56
Evaluated at bid price : 17.56
Bid-YTW : 4.10 %
NA.PR.G FixedReset Disc 1.17 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-30
Maturity Price : 19.95
Evaluated at bid price : 19.95
Bid-YTW : 4.35 %
BMO.PR.Y FixedReset Disc 1.19 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-30
Maturity Price : 18.72
Evaluated at bid price : 18.72
Bid-YTW : 4.13 %
BMO.PR.F FixedReset Disc 1.20 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-30
Maturity Price : 23.35
Evaluated at bid price : 25.20
Bid-YTW : 3.97 %
NA.PR.S FixedReset Disc 1.22 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-30
Maturity Price : 17.46
Evaluated at bid price : 17.46
Bid-YTW : 4.35 %
MFC.PR.N FixedReset Ins Non 1.22 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-30
Maturity Price : 16.58
Evaluated at bid price : 16.58
Bid-YTW : 4.39 %
BIP.PR.C FixedReset Disc 1.25 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-30
Maturity Price : 22.98
Evaluated at bid price : 23.54
Bid-YTW : 5.69 %
CM.PR.T FixedReset Disc 1.28 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-30
Maturity Price : 22.81
Evaluated at bid price : 23.80
Bid-YTW : 4.08 %
GWO.PR.N FixedReset Ins Non 1.28 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-30
Maturity Price : 10.25
Evaluated at bid price : 10.25
Bid-YTW : 4.07 %
NA.PR.E FixedReset Disc 1.29 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-30
Maturity Price : 18.87
Evaluated at bid price : 18.87
Bid-YTW : 4.25 %
MFC.PR.H FixedReset Ins Non 1.31 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-30
Maturity Price : 20.18
Evaluated at bid price : 20.18
Bid-YTW : 4.42 %
BAM.PF.B FixedReset Disc 1.37 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-30
Maturity Price : 15.57
Evaluated at bid price : 15.57
Bid-YTW : 5.32 %
BAM.PF.G FixedReset Disc 1.40 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-30
Maturity Price : 15.21
Evaluated at bid price : 15.21
Bid-YTW : 5.31 %
BAM.PF.I FixedReset Disc 1.43 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-30
Maturity Price : 23.74
Evaluated at bid price : 24.14
Bid-YTW : 4.98 %
PWF.PR.T FixedReset Disc 1.53 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-30
Maturity Price : 16.62
Evaluated at bid price : 16.62
Bid-YTW : 4.58 %
BAM.PR.R FixedReset Disc 1.53 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-30
Maturity Price : 12.59
Evaluated at bid price : 12.59
Bid-YTW : 5.32 %
TD.PF.L FixedReset Disc 1.57 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-30
Maturity Price : 22.90
Evaluated at bid price : 24.00
Bid-YTW : 4.06 %
BAM.PF.J FixedReset Disc 1.74 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-30
Maturity Price : 23.06
Evaluated at bid price : 23.91
Bid-YTW : 4.94 %
TRP.PR.A FixedReset Disc 1.89 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-30
Maturity Price : 11.87
Evaluated at bid price : 11.87
Bid-YTW : 5.48 %
SLF.PR.G FixedReset Ins Non 1.89 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-30
Maturity Price : 10.24
Evaluated at bid price : 10.24
Bid-YTW : 4.36 %
BAM.PF.H FixedReset Disc 2.06 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-30
Maturity Price : 23.98
Evaluated at bid price : 24.80
Bid-YTW : 5.02 %
BAM.PF.E FixedReset Disc 2.10 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-30
Maturity Price : 14.60
Evaluated at bid price : 14.60
Bid-YTW : 5.31 %
TRP.PR.E FixedReset Disc 2.26 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-30
Maturity Price : 13.59
Evaluated at bid price : 13.59
Bid-YTW : 5.42 %
MFC.PR.Q FixedReset Ins Non 2.28 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-30
Maturity Price : 18.40
Evaluated at bid price : 18.40
Bid-YTW : 4.32 %
SLF.PR.J FloatingReset 2.37 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-30
Maturity Price : 9.52
Evaluated at bid price : 9.52
Bid-YTW : 4.07 %
BAM.PF.F FixedReset Disc 2.47 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-30
Maturity Price : 16.15
Evaluated at bid price : 16.15
Bid-YTW : 5.29 %
IFC.PR.I Perpetual-Premium 2.48 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2029-03-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.65
Bid-YTW : 5.06 %
IFC.PR.A FixedReset Ins Non 3.36 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-30
Maturity Price : 12.30
Evaluated at bid price : 12.30
Bid-YTW : 4.60 %
TRP.PR.G FixedReset Disc 6.66 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-30
Maturity Price : 15.21
Evaluated at bid price : 15.21
Bid-YTW : 5.51 %
MFC.PR.G FixedReset Ins Non 21.61 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-30
Maturity Price : 18.85
Evaluated at bid price : 18.85
Bid-YTW : 4.39 %
RY.PR.M FixedReset Disc 56.09 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-30
Maturity Price : 18.70
Evaluated at bid price : 18.70
Bid-YTW : 4.01 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
BNS.PR.G FixedReset Prem 213,450 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-07-25
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.49
Bid-YTW : 4.29 %
BNS.PR.Z FixedReset Bank Non 103,144 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2022-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.94
Bid-YTW : 2.25 %
BMO.PR.F FixedReset Disc 78,986 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-30
Maturity Price : 23.35
Evaluated at bid price : 25.20
Bid-YTW : 3.97 %
TD.PF.M FixedReset Disc 66,500 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-30
Maturity Price : 23.20
Evaluated at bid price : 24.80
Bid-YTW : 4.14 %
TD.PF.A FixedReset Disc 60,101 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-30
Maturity Price : 17.60
Evaluated at bid price : 17.60
Bid-YTW : 4.06 %
BNS.PR.H FixedReset Prem 58,871 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-30
Maturity Price : 23.91
Evaluated at bid price : 25.33
Bid-YTW : 4.49 %
There were 77 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
SLF.PR.I FixedReset Ins Non Quote: 18.24 – 19.46
Spot Rate : 1.2200
Average : 0.7805

