Archive for August, 2018

August 2, 2018

Friday, August 3rd, 2018
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 0.5875 % 3,143.1
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.5875 % 5,767.4
Floater 3.44 % 3.65 % 53,509 18.17 4 0.5875 % 3,323.8
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.0946 % 3,209.8
SplitShare 4.58 % 4.39 % 47,477 4.87 5 0.0946 % 3,833.2
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.0946 % 2,990.8
Perpetual-Premium 5.61 % -14.57 % 61,381 0.09 10 0.0905 % 2,916.9
Perpetual-Discount 5.40 % 5.52 % 55,274 14.64 25 -0.0414 % 2,986.4
FixedReset 4.29 % 4.65 % 125,308 3.94 107 -0.0453 % 2,574.3
Deemed-Retractible 5.14 % 5.99 % 62,307 5.43 26 0.0113 % 2,978.7
FloatingReset 3.36 % 3.56 % 31,751 5.75 7 -0.2218 % 2,830.4
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
HSE.PR.A FixedReset -1.49 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-08-02
Maturity Price : 17.86
Evaluated at bid price : 17.86
Bid-YTW : 5.20 %
SLF.PR.J FloatingReset -1.25 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 19.75
Bid-YTW : 6.95 %
BAM.PF.F FixedReset -1.20 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-08-02
Maturity Price : 24.26
Evaluated at bid price : 24.65
Bid-YTW : 5.13 %
MFC.PR.G FixedReset -1.01 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-12-19
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.50
Bid-YTW : 4.71 %
PWF.PR.A Floater 2.21 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-08-02
Maturity Price : 21.45
Evaluated at bid price : 21.71
Bid-YTW : 2.95 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
BMO.PR.T FixedReset 100,800 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-08-02
Maturity Price : 22.72
Evaluated at bid price : 23.24
Bid-YTW : 4.72 %
NA.PR.E FixedReset 68,091 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-08-02
Maturity Price : 22.70
Evaluated at bid price : 23.80
Bid-YTW : 4.92 %
CM.PR.S FixedReset 64,816 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-08-02
Maturity Price : 22.75
Evaluated at bid price : 23.86
Bid-YTW : 4.79 %
TD.PF.H FixedReset 55,200 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-10-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.96
Bid-YTW : 3.61 %
POW.PR.G Perpetual-Premium 52,614 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-04-15
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.33
Bid-YTW : 5.21 %
BMO.PR.W FixedReset 51,900 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-08-02
Maturity Price : 22.60
Evaluated at bid price : 23.05
Bid-YTW : 4.73 %
There were 19 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
SLF.PR.J FloatingReset Quote: 19.75 – 20.25
Spot Rate : 0.5000
Average : 0.2924

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 19.75
Bid-YTW : 6.95 %

BAM.PF.F FixedReset Quote: 24.65 – 25.00
Spot Rate : 0.3500
Average : 0.2103

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-08-02
Maturity Price : 24.26
Evaluated at bid price : 24.65
Bid-YTW : 5.13 %

MFC.PR.K FixedReset Quote: 22.89 – 23.50
Spot Rate : 0.6100
Average : 0.4935

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 22.89
Bid-YTW : 6.14 %

HSE.PR.C FixedReset Quote: 24.85 – 25.22
Spot Rate : 0.3700
Average : 0.2550

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2019-12-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.85
Bid-YTW : 5.28 %

TRP.PR.B FixedReset Quote: 17.00 – 17.38
Spot Rate : 0.3800
Average : 0.2701

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-08-02
Maturity Price : 17.00
Evaluated at bid price : 17.00
Bid-YTW : 4.97 %

MFC.PR.N FixedReset Quote: 23.75 – 24.00
Spot Rate : 0.2500
Average : 0.1473

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.75
Bid-YTW : 5.35 %

August 1, 2018

Wednesday, August 1st, 2018

PerpetualDiscounts now yield 5.52%, equivalent to 7.18% interest at the standard equivalency factor of 1.3x. Long corporates now yield about 3.98%, so the pre-tax interest-equivalent spread (in this context, the “Seniority Spread”) is now about 320bp, unchanged from the July 25 report.

