August 24, 2017

Some hilarity about account statements:

Whether it’s out of dread or complacency, a lot of investors aren’t reading their account statements.

That’s the conclusion to be drawn from a J.D. Power survey in which investors were asked if they noticed any change during the past year in how fees and performance information was communicated by their advisory firm. Just 23 per cent noticed a change, a strikingly low number in light of the fact that new regulatory transparency rules have added some key data to client statements. Over all, the number of investors reporting a complete understanding of fees was 24 per cent, down from 27 per cent in 2016.

Let us all congratulate the Canadian Securities Administrators on their fine work in performing user acceptance testing prior to enacting a vast load of idiocy!

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 -0.1665 % 2,345.8
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.1665 % 4,304.5
Floater 3.69 % 3.73 % 116,545 17.94 3 -0.1665 % 2,480.7
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.1103 % 3,077.7
SplitShare 4.73 % 3.98 % 54,382 1.34 5 -0.1103 % 3,675.4
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.1103 % 2,867.7
Perpetual-Premium 5.40 % 4.80 % 57,680 5.88 17 0.0093 % 2,779.9
Perpetual-Discount 5.31 % 5.32 % 64,078 14.89 20 -0.0021 % 2,929.4
FixedReset 4.36 % 4.41 % 139,871 6.35 98 0.2956 % 2,389.9
Deemed-Retractible 5.07 % 5.49 % 105,819 6.04 31 -0.0815 % 2,867.1
FloatingReset 2.62 % 3.04 % 39,708 4.19 9 -0.0204 % 2,618.6
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
HSE.PR.G FixedReset -1.58 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-08-24
Maturity Price : 22.83
Evaluated at bid price : 23.67
Bid-YTW : 5.26 %
HSE.PR.A FixedReset -1.19 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-08-24
Maturity Price : 16.55
Evaluated at bid price : 16.55
Bid-YTW : 4.68 %
BAM.PR.X FixedReset 1.04 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-08-24
Maturity Price : 17.56
Evaluated at bid price : 17.56
Bid-YTW : 4.55 %
RY.PR.Z FixedReset 1.12 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-08-24
Maturity Price : 21.40
Evaluated at bid price : 21.72
Bid-YTW : 4.30 %
TD.PF.C FixedReset 1.12 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-08-24
Maturity Price : 21.31
Evaluated at bid price : 21.61
Bid-YTW : 4.36 %
NA.PR.W FixedReset 1.17 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-08-24
Maturity Price : 21.27
Evaluated at bid price : 21.55
Bid-YTW : 4.38 %
IFC.PR.A FixedReset 1.52 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 20.02
Bid-YTW : 6.89 %
MFC.PR.J FixedReset 1.69 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.46
Bid-YTW : 5.09 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
RY.PR.B Deemed-Retractible 319,647 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2017-09-23
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.07
Bid-YTW : 1.29 %
TD.PR.Z FloatingReset 211,800 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2022-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.46
Bid-YTW : 2.82 %
RY.PR.R FixedReset 160,498 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-08-24
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.84
Bid-YTW : 3.54 %
RY.PR.L FixedReset 104,117 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2019-02-24
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.22
Bid-YTW : 3.67 %
TRP.PR.J FixedReset 72,600 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-05-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.59
Bid-YTW : 3.67 %
HSE.PR.A FixedReset 67,680 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-08-24
Maturity Price : 16.55
Evaluated at bid price : 16.55
Bid-YTW : 4.68 %
There were 16 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
TRP.PR.H FloatingReset Quote: 15.26 – 15.80
Spot Rate : 0.5400
Average : 0.3607

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-08-24
Maturity Price : 15.26
Evaluated at bid price : 15.26
Bid-YTW : 3.27 %

VNR.PR.A FixedReset Quote: 21.40 – 21.90
Spot Rate : 0.5000
Average : 0.3628

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-08-24
Maturity Price : 21.40
Evaluated at bid price : 21.40
Bid-YTW : 5.10 %

GWO.PR.I Deemed-Retractible Quote: 21.91 – 22.25
Spot Rate : 0.3400
Average : 0.2031

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 21.91
Bid-YTW : 6.80 %

HSE.PR.E FixedReset Quote: 23.71 – 24.14
Spot Rate : 0.4300
Average : 0.2997

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-08-24
Maturity Price : 22.89
Evaluated at bid price : 23.71
Bid-YTW : 5.28 %

PVS.PR.E SplitShare Quote: 26.11 – 26.50
Spot Rate : 0.3900
Average : 0.2653

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2017-09-23
Maturity Price : 26.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.11
Bid-YTW : -2.31 %

TRP.PR.A FixedReset Quote: 19.30 – 19.71
Spot Rate : 0.4100
Average : 0.2910

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-08-24
Maturity Price : 19.30
Evaluated at bid price : 19.30
Bid-YTW : 4.47 %

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