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-30
Maturity Price : 18.24
Evaluated at bid price : 18.24
Bid-YTW : 4.32 %

BMO.PR.Q FixedReset Bank Non Quote: 24.71 – 25.66
Spot Rate : 0.9500
Average : 0.5487

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2022-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.71
Bid-YTW : 2.72 %

MFC.PR.N FixedReset Ins Non Quote: 16.58 – 17.50
Spot Rate : 0.9200
Average : 0.6288

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-30
Maturity Price : 16.58
Evaluated at bid price : 16.58
Bid-YTW : 4.39 %

PWF.PR.R Perpetual-Premium Quote: 25.20 – 25.91
Spot Rate : 0.7100
Average : 0.4330

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-30
Maturity Price : 24.92
Evaluated at bid price : 25.20
Bid-YTW : 5.54 %

TRP.PR.D FixedReset Disc Quote: 13.63 – 14.44
Spot Rate : 0.8100
Average : 0.5522

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-30
Maturity Price : 13.63
Evaluated at bid price : 13.63
Bid-YTW : 5.45 %

BNS.PR.I FixedReset Disc Quote: 20.20 – 20.89
Spot Rate : 0.6900
Average : 0.4391

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-30
Maturity Price : 20.20
Evaluated at bid price : 20.20
Bid-YTW : 3.95 %

TD.PF.E To Be Extended

Wednesday, September 30th, 2020

The Toronto-Dominion Bank has announced (on September 17):

that it does not intend to exercise its right to redeem all or any part of the currently outstanding 8 million Non-Cumulative 5-Year Rate Reset Preferred Shares, Series 9 (Non-Viability Contingent Capital (NVCC)) (the “Series 9 Shares”) of TD on October 31, 2020. As a result and subject to certain conditions set out in the prospectus supplement dated April 17, 2015 relating to the issuance of the Series 9 Shares, the holders of the Series 9 Shares have the right to convert all or part of their Series 9 Shares, on a one-for-one basis, into Non-Cumulative Floating Rate Preferred Shares, Series 10 (NVCC) (the “Series 10 Shares”) of TD on November 2, 2020 (being the first business day following the conversion date of October 31, 2020, which falls on a Saturday). Holders who do not exercise their right to convert their Series 9 Shares into Series 10 Shares on such date will continue to hold their Series 9 Shares.

The foregoing conversion right is subject to the conditions that: (i) if TD determines that there would be less than 1,000,000 Series 10 Shares outstanding after taking into account all shares tendered for conversion on November 2, 2020, then holders of Series 9 Shares will not be entitled to convert their shares into Series 10 Shares, and (ii) alternatively, if TD determines that there would remain outstanding less than 1,000,000 Series 9 Shares after taking into account all shares tendered for conversion on November 2, 2020, then all remaining Series 9 Shares will automatically be converted into Series 10 Shares on a one-for-one basis on November 2, 2020. In either case, TD will give written notice to that effect to holders of Series 9 Shares no later than October 26, 2020 (being the first business day following the notice date of October 24, 2020, which falls on a Saturday).

The dividend rate applicable to the Series 9 Shares for the 5-year period from and including October 31, 2020 to but excluding October 31, 2025, and the dividend rate applicable to the Series 10 Shares for the 3-month period from and including October 31, 2020 to but excluding January 31, 2021, will be determined and announced by way of a press release on October 1, 2020.

Beneficial owners of Series 9 Shares who wish to exercise their conversion right should communicate as soon as possible with their broker or other nominee to obtain instructions for exercising such right during the conversion period, which runs from October 1, 2020 until 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on October 16, 2020.

Inquiries should be directed to TD’s Registrar and Transfer Agent, AST Trust Company (Canada), at 1-800-387-0825 (or in Toronto 416-682-3860).

TD.PF.E is a FixedReset, 3.70%+287, that commenced trading 2015-4-24 after being announced 2015-4-15. It is tracked by HIMIPref™ and is assigned to the FixedReset (Discount) subindex.

TD.PF.F To Be Redeemed

Wednesday, September 30th, 2020

The Toronto-Dominion Bank has announced:

that it will exercise its right to redeem all of its 6,000,000 outstanding Non-cumulative Class A First Preferred Shares, Series 11 (Non-Viability Contingent Capital) (the “Series 11 Shares”) on October 31, 2020 at the price of $26.00 per Series 11 Share for an aggregate total of approximately $156 million.

On August 27, 2020, TD announced that dividends of $ 0.30625 per Series 11 Share had been declared. These will be the final dividends on the Series 11 Shares, and will be paid in the usual manner on October 31, 2020 to shareholders of record on October 9, 2020, as previously announced. After October 31, 2020, the Series 11 Shares will cease to be entitled to dividends and the only remaining rights of holders of such shares will be to receive payment of the redemption amount.

