August 8, 2018

PerpetualDiscounts now yield 5.53%, equivalent to 7.19% interest at the standard equivalency factor of 1.3x. Long corporates now yield a little over 4.00%, so the pre-tax interest-equivalent spread (in this context, the “Seniority Spread”) is now about 320bp, unchanged from August 1.

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 0.3350 % 3,124.3
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.3350 % 5,733.0
Floater 3.46 % 3.65 % 53,614 18.15 4 0.3350 % 3,303.9
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.0551 % 3,211.3
SplitShare 4.57 % 4.38 % 47,761 4.85 5 -0.0551 % 3,835.0
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.0551 % 2,992.2
Perpetual-Premium 5.62 % -11.09 % 59,610 0.09 10 -0.0157 % 2,912.1
Perpetual-Discount 5.40 % 5.53 % 56,651 14.60 25 0.0138 % 2,986.8
FixedReset 4.29 % 4.74 % 128,026 3.84 107 0.1093 % 2,576.2
Deemed-Retractible 5.14 % 5.98 % 55,704 5.41 26 0.0793 % 2,976.3
FloatingReset 3.35 % 3.55 % 30,735 5.74 7 -0.0521 % 2,837.8
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
HSE.PR.A FixedReset -1.28 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-08-08
Maturity Price : 17.70
Evaluated at bid price : 17.70
Bid-YTW : 5.34 %
BAM.PF.B FixedReset 1.27 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-08-08
Maturity Price : 23.26
Evaluated at bid price : 23.95
Bid-YTW : 5.10 %
CU.PR.G Perpetual-Discount 1.33 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-08-08
Maturity Price : 21.34
Evaluated at bid price : 21.34
Bid-YTW : 5.37 %
MFC.PR.L FixedReset 8.87 % Mostly reversing yesterday‘s reported loss of 4.93% – but still basically flat on the month-to-date.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.08
Bid-YTW : 5.94 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
BNS.PR.G FixedReset 103,721 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-07-25
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.39
Bid-YTW : 3.59 %
TD.PF.C FixedReset 103,642 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-08-08
Maturity Price : 23.08
Evaluated at bid price : 23.51
Bid-YTW : 4.75 %
CM.PR.O FixedReset 103,312 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-08-08
Maturity Price : 22.89
Evaluated at bid price : 23.45
Bid-YTW : 4.85 %
PWF.PR.L Perpetual-Discount 101,375 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-08-08
Maturity Price : 22.81
Evaluated at bid price : 23.09
Bid-YTW : 5.55 %
PWF.PR.F Perpetual-Discount 99,086 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-08-08
Maturity Price : 23.48
Evaluated at bid price : 23.75
Bid-YTW : 5.56 %
BIP.PR.B FixedReset 90,822 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2020-12-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.62
Bid-YTW : 4.68 %
There were 31 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
CM.PR.P FixedReset Quote: 23.06 – 23.35
Spot Rate : 0.2900
Average : 0.1904

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-08-08
Maturity Price : 22.64
Evaluated at bid price : 23.06
Bid-YTW : 4.82 %

EIT.PR.A SplitShare Quote: 25.24 – 25.59
Spot Rate : 0.3500
Average : 0.2639

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Soft Maturity
Maturity Date : 2024-03-14
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.24
Bid-YTW : 4.78 %

MFC.PR.J FixedReset Quote: 25.11 – 25.40
Spot Rate : 0.2900
Average : 0.2072

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2023-03-19
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.11
Bid-YTW : 4.92 %

EMA.PR.H FixedReset Quote: 25.55 – 25.85
Spot Rate : 0.3000
Average : 0.2202

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2023-08-15
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.55
Bid-YTW : 4.41 %

RY.PR.H FixedReset Quote: 23.60 – 23.89
Spot Rate : 0.2900
Average : 0.2109

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-08-08
Maturity Price : 23.06
Evaluated at bid price : 23.60
Bid-YTW : 4.75 %

TRP.PR.H FloatingReset Quote: 17.17 – 17.43
Spot Rate : 0.2600
Average : 0.1843

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-08-08
Maturity Price : 17.17
Evaluated at bid price : 17.17
Bid-YTW : 3.98 %

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