May 16, 2018

Another strong day for the Canadian preferred share market on excellent volume, powered by an increase in the GOC-5 yield to 2.32%.

PerpetualDiscounts now yield 5.46%, equivalent to 7.10% interest at the standard equivalency factor of 1.3x. Long corporates now yield a little over 4.10%, so the pre-tax interest-equivalent spread (in this context, the “Seniority Spread”) is now about 300bp, a significant narrowing from the 310bp reported May 9.

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 -0.1251 % 2,976.9
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.1251 % 5,462.5
Floater 3.36 % 3.59 % 87,396 18.27 4 -0.1251 % 3,148.0
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.0237 % 3,163.0
SplitShare 4.60 % 4.70 % 80,906 5.02 5 -0.0237 % 3,777.2
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.0237 % 2,947.2
Perpetual-Premium 5.62 % -7.83 % 68,938 0.09 10 0.0079 % 2,874.1
Perpetual-Discount 5.41 % 5.46 % 63,828 14.69 24 -0.1362 % 2,945.8
FixedReset 4.24 % 4.45 % 164,234 3.68 103 0.3871 % 2,567.1
Deemed-Retractible 5.12 % 5.60 % 80,719 5.58 27 -0.1196 % 2,951.8
FloatingReset 3.06 % 3.30 % 29,412 3.54 8 0.2606 % 2,818.5
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
SLF.PR.G FixedReset -1.36 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 19.58
Bid-YTW : 7.40 %
BAM.PR.T FixedReset 1.00 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-05-16
Maturity Price : 21.16
Evaluated at bid price : 21.16
Bid-YTW : 5.14 %
BMO.PR.Y FixedReset 1.02 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2020-08-25
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.86
Bid-YTW : 4.03 %
CM.PR.P FixedReset 1.03 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-05-16
Maturity Price : 23.12
Evaluated at bid price : 23.51
Bid-YTW : 4.67 %
TD.PF.B FixedReset 1.07 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-05-16
Maturity Price : 23.20
Evaluated at bid price : 23.70
Bid-YTW : 4.68 %
CM.PR.O FixedReset 1.10 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-05-16
Maturity Price : 23.36
Evaluated at bid price : 23.85
Bid-YTW : 4.71 %
TRP.PR.C FixedReset 1.14 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-05-16
Maturity Price : 17.82
Evaluated at bid price : 17.82
Bid-YTW : 4.99 %
HSE.PR.A FixedReset 1.23 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-05-16
Maturity Price : 18.16
Evaluated at bid price : 18.16
Bid-YTW : 5.14 %
RY.PR.Z FixedReset 1.27 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-05-16
Maturity Price : 23.46
Evaluated at bid price : 24.00
Bid-YTW : 4.57 %
TRP.PR.A FixedReset 1.34 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-05-16
Maturity Price : 20.43
Evaluated at bid price : 20.43
Bid-YTW : 5.02 %
BAM.PR.X FixedReset 1.40 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-05-16
Maturity Price : 18.86
Evaluated at bid price : 18.86
Bid-YTW : 4.99 %
MFC.PR.G FixedReset 1.48 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-12-19
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.61
Bid-YTW : 4.27 %
TRP.PR.G FixedReset 1.65 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2020-11-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.60
Bid-YTW : 4.42 %
CU.PR.C FixedReset 2.52 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-05-16
Maturity Price : 22.22
Evaluated at bid price : 22.80
Bid-YTW : 4.74 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
BMO.PR.R FloatingReset 300,300 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2018-08-25
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.85
Bid-YTW : 2.19 %
TD.PF.G FixedReset 154,300 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-04-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.56
Bid-YTW : 3.37 %
BNS.PR.G FixedReset 95,100 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-07-25
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.80
Bid-YTW : 3.22 %
TD.PF.D FixedReset 91,000 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2020-07-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.81
Bid-YTW : 4.06 %
BNS.PR.R FixedReset 90,800 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2019-01-26
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.13
Bid-YTW : 3.37 %
NA.PR.W FixedReset 85,400 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-05-16
Maturity Price : 23.09
Evaluated at bid price : 23.47
Bid-YTW : 4.70 %
There were 42 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
BAM.PF.D Perpetual-Discount Quote: 21.40 – 21.74
Spot Rate : 0.3400
Average : 0.2186

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-05-16
Maturity Price : 21.40
Evaluated at bid price : 21.40
Bid-YTW : 5.82 %

BAM.PF.A FixedReset Quote: 25.17 – 25.50
Spot Rate : 0.3300
Average : 0.2122

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2018-09-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.17
Bid-YTW : 4.19 %

HSE.PR.E FixedReset Quote: 25.19 – 25.54
Spot Rate : 0.3500
Average : 0.2497

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2020-03-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.19
Bid-YTW : 4.40 %

IFC.PR.C FixedReset Quote: 23.18 – 23.50
Spot Rate : 0.3200
Average : 0.2231

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.18
Bid-YTW : 5.48 %

MFC.PR.M FixedReset Quote: 23.98 – 24.46
Spot Rate : 0.4800
Average : 0.3970

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.98
Bid-YTW : 5.09 %

SLF.PR.G FixedReset Quote: 19.58 – 19.79
Spot Rate : 0.2100
Average : 0.1376

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 19.58
Bid-YTW : 7.40 %

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