Beneficial holders who are not directly the registered holder of Series 11 Shares should contact the financial institution, broker or other intermediary through which they hold these shares to confirm how they will receive their redemption proceeds. Inquiries should be directed to our Registrar and Transfer Agent, AST Trust Company (Canada), at 1-800-387-0825 (or in Toronto 416-682-3860).

TD.PF.F is a 4.90% NVCC-compliant Straight Perpetual that commenced trading 2015-7-21 after being announced 2015-7-9. It is currently assigned to the PerpetualPremium sub-index.

This is a noteworthy event for two reasons: firstly, this is the first time an NVCC-compliant issue has been redeemed and secondly because as of the close 2020-9-28 it was quoted at 25.19-28, meaning that holders have captured a large capital gain overnight, given that it is quoted 2020-9-29 at 26.23-26.

It is something of a puzzle as to why it has been redeemed, but a look at the TD Annual Report for 2019 provides a clue. This report discloses Risk-Weighted Assets of 456-billion and preferred share capital of 5.8-billion. It will be remembered that the total allowance for Alternative Tier 1 Capital is 1.5% of RWA, of which up to half may be the new LRCN structure.

This implies that the AT1 Limit for TD Bank is 6.84-billion; given that preferred share capital is already 5.8-billion, they only have room for 1-billion in LRCN issuance unless they redeem something. TD may well have decided that redeeming this $150-million preferred share issue, even at a premium, was worthwhile. Note, however that TD.PF.E, a FixedReset 3.70%+287, will be extended, so there are limits to TD’s desire to expand their LRCN issuance room!

September 29, 2020

Tuesday, September 29th, 2020
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 0.3249 % 1,634.0
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.3249 % 2,998.3
Floater 5.21 % 5.22 % 53,850 15.11 3 0.3249 % 1,727.9
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.3415 % 3,500.9
SplitShare 4.86 % 4.87 % 48,980 3.61 7 -0.3415 % 4,180.8
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.3415 % 3,262.0
Perpetual-Premium 5.33 % 4.30 % 75,962 3.52 17 0.5311 % 3,144.3
Perpetual-Discount 5.22 % 5.23 % 91,140 14.89 17 0.2363 % 3,524.0
FixedReset Disc 5.58 % 4.31 % 118,004 16.30 68 -0.5084 % 2,053.6
Deemed-Retractible 5.03 % 4.92 % 114,276 15.15 27 0.0669 % 3,449.3
FloatingReset 2.88 % 2.21 % 46,509 1.32 3 -0.0903 % 1,784.0
FixedReset Prem 5.25 % 4.43 % 264,361 0.85 11 0.1365 % 2,620.8
FixedReset Bank Non 1.95 % 2.27 % 127,884 1.31 2 0.0000 % 2,844.6
FixedReset Ins Non 5.76 % 4.42 % 81,285 16.01 22 -0.8468 % 2,097.2
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
RY.PR.M FixedReset Disc -36.11 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-29
Maturity Price : 11.98
Evaluated at bid price : 11.98
Bid-YTW : 6.29 %
MFC.PR.G FixedReset Ins Non -17.38 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-29
Maturity Price : 15.50
Evaluated at bid price : 15.50
Bid-YTW : 5.35 %
TRP.PR.G FixedReset Disc -5.25 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-29
Maturity Price : 14.26
Evaluated at bid price : 14.26
Bid-YTW : 5.88 %
IFC.PR.I Perpetual-Premium -1.61 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-29
Maturity Price : 24.63
Evaluated at bid price : 25.03
Bid-YTW : 5.41 %
BIP.PR.C FixedReset Disc -1.48 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-29
Maturity Price : 22.71
Evaluated at bid price : 23.25
Bid-YTW : 5.76 %
IFC.PR.A FixedReset Ins Non -1.16 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-29
Maturity Price : 11.90
Evaluated at bid price : 11.90
Bid-YTW : 4.76 %
BIP.PR.D FixedReset Disc -1.15 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-29
Maturity Price : 21.87
Evaluated at bid price : 22.40
Bid-YTW : 5.59 %
TD.PF.B FixedReset Disc -1.14 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-29
Maturity Price : 17.36
Evaluated at bid price : 17.36
Bid-YTW : 4.14 %
BAM.PF.E FixedReset Disc -1.04 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-29
Maturity Price : 14.30
Evaluated at bid price : 14.30
Bid-YTW : 5.42 %
BMO.PR.F FixedReset Disc 1.01 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-29
Maturity Price : 23.25
Evaluated at bid price : 24.90
Bid-YTW : 4.04 %
BAM.PR.X FixedReset Disc 1.29 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-29
Maturity Price : 11.00
Evaluated at bid price : 11.00
Bid-YTW : 5.04 %
BIP.PR.F FixedReset Disc 1.36 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-29
Maturity Price : 21.95
Evaluated at bid price : 22.30
Bid-YTW : 5.74 %
MFC.PR.Q FixedReset Ins Non 1.64 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-29
Maturity Price : 17.99
Evaluated at bid price : 17.99
Bid-YTW : 4.42 %
BMO.PR.Z Perpetual-Premium 1.66 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2024-08-25
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.77
Bid-YTW : 4.30 %
RY.PR.N Perpetual-Premium 1.66 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2024-11-24
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.71
Bid-YTW : 4.30 %
RY.PR.O Perpetual-Premium 1.74 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2024-11-24
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.69
Bid-YTW : 4.32 %
BAM.PR.Z FixedReset Disc 1.99 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-29
Maturity Price : 16.42
Evaluated at bid price : 16.42
Bid-YTW : 5.38 %
BAM.PR.T FixedReset Disc 2.15 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-29
Maturity Price : 12.80
Evaluated at bid price : 12.80
Bid-YTW : 5.39 %
BMO.PR.Y FixedReset Disc 2.44 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-29
Maturity Price : 18.50
Evaluated at bid price : 18.50
Bid-YTW : 4.18 %
TD.PF.F Perpetual-Premium 4.13 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2020-10-31
Maturity Price : 26.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.23
Bid-YTW : 3.44 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
BNS.PR.G FixedReset Prem 101,700 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-07-25
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.41
Bid-YTW : 4.68 %
BMO.PR.B FixedReset Prem 99,707 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2022-02-25
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.37
Bid-YTW : 4.12 %
TD.PF.M FixedReset Disc 55,250 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-29
Maturity Price : 23.21
Evaluated at bid price : 24.85
Bid-YTW : 4.12 %
BMO.PR.Y FixedReset Disc 51,250 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-29
Maturity Price : 18.50
Evaluated at bid price : 18.50
Bid-YTW : 4.18 %
BMO.PR.T FixedReset Disc 51,246 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-29
Maturity Price : 16.96
Evaluated at bid price : 16.96
Bid-YTW : 4.17 %
TD.PF.F Perpetual-Premium 46,615 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2020-10-31
Maturity Price : 26.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.23
Bid-YTW : 3.44 %
There were 23 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
RY.PR.M FixedReset Disc Quote: 11.98 – 18.85
Spot Rate : 6.8700
Average : 4.5383

