Archive for June, 2019

MAPF Portfolio Composition : June, 2019

Saturday, June 29th, 2019

Turnover ticked up a little to a still anemic 1% in June, as the fund is now ‘all-in’ on FixedResets, particularly those with a low Issue Reset