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 0.0401 % 3,124.7
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.0401 % 5,733.7
Floater 3.46 % 3.64 % 55,502 18.19 4 0.0401 % 3,304.4
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.0158 % 3,206.8
SplitShare 4.58 % 4.40 % 48,072 4.87 5 0.0158 % 3,829.5
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.0158 % 2,988.0
Perpetual-Premium 5.62 % -13.67 % 59,188 0.09 10 -0.0354 % 2,914.3
Perpetual-Discount 5.40 % 5.52 % 54,382 14.62 25 0.0447 % 2,987.7
FixedReset 4.29 % 4.65 % 127,183 3.90 107 0.2047 % 2,575.4
Deemed-Retractible 5.14 % 5.98 % 63,270 5.43 26 -0.0194 % 2,978.3
FloatingReset 3.35 % 3.56 % 33,058 5.76 7 0.1292 % 2,836.7
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
MFC.PR.K FixedReset -1.38 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 22.89
Bid-YTW : 6.13 %
PWF.PR.A Floater -1.21 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-08-01
Maturity Price : 21.24
Evaluated at bid price : 21.24
Bid-YTW : 3.04 %
GWO.PR.N FixedReset 1.00 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 19.13
Bid-YTW : 7.63 %
BAM.PR.C Floater 1.07 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-08-01
Maturity Price : 17.88
Evaluated at bid price : 17.88
Bid-YTW : 3.65 %
NA.PR.W FixedReset 1.60 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-08-01
Maturity Price : 22.51
Evaluated at bid price : 22.91
Bid-YTW : 4.80 %
TD.PF.A FixedReset 1.67 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-08-01
Maturity Price : 23.31
Evaluated at bid price : 23.79
Bid-YTW : 4.62 %
EMA.PR.C FixedReset 1.82 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-08-01
Maturity Price : 22.82
Evaluated at bid price : 24.11
Bid-YTW : 4.97 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
TD.PF.B FixedReset 79,603 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-08-01
Maturity Price : 22.93
Evaluated at bid price : 23.49
Bid-YTW : 4.71 %
TD.PF.H FixedReset 70,075 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-10-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.94
Bid-YTW : 3.63 %
CM.PR.S FixedReset 60,353 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-08-01
Maturity Price : 22.73
Evaluated at bid price : 23.81
Bid-YTW : 4.80 %
BMO.PR.C FixedReset 57,100 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2022-05-25
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.31
Bid-YTW : 4.08 %
CM.PR.R FixedReset 53,919 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2022-07-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.29
Bid-YTW : 4.11 %
MFC.PR.K FixedReset 53,194 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 22.89
Bid-YTW : 6.13 %
There were 17 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
PWF.PR.A Floater Quote: 21.24 – 22.00
Spot Rate : 0.7600
Average : 0.6079

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-08-01
Maturity Price : 21.24
Evaluated at bid price : 21.24
Bid-YTW : 3.04 %

MFC.PR.K FixedReset Quote: 22.89 – 23.40
Spot Rate : 0.5100
Average : 0.3658

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 22.89
Bid-YTW : 6.13 %

VNR.PR.A FixedReset Quote: 24.99 – 25.35
Spot Rate : 0.3600
Average : 0.2715

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2022-10-15
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.99
Bid-YTW : 4.71 %

IAG.PR.G FixedReset Quote: 23.79 – 24.12
Spot Rate : 0.3300
Average : 0.2478

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.79
Bid-YTW : 5.24 %

BAM.PF.E FixedReset Quote: 23.72 – 24.02
Spot Rate : 0.3000
Average : 0.2208

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-08-01
Maturity Price : 23.33
Evaluated at bid price : 23.72
Bid-YTW : 5.00 %

RY.PR.H FixedReset Quote: 23.69 – 23.89
Spot Rate : 0.2000
Average : 0.1327

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2048-08-01
Maturity Price : 23.15
Evaluated at bid price : 23.69
Bid-YTW : 4.65 %