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-29
Maturity Price : 11.98
Evaluated at bid price : 11.98
Bid-YTW : 6.29 %

MFC.PR.G FixedReset Ins Non Quote: 15.50 – 18.87
Spot Rate : 3.3700
Average : 1.8184

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-29
Maturity Price : 15.50
Evaluated at bid price : 15.50
Bid-YTW : 5.35 %

CM.PR.R FixedReset Disc Quote: 22.74 – 23.58
Spot Rate : 0.8400
Average : 0.5941

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-29
Maturity Price : 22.40
Evaluated at bid price : 22.74
Bid-YTW : 4.15 %

IFC.PR.I Perpetual-Premium Quote: 25.03 – 25.70
Spot Rate : 0.6700
Average : 0.4607

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-29
Maturity Price : 24.63
Evaluated at bid price : 25.03
Bid-YTW : 5.41 %

TRP.PR.G FixedReset Disc Quote: 14.26 – 15.40
Spot Rate : 1.1400
Average : 0.9430

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-29
Maturity Price : 14.26
Evaluated at bid price : 14.26
Bid-YTW : 5.88 %

POW.PR.B Perpetual-Discount Quote: 24.70 – 25.02
Spot Rate : 0.3200
Average : 0.2006

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-29
Maturity Price : 24.46
Evaluated at bid price : 24.70
Bid-YTW : 5.42 %

SBC.PR.A To Get Bigger

Monday, September 28th, 2020

Brompton Group has announced:

Brompton Split Banc Corp. (the “Company”) is pleased to announce it is undertaking an overnight treasury offering of class A and preferred shares (the “Class A Shares” and “Preferred Shares”, respectively).

The sales period for this overnight offering will end at 9:00 a.m. (ET) on Tuesday, September 29, 2020. The offering is expected to close on or about October 6, 2020 and is subject to certain closing conditions including approval by the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”).

The Class A Shares will be offered at a price of $9.10 per Class A Share for a distribution rate of 13.2% on the issue price, and the Preferred Shares will be offered at a price of $9.95 per Preferred Share for a yield to maturity of 5.3%. (1) The closing price on the TSX for each of the Class A and Preferred Shares on September 25, 2020 was $9.31 and $10.12, respectively. The Class A Share and Preferred Share offering prices were determined so as to be non-dilutive to the most recently calculated net asset value per unit of the Company (“Unit”) (calculated as at September 24, 2020), as adjusted for dividends and certain expenses to be accrued prior to or upon settlement of the offering.

The Company invests in a portfolio (the “Portfolio”) consisting of common shares of the six largest Canadian banks: Royal Bank of Canada, The Bank of Nova Scotia, National Bank of Canada, The Toronto-Dominion Bank, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and Bank of Montreal. In addition, the Company may hold up to 10% of the total assets of the Portfolio in investments in global financial companies for the purpose of enhanced diversification and return potential.

The investment objectives for the Class A Shares are to provide holders with regular monthly cash distributions targeted to be at least $0.10 per Class A Share and to provide the opportunity for growth in the net asset value per Class A Share.

The investment objectives for the Preferred Shares are to provide holders with fixed cumulative preferential quarterly cash distributions, currently in the amount of $0.125 per Preferred Share, and to return the original issue price to holders of Preferred Shares on November 29, 2022.

The syndicate of agents for the offering is being led by RBC Capital Markets, CIBC Capital Markets, National Bank Financial Inc. and Scotiabank.

The NAVPU was 18.24 on 2020-9-24 and this offering is for Whole Units at 19.05, so the premium is 4.44% – not the biggest ever seen, but quite enough to be worth doing!

Update, 2020-9-30: They raised 23.6-million.

September 28, 2020

Monday, September 28th, 2020

A crazy idea regarding bank regulation has gained traction in Europe and adherents in Canada:

An additional measure could be for the Bank of Canada to follow Europe and evaluate the impact of introducing a “Green Supporting Factor” and a “Brown Penalty.” The idea is simple: due to capital reserve requirements, banks will be able to make more money when they lend to firms in green industries.

