May 15, 2009

Those contemplating reverse mortgages would do well to incorporate the new OSFI advisory into their planning … the rules for qualification for optimal capital treatment will indubitably influence the packages offered by banks, notably:

  • initial loan-to-value of less than 40%
  • Ongoing loan-to-value of less than 60%

I regret that it is not possible for me to prepare the market report. There is a difficulty recovering prices from the TSX.

Update, 2009-5-16: Well, it took a little while, but eventually the TSX’s little computer that could spit out the data: Volume was down sharply in pre-holiday trading (which is always something of a mystery to me) but PerpetualDiscounts had a good up-day while FixedResets were flattish.

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 1.8220 % 1,087.0
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 1.8220 % 1,757.9
Floater 3.47 % 4.31 % 82,081 16.75 3 1.8220 % 1,358.0
OpRet 5.05 % 4.17 % 131,130 2.60 15 0.1594 % 2,152.5
SplitShare 5.94 % 6.58 % 52,551 4.26 3 0.2968 % 1,808.5
Interest-Bearing 6.00 % 6.85 % 29,428 0.61 1 -0.4975 % 1,987.2
Perpetual-Premium 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.2010 % 1,695.0
Perpetual-Discount 6.45 % 6.53 % 156,319 13.16 71 0.2010 % 1,561.0
FixedReset 5.75 % 4.91 % 493,807 4.48 36 -0.0210 % 1,973.1
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
HSB.PR.C Perpetual-Discount -1.41 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-05-15
Maturity Price : 19.51
Evaluated at bid price : 19.51
Bid-YTW : 6.65 %
MFC.PR.B Perpetual-Discount -1.39 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-05-15
Maturity Price : 18.51
Evaluated at bid price : 18.51
Bid-YTW : 6.40 %
BMO.PR.O FixedReset -1.00 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2014-06-24
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.63
Bid-YTW : 5.29 %
ELF.PR.G Perpetual-Discount 1.01 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-05-15
Maturity Price : 16.02
Evaluated at bid price : 16.02
Bid-YTW : 7.53 %
GWO.PR.I Perpetual-Discount 1.02 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-05-15
Maturity Price : 16.88
Evaluated at bid price : 16.88
Bid-YTW : 6.78 %
CM.PR.P Perpetual-Discount 1.05 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-05-15
Maturity Price : 21.15
Evaluated at bid price : 21.15
Bid-YTW : 6.58 %
PWF.PR.L Perpetual-Discount 1.07 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-05-15
Maturity Price : 18.91
Evaluated at bid price : 18.91
Bid-YTW : 6.82 %
CM.PR.D Perpetual-Discount 1.08 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-05-15
Maturity Price : 21.57
Evaluated at bid price : 21.57
Bid-YTW : 6.74 %
PWF.PR.F Perpetual-Discount 1.21 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-05-15
Maturity Price : 20.15
Evaluated at bid price : 20.15
Bid-YTW : 6.59 %
PWF.PR.H Perpetual-Discount 1.38 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-05-15
Maturity Price : 21.35
Evaluated at bid price : 21.35
Bid-YTW : 6.81 %
BAM.PR.J OpRet 1.40 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Soft Maturity
Maturity Date : 2018-03-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 21.70
Bid-YTW : 7.63 %
IAG.PR.C FixedReset 1.40 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-05-15
Maturity Price : 23.48
Evaluated at bid price : 26.01
Bid-YTW : 5.21 %
TRI.PR.B Floater 1.61 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-05-15
Maturity Price : 15.75
Evaluated at bid price : 15.75
Bid-YTW : 2.52 %
BAM.PR.B Floater 1.79 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-05-15
Maturity Price : 9.11
Evaluated at bid price : 9.11
Bid-YTW : 4.37 %
BAM.PR.K Floater 2.21 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-05-15
Maturity Price : 9.23
Evaluated at bid price : 9.23
Bid-YTW : 4.31 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
BMO.PR.N FixedReset 159,150 Scotia crossed 150,000 at 26.65.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2014-03-27
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.65
Bid-YTW : 4.91 %
CM.PR.A OpRet 44,950 Nesbitt bought 28,200 from Desjardins at 25.85.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2009-06-14
Maturity Price : 25.50
Evaluated at bid price : 25.85
Bid-YTW : -8.64 %
RY.PR.Y FixedReset 31,871 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2014-12-24
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.09
Bid-YTW : 5.28 %
CM.PR.G Perpetual-Discount 20,542 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-05-15
Maturity Price : 19.87
Evaluated at bid price : 19.87
Bid-YTW : 6.87 %
RY.PR.G Perpetual-Discount 18,700 RBC bought 11,000 from CIBC at 18.15.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-05-15
Maturity Price : 18.10
Evaluated at bid price : 18.10
Bid-YTW : 6.25 %
MFC.PR.D FixedReset 18,175 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2014-07-19
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.40
Bid-YTW : 5.25 %
There were 21 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.

One Response to “May 15, 2009”

  1. prefhound says:

    Thank you for the additional comments on the Trace corporate bond quote system. I now have a greater appreciation of some of the issues. Some questions remain, such as:

    1. Although corporate bond trading volume was low prior to Trace, did it actually increase afterward? The different notions of liquidity are nice, but total trading volume is a comprehensive aggregate measure.

    2. The article seems to blame the rise of CDS on Trace without noting that CDS did not have a capital requirement, which seems to be a greater incentive to switch from bonds to derivatives.

    3. If one views debt as part of a continuous spectrum in investments from government debt, secured corporate debt, unsecured debt, pref shares, common shares, options, futures etc. then where should transparency and open markets with visible bid-ask spreads start and end? And why?

    In a complex environment where financial services make up 40% of GDP it should not be too surprising that it will take lots of experiments (not all of which will work) to reduce systemic frictions/costs to enable economic growth.

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