March 4, 2021

We got a glimpse of how the UK intends to deal with COVID debt:

Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced Wednesday that Britain’s corporate tax rate will rise to 25 per cent from 19 per cent in April, 2023. It’s the first time the rate has been increased since 1974 and comes after successive Conservative governments have lowered it from 28 per cent over the past decade. The government also plans to freeze several personal tax allowances for four years starting in 2022.

Powell made cautious remarks:

Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, said he and his colleagues have a “high standard” for what full employment means, underscoring that the central bank is likely to be patient in removing its support for the economy.

Mr. Powell pointed out that the virus has pushed many people out of the job market and said that “4 percent would be a nice unemployment rate to get to, but it will take more than that to get to maximum employment.” It is unlikely the job market will return to full speed this year, he added, speaking in an online question-and-answer session hosted by The Wall Street Journal.

In fact, Mr. Powell’s entire message on Thursday centered on how cautious the central bank plans to be in dialing back economic policies — low interest rates and large-scale bond buying — that are meant to help the economy recover from the painful coronavirus shock.

… and equities got hammered:

Wall Street ended sharply lower on Thursday, leaving the Nasdaq down around 10% from its February record high, after remarks from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell disappointed investors worried about rising longer-term U.S. bond yields.

Canada’s TSX also closed down, but escaped the worst of the U.S. selloff with the help of a rally in crude oil prices.

The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield spiked to 1.533% after Powell’s comments, which did not point to changes in the Fed’s asset purchases to tackle the recent jump in yields. It still held below last week’s one-year high of 1.614%. But the yield on Canada’s 10-year government note reached just over 1.5% – its highest since before the COVID-related economic shutdowns of early 2020. Canada’s five-year bond yield, closely followed because of its influence on fixed-mortgage rates, stayed well below the highs of last week.

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 -6.5643 % 2,085.9
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -6.5643 % 3,827.5
Floater 4.15 % 4.06 % 52,784 17.21 3 -6.5643 % 2,205.8
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.0630 % 3,671.5
SplitShare 4.77 % 4.03 % 33,378 3.66 9 0.0630 % 4,384.5
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.0630 % 3,421.0
Perpetual-Premium 5.33 % 0.93 % 73,181 0.12 21 -0.0934 % 3,235.4
Perpetual-Discount 4.95 % 4.99 % 83,705 15.44 13 -0.1360 % 3,736.5
FixedReset Disc 4.44 % 3.77 % 180,932 17.45 52 -0.4325 % 2,611.1
Insurance Straight 5.02 % 4.64 % 80,961 15.05 22 -0.0731 % 3,621.5
FloatingReset 3.08 % 3.40 % 35,942 18.79 2 -0.7534 % 2,334.3
FixedReset Prem 5.11 % 3.81 % 249,071 0.96 26 -0.7225 % 2,698.6
FixedReset Bank Non 1.81 % 2.08 % 234,241 0.90 1 -0.0800 % 2,888.5
FixedReset Ins Non 4.45 % 3.70 % 137,161 17.72 22 -0.7637 % 2,763.3
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
BAM.PR.B Floater -17.59 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2051-03-04
Maturity Price : 9.23
Evaluated at bid price : 9.23
Bid-YTW : 4.71 %
BAM.PF.J FixedReset Prem -14.60 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2051-03-04
Maturity Price : 21.30
Evaluated at bid price : 21.30
Bid-YTW : 5.68 %
IFC.PR.C FixedReset Ins Non -2.67 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2051-03-04
Maturity Price : 21.79
Evaluated at bid price : 22.25
Bid-YTW : 3.93 %
TRP.PR.B FixedReset Disc -2.57 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2051-03-04
Maturity Price : 12.12
Evaluated at bid price : 12.12
Bid-YTW : 4.15 %
BAM.PF.F FixedReset Disc -2.37 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2051-03-04
Maturity Price : 21.03
Evaluated at bid price : 21.03
Bid-YTW : 4.53 %
BAM.PF.A FixedReset Disc -2.25 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2051-03-04
Maturity Price : 21.94
Evaluated at bid price : 22.20
Bid-YTW : 4.46 %
BAM.PR.T FixedReset Disc -2.17 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2051-03-04
Maturity Price : 17.55
Evaluated at bid price : 17.55
Bid-YTW : 4.56 %
CM.PR.S FixedReset Disc -2.12 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2051-03-04
Maturity Price : 22.76
Evaluated at bid price : 23.11
Bid-YTW : 3.69 %
MFC.PR.J FixedReset Ins Non -2.02 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2051-03-04
Maturity Price : 22.95
Evaluated at bid price : 23.28
Bid-YTW : 3.80 %
CU.PR.H Perpetual-Premium -1.95 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2051-03-04
Maturity Price : 24.77
Evaluated at bid price : 25.10
Bid-YTW : 5.25 %
BAM.PR.C Floater -1.85 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2051-03-04
Maturity Price : 11.12
Evaluated at bid price : 11.12
Bid-YTW : 3.90 %
IFC.PR.G FixedReset Ins Non -1.69 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2051-03-04
Maturity Price : 22.36
Evaluated at bid price : 22.75
Bid-YTW : 3.94 %
MFC.PR.M FixedReset Ins Non -1.61 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2051-03-04
Maturity Price : 22.14
Evaluated at bid price : 22.65
Bid-YTW : 3.60 %
BAM.PR.X FixedReset Disc -1.54 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2051-03-04
Maturity Price : 15.30
Evaluated at bid price : 15.30
Bid-YTW : 4.36 %
SLF.PR.J FloatingReset -1.54 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2051-03-04
Maturity Price : 14.03
Evaluated at bid price : 14.03
Bid-YTW : 2.72 %
BAM.PR.Z FixedReset Disc -1.48 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2051-03-04
Maturity Price : 21.62
Evaluated at bid price : 22.04
Bid-YTW : 4.43 %
IFC.PR.A FixedReset Ins Non -1.40 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2051-03-04
Maturity Price : 17.55
Evaluated at bid price : 17.55
Bid-YTW : 3.79 %
BMO.PR.C FixedReset Prem -1.27 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2051-03-04
Maturity Price : 23.82
Evaluated at bid price : 24.97
Bid-YTW : 4.12 %
IAF.PR.I FixedReset Ins Non -1.05 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2051-03-04
Maturity Price : 23.33
Evaluated at bid price : 24.40
Bid-YTW : 3.70 %
BIP.PR.E FixedReset Disc 1.03 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2051-03-04
Maturity Price : 23.41
Evaluated at bid price : 24.60
Bid-YTW : 5.02 %
RY.PR.O Perpetual-Premium 1.11 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2023-11-24
Maturity Price : 25.25
Evaluated at bid price : 25.54
Bid-YTW : 4.48 %
PWF.PR.P FixedReset Disc 1.26 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2051-03-04
Maturity Price : 15.30
Evaluated at bid price : 15.30
Bid-YTW : 3.82 %
BIP.PR.F FixedReset Disc 1.38 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2051-03-04
Maturity Price : 23.37
Evaluated at bid price : 24.90
Bid-YTW : 5.04 %
IFC.PR.I Perpetual-Premium 1.38 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2029-03-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.36
Bid-YTW : 4.75 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
BAM.PF.I FixedReset Prem 204,265 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2051-03-04
Maturity Price : 23.89
Evaluated at bid price : 25.00
Bid-YTW : 4.81 %
TRP.PR.J FixedReset Prem 178,450 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-05-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.21
Bid-YTW : 2.40 %
TD.PF.A FixedReset Disc 119,698 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2051-03-04
Maturity Price : 22.17
Evaluated at bid price : 22.68
Bid-YTW : 3.48 %
NA.PR.C FixedReset Disc 97,178 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2051-03-04
Maturity Price : 23.67
Evaluated at bid price : 25.00
Bid-YTW : 4.21 %
RY.PR.J FixedReset Disc 62,615 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2051-03-04
Maturity Price : 22.83
Evaluated at bid price : 24.00
Bid-YTW : 3.56 %
TD.PF.M FixedReset Prem 62,200 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2024-07-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.85
Bid-YTW : 4.19 %
There were 47 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
BAM.PF.J FixedReset Prem Quote: 21.30 – 24.90
Spot Rate : 3.6000
Average : 1.9169