Fortunately, there is widespread opposition to the idea:

European banking regulators are sounding the alarm over a proposal from the European Commission and the European Parliament to stimulate more eco-investments by cutting capital requirements for banks that make green loans. The concept is known as the “green supporting factor,” and the politicians touting it want banks to finance more initiatives such as renewable energy projects and eco-friendly homes.

“We’re not going to get to a green economy if, in the process, we end up encouraging banks to be insolvent and get into another financial crisis,” José Manuel Campa, the chairperson of the European Banking Authority (EBA), told EURACTIV, a pan-European media network, in an interview.

That’s why the EBA wants to analyze “the evidence” before deciding whether green exposures on bank balance sheets should be given preferential capital treatment. The regulator is also developing a climate change stress test, among other initiatives, as part of its action plan on sustainable finance. Final recommendations are expected in 2025.

Trouble is, our federal politicians have already shown they’re not above meddling with the OSFI’s banking regulations for political gain. Earlier this year, the Trudeau government did just that when it announced plans to relax stress tests for mortgages. It was an obvious ploy to curry favour with millennial voters by making it easier to qualify for bigger loans. But when the pandemic hit, Ottawa was forced to suspend those ill-conceived changes.

Let’s face it, Canada tends to adopt ideas from other countries. Given this government’s infatuation with environmental policy, it’s easy for legislators to be seduced by foreign narratives about green discounts.

Fiddling with capital requirements to encourage morally pure enterprises has to be one of the most stupid ideas heard in the past twenty years, but is also one of the most understandable. ‘Hey!’ say the politicians, trying not to drool while on camera ‘We can Do Good and accomplish Great Things … and it won’t cost anybody anything!’

The only way to make a significant dent in carbon emissions is to jack-up the carbon tax to the point where it makes a difference in people’s day-to-day lives. Yes, I want everybody who drives a car to pay for their share. I want everybody who heats a home to pay their share. I want everybody who buys goods made on the other side of the world to pay their share. Because that is the only way to change lifestyles.

In other news, Canada lost rankings in the Global Financial Centres Index:

The latest edition of the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI) from London-based think-tank Z/Yen Group has Vancouver ranked highest among Canadian cities, but down two spots from its previous ranking to 24th overall.

Montreal held on to the 26th position, while Toronto dropped eight places to 31st and Calgary fell to 51st after being 40th in the previous ranking.

While three of the cities dropped in the rankings, all four of them saw their competitiveness score fall.

But who cares? The banks’ hegemony over the Canadian financial system (vigorously encouraged by the regulators) doesn’t need to be globally competitive – they’ve got lots of clients to screw right in this country.

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 0.0406 % 1,628.7
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.0406 % 2,988.6
Floater 5.22 % 5.24 % 54,383 15.08 3 0.0406 % 1,722.3
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.1194 % 3,512.9
SplitShare 4.84 % 4.78 % 45,353 3.62 7 -0.1194 % 4,195.1
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.1194 % 3,273.2
Perpetual-Premium 5.36 % 4.89 % 77,812 6.80 17 0.0256 % 3,127.6
Perpetual-Discount 5.22 % 5.30 % 91,023 14.87 17 0.2058 % 3,515.7
FixedReset Disc 5.55 % 4.28 % 122,884 16.33 68 0.7938 % 2,064.1
Deemed-Retractible 5.03 % 4.92 % 115,392 15.12 27 0.0167 % 3,447.0
FloatingReset 2.87 % 2.46 % 48,415 1.32 3 -0.1353 % 1,785.6
FixedReset Prem 5.26 % 4.51 % 244,586 0.88 11 -0.0503 % 2,617.2
FixedReset Bank Non 1.95 % 2.24 % 124,151 1.32 2 0.1210 % 2,844.6
FixedReset Ins Non 5.71 % 4.41 % 82,439 16.04 22 0.0053 % 2,115.1
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
TRP.PR.B FixedReset Disc -3.00 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-28
Maturity Price : 8.40
Evaluated at bid price : 8.40
Bid-YTW : 4.93 %
BAM.PR.Z FixedReset Disc -2.31 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-28
Maturity Price : 16.10
Evaluated at bid price : 16.10
Bid-YTW : 5.49 %
BAM.PR.T FixedReset Disc -2.11 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-28
Maturity Price : 12.53
Evaluated at bid price : 12.53
Bid-YTW : 5.51 %
BAM.PF.F FixedReset Disc -1.87 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-28
Maturity Price : 15.76
Evaluated at bid price : 15.76
Bid-YTW : 5.43 %
BMO.PR.Y FixedReset Disc -1.58 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-28
Maturity Price : 18.06
Evaluated at bid price : 18.06
Bid-YTW : 4.28 %
PWF.PR.P FixedReset Disc -1.55 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-28
Maturity Price : 10.15
Evaluated at bid price : 10.15
Bid-YTW : 4.90 %
BIK.PR.A FixedReset Disc -1.18 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2024-03-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.10
Bid-YTW : 5.76 %
SLF.PR.J FloatingReset -1.16 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-28
Maturity Price : 9.35
Evaluated at bid price : 9.35
Bid-YTW : 4.15 %
CM.PR.S FixedReset Disc -1.14 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-28
Maturity Price : 18.25
Evaluated at bid price : 18.25
Bid-YTW : 4.13 %
MFC.PR.Q FixedReset Ins Non -1.12 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-28
Maturity Price : 17.70
Evaluated at bid price : 17.70
Bid-YTW : 4.49 %
TD.PF.J FixedReset Disc -1.10 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-28
Maturity Price : 19.80
Evaluated at bid price : 19.80
Bid-YTW : 4.21 %
MFC.PR.J FixedReset Ins Non 1.07 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-28
Maturity Price : 17.99
Evaluated at bid price : 17.99
Bid-YTW : 4.46 %
BIP.PR.D FixedReset Disc 1.16 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-28
Maturity Price : 22.28
Evaluated at bid price : 22.66
Bid-YTW : 5.53 %
TRP.PR.K FixedReset Disc 1.45 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-28
Maturity Price : 23.50
Evaluated at bid price : 24.55
Bid-YTW : 4.98 %
BIP.PR.A FixedReset Disc 3.03 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-28
Maturity Price : 17.00
Evaluated at bid price : 17.00
Bid-YTW : 5.82 %
TRP.PR.C FixedReset Disc 3.19 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-28
Maturity Price : 9.05
Evaluated at bid price : 9.05
Bid-YTW : 5.33 %
TRP.PR.G FixedReset Disc 5.54 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-28
Maturity Price : 15.05
Evaluated at bid price : 15.05
Bid-YTW : 5.57 %
TD.PF.D FixedReset Disc 24.70 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-28
Maturity Price : 18.73
Evaluated at bid price : 18.73
Bid-YTW : 4.27 %
RY.PR.M FixedReset Disc 56.51 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-28
Maturity Price : 18.75
Evaluated at bid price : 18.75
Bid-YTW : 4.00 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
BAM.PF.B FixedReset Disc 138,024 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-28
Maturity Price : 15.30
Evaluated at bid price : 15.30
Bid-YTW : 5.42 %
BNS.PR.G FixedReset Prem 101,150 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-07-25
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.40
Bid-YTW : 4.71 %
PWF.PR.S Perpetual-Discount 95,975 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-28
Maturity Price : 22.89
Evaluated at bid price : 23.28
Bid-YTW : 5.22 %
SLF.PR.A Deemed-Retractible 88,615 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-28
Maturity Price : 23.85
Evaluated at bid price : 24.10
Bid-YTW : 4.94 %
MFC.PR.B Deemed-Retractible 51,700 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-28
Maturity Price : 23.44
Evaluated at bid price : 23.73
Bid-YTW : 4.92 %
RY.PR.H FixedReset Disc 38,660 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-28
Maturity Price : 17.87
Evaluated at bid price : 17.87
Bid-YTW : 3.98 %
There were 18 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
CM.PR.S FixedReset Disc Quote: 18.25 – 18.79
Spot Rate : 0.5400
Average : 0.3530

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-28
Maturity Price : 18.25
Evaluated at bid price : 18.25
Bid-YTW : 4.13 %

BAM.PR.Z FixedReset Disc Quote: 16.10 – 16.62
Spot Rate : 0.5200
Average : 0.3639

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-28
Maturity Price : 16.10
Evaluated at bid price : 16.10
Bid-YTW : 5.49 %

CM.PR.R FixedReset Disc Quote: 22.73 – 23.20
Spot Rate : 0.4700
Average : 0.3244

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-28
Maturity Price : 22.39
Evaluated at bid price : 22.73
Bid-YTW : 4.15 %

MFC.PR.K FixedReset Ins Non Quote: 16.40 – 17.00
Spot Rate : 0.6000
Average : 0.4839

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-28
Maturity Price : 16.40
Evaluated at bid price : 16.40
Bid-YTW : 4.38 %

CM.PR.T FixedReset Disc Quote: 23.27 – 23.70
Spot Rate : 0.4300
Average : 0.3198

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-28
Maturity Price : 22.53
Evaluated at bid price : 23.27
Bid-YTW : 4.20 %

NA.PR.S FixedReset Disc Quote: 17.35 – 17.68
Spot Rate : 0.3300
Average : 0.2302

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-28
Maturity Price : 17.35
Evaluated at bid price : 17.35
Bid-YTW : 4.38 %

PVS.PR.D To Be Redeemed; Timing Uncertain

Saturday, September 26th, 2020

Partners Value Split Corp. has announced a new issue and as part of the announcement stated:

The net proceeds of the offering will be used to partially fund the redemption of the Company’s Class AA Preferred Shares, Series 6.

The Series 6 Preferreds that are going to be redeemed are PVS.PR.D, currently redeemable at 25.50, redeemable commencing 2020-10-8 at 25.25 and maturing 2021-10-8 at 25.00. It only pays 4.50%, so it’s a bit surprising that they’re going to call it at a premium – although that is not yet 100% certain. PVS.PR.D was originally issued as BNA.PR.F, which commenced trading 2014-7-4 after being announced 2014-6-16.

New Issue: PVS 5-Year SplitShare, 4.75%

Saturday, September 26th, 2020

Partners Value Split Corp. has announced:

that it has entered into an agreement to sell 4,000,000 Class AA Preferred Shares, Series 11 (the “Series 11 Preferred Shares”) to a syndicate of underwriters led by Scotiabank, BMO Capital Markets, CIBC Capital Markets, RBC Capital Markets and TD Securities Inc. on a bought deal basis.

The Series 11 Preferred Shares will be issued at a price of $25.00 per share, for gross proceeds of $100,000,000. The Series 11 Preferred Shares will carry a fixed coupon of 4.75% and will have a final maturity of October 31, 2025. The Series 11 Preferred Shares have a provisional rating of Pfd-2 (low) from DBRS Limited. The net proceeds of the offering will be used to partially fund the redemption of the Company’s Class AA Preferred Shares, Series 6.