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2051-03-04
Maturity Price : 21.30
Evaluated at bid price : 21.30
Bid-YTW : 5.68 %

BAM.PR.B Floater Quote: 9.23 – 11.29
Spot Rate : 2.0600
Average : 1.1853

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2051-03-04
Maturity Price : 9.23
Evaluated at bid price : 9.23
Bid-YTW : 4.71 %

CU.PR.I FixedReset Prem Quote: 25.62 – 26.40
Spot Rate : 0.7800
Average : 0.4831

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2025-12-01
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.62
Bid-YTW : 3.95 %

CU.PR.H Perpetual-Premium Quote: 25.10 – 25.77
Spot Rate : 0.6700
Average : 0.4300

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2051-03-04
Maturity Price : 24.77
Evaluated at bid price : 25.10
Bid-YTW : 5.25 %

BAM.PF.F FixedReset Disc Quote: 21.03 – 21.65
Spot Rate : 0.6200
Average : 0.4004

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2051-03-04
Maturity Price : 21.03
Evaluated at bid price : 21.03
Bid-YTW : 4.53 %

CM.PR.S FixedReset Disc Quote: 23.11 – 23.68
Spot Rate : 0.5700
Average : 0.3650

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2051-03-04
Maturity Price : 22.76
Evaluated at bid price : 23.11
Bid-YTW : 3.69 %

One Response to “March 4, 2021”

  1. CanSiamCyp says:

    March 04, 2021/CNW/ – Scotiabank (TSX: BNS) (NYSE: BNS) today announced its intention to redeem all outstanding Non-cumulative 5-Year Rate Reset Preferred Shares Series 34 (Non-Viability Contingent Capital (NVCC)) (“Series 34 Shares”) of Scotiabank on at a price equal to per share together with declared and unpaid dividends to the Redemption Date (the “Redemption Price”). Formal notice will be issued to the shareholders in accordance with the share conditions.

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