The Company has granted the underwriters an option, exercisable in whole or part prior to closing, to purchase up to an additional 2,000,000 Series 11 Preferred Shares at the same offering price, which, if exercised, would increase the gross offering size to $150,000,000. Closing of the offering is expected to occur on or about October 6, 2020.

The Company owns a portfolio consisting of 119,611,449 Class A Limited Voting Shares of Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (the “Brookfield Shares”) which is expected to yield quarterly dividends that are sufficient to fund quarterly fixed cumulative preferential dividends for the holders of the Company’s preferred shares and to enable the holders of the Company’s capital shares to participate in any capital appreciation of the Brookfield Shares. Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (“BAM”) is a leading global alternative asset manager with approximately US$550 billion of assets under management across real estate, infrastructure, renewable power, private equity and credit. BAM owns and operates long-life assets and businesses, many of which form the backbone of the global economy. Utilizing its global reach, access to large-scale capital and operational expertise, BAM offers a range of alternative investment products to investors around the world — including public and private pension plans, endowments and foundations, sovereign wealth funds, financial institutions, insurance companies and private wealth investors. BAM is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol BAM and BAM.A respectively.

They later announced:

that as a result of strong investor demand for its previously announced offering, the underwriters have exercised their option to increase the size of the offering to 6,000,000 Class AA Preferred Shares, Series 11 (the “Series 11 Preferred Shares”). The Series 11 Preferred Shares will be issued at a price of $25.00 per share, for gross proceeds of $150,000,000. The Series 11 Preferred Shares are being issued on a bought deal basis to a syndicate of underwriters led by Scotiabank, BMO Capital Markets, CIBC Capital Markets, RBC Capital Markets and TD Securities Inc.

The Series 11 Preferred Shares will carry a fixed coupon of 4.75% and will have a final maturity of October 31, 2025. The Series 11 Preferred Shares have a provisional rating of Pfd-2 (low) from DBRS Limited. The net proceeds of the offering will be used to partially fund the redemption of the Company’s Class AA Preferred Shares, Series 6. Closing of the offering is expected to occur on or about October 6, 2020.

The new issue has been provisionally rated Pfd-2(low) by DBRS:

DBRS Limited (DBRS Morningstar) assigned a provisional rating of Pfd-2 (low) to the Class AA Preferred Shares, Series 11 (the Series 11 Preferred Shares) to be issued by Partners Value Split Corp. (the Company) that will rank pari passu with the existing Class AA Preferred Shares, Series 6; the Class AA Preferred Shares, Series 7; the Class AA Preferred Shares, Series 8; the Class AA Preferred Shares, Series 9; the Class AA Preferred Shares, Series 10 (collectively, the Class AA Preferred Shares).

Nice to see a new issue of an investment-grade SplitShare! The Series 6 Preferreds that are going to be redeemed are PVS.PR.D, currently redeemable at 25.50, redeemable commencing 2020-10-8 at 25.25 and maturing 2021-10-8 at 25.00. It only pays 4.50%, so it’s a bit surprising that they’re going to call it at a premium – although that is not yet 100% certain. PVS.PR.D was originally issued as BNA.PR.F, which commenced trading 2014-7-4 after being announced 2014-6-16.

September 25, 2020

Friday, September 25th, 2020
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 0.1628 % 1,628.0
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.1628 % 2,987.4
Floater 5.23 % 5.24 % 55,152 15.09 3 0.1628 % 1,721.6
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.4753 % 3,517.1
SplitShare 4.83 % 4.76 % 45,004 3.62 7 -0.4753 % 4,200.1
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.4753 % 3,277.1
Perpetual-Premium 5.36 % 4.88 % 78,093 3.92 17 -0.1071 % 3,126.8
Perpetual-Discount 5.23 % 5.31 % 92,287 14.86 17 -0.1386 % 3,508.5
FixedReset Disc 5.59 % 4.38 % 122,724 16.31 68 -0.8585 % 2,047.9
Deemed-Retractible 5.03 % 4.91 % 116,036 15.13 27 -0.1898 % 3,446.4
FloatingReset 2.87 % 2.44 % 45,890 1.33 3 -0.1126 % 1,788.0
FixedReset Prem 5.26 % 4.51 % 246,113 0.88 11 0.0539 % 2,618.5
FixedReset Bank Non 1.95 % 2.20 % 124,092 1.32 2 0.2628 % 2,841.2
FixedReset Ins Non 5.71 % 4.40 % 82,093 16.07 22 -0.0473 % 2,115.0
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
RY.PR.M FixedReset Disc -37.11 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-25
Maturity Price : 11.98
Evaluated at bid price : 11.98
Bid-YTW : 6.29 %
TD.PF.E FixedReset Disc -2.61 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-25
Maturity Price : 19.40
Evaluated at bid price : 19.40
Bid-YTW : 4.21 %
TRP.PR.C FixedReset Disc -2.01 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-25
Maturity Price : 8.77
Evaluated at bid price : 8.77
Bid-YTW : 5.50 %
MFC.PR.L FixedReset Ins Non -1.92 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-25
Maturity Price : 15.30
Evaluated at bid price : 15.30
Bid-YTW : 4.54 %
NA.PR.W FixedReset Disc -1.83 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-25
Maturity Price : 16.64
Evaluated at bid price : 16.64
Bid-YTW : 4.39 %
BAM.PF.B FixedReset Disc -1.75 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-25
Maturity Price : 15.15
Evaluated at bid price : 15.15
Bid-YTW : 5.47 %
SLF.PR.G FixedReset Ins Non -1.67 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-25
Maturity Price : 10.03
Evaluated at bid price : 10.03
Bid-YTW : 4.45 %
TD.PF.C FixedReset Disc -1.65 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-25
Maturity Price : 17.89
Evaluated at bid price : 17.89
Bid-YTW : 4.09 %
BAM.PR.R FixedReset Disc -1.59 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-25
Maturity Price : 12.37
Evaluated at bid price : 12.37
Bid-YTW : 5.41 %
BIP.PR.A FixedReset Disc -1.49 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-25
Maturity Price : 16.50
Evaluated at bid price : 16.50
Bid-YTW : 5.99 %
CM.PR.P FixedReset Disc -1.38 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-25
Maturity Price : 17.31
Evaluated at bid price : 17.31
Bid-YTW : 4.18 %
CM.PR.R FixedReset Disc -1.31 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-25
Maturity Price : 22.36
Evaluated at bid price : 22.69
Bid-YTW : 4.16 %
MFC.PR.J FixedReset Ins Non -1.28 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-25
Maturity Price : 17.80
Evaluated at bid price : 17.80
Bid-YTW : 4.51 %
IFC.PR.E Deemed-Retractible -1.19 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-25
Maturity Price : 24.51
Evaluated at bid price : 25.00
Bid-YTW : 5.20 %
TD.PF.L FixedReset Disc -1.13 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-25
Maturity Price : 22.70
Evaluated at bid price : 23.58
Bid-YTW : 4.15 %
CM.PR.O FixedReset Disc -1.09 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-25
Maturity Price : 16.88
Evaluated at bid price : 16.88
Bid-YTW : 4.27 %
BIP.PR.D FixedReset Disc -1.06 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-25
Maturity Price : 21.87
Evaluated at bid price : 22.40
Bid-YTW : 5.58 %
TRP.PR.B FixedReset Disc -1.03 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-25
Maturity Price : 8.66
Evaluated at bid price : 8.66
Bid-YTW : 4.78 %
TD.PF.J FixedReset Disc 1.26 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-25
Maturity Price : 20.02
Evaluated at bid price : 20.02
Bid-YTW : 4.15 %
BIP.PR.E FixedReset Disc 1.28 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-25
Maturity Price : 21.65
Evaluated at bid price : 22.08
Bid-YTW : 5.67 %
EML.PR.A FixedReset Ins Non 1.35 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-04-17
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.45
Bid-YTW : 1.86 %
BAM.PF.F FixedReset Disc 1.71 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-25
Maturity Price : 16.06
Evaluated at bid price : 16.06
Bid-YTW : 5.32 %
BAM.PF.G FixedReset Disc 2.23 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-25
Maturity Price : 15.13
Evaluated at bid price : 15.13
Bid-YTW : 5.33 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
TD.PF.M FixedReset Disc 57,727 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-25
Maturity Price : 23.20
Evaluated at bid price : 24.81
Bid-YTW : 4.13 %
TD.PF.L FixedReset Disc 52,400 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-25
Maturity Price : 22.70
Evaluated at bid price : 23.58
Bid-YTW : 4.15 %
RY.PR.H FixedReset Disc 28,641 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-25
Maturity Price : 17.74
Evaluated at bid price : 17.74
Bid-YTW : 4.01 %
RY.PR.Z FixedReset Disc 25,650 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-25
Maturity Price : 17.89
Evaluated at bid price : 17.89
Bid-YTW : 3.91 %
CM.PR.Y FixedReset Disc 24,400 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-25
Maturity Price : 23.19
Evaluated at bid price : 24.80
Bid-YTW : 4.13 %
TD.PF.B FixedReset Disc 23,724 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-25
Maturity Price : 17.55
Evaluated at bid price : 17.55
Bid-YTW : 4.09 %
There were 24 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
RY.PR.M FixedReset Disc Quote: 11.98 – 19.17
Spot Rate : 7.1900
Average : 3.8806

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-25
Maturity Price : 11.98
Evaluated at bid price : 11.98
Bid-YTW : 6.29 %

TD.PF.D FixedReset Disc Quote: 15.02 – 19.30
Spot Rate : 4.2800
Average : 3.5158

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-25
Maturity Price : 15.02
Evaluated at bid price : 15.02
Bid-YTW : 5.34 %

IFC.PR.C FixedReset Ins Non Quote: 16.20 – 23.99
Spot Rate : 7.7900
Average : 7.3714

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-25
Maturity Price : 16.20
Evaluated at bid price : 16.20
Bid-YTW : 4.69 %

NA.PR.W FixedReset Disc Quote: 16.64 – 17.50
Spot Rate : 0.8600
Average : 0.5110

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-25
Maturity Price : 16.64
Evaluated at bid price : 16.64
Bid-YTW : 4.39 %

BIP.PR.F FixedReset Disc Quote: 22.20 – 22.91
Spot Rate : 0.7100
Average : 0.4725

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-25
Maturity Price : 21.88
Evaluated at bid price : 22.20
Bid-YTW : 5.76 %

BIP.PR.B FixedReset Disc Quote: 24.05 – 24.79
Spot Rate : 0.7400
Average : 0.5575

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-09-25
Maturity Price : 23.09
Evaluated at bid price : 24.05
Bid-YTW : 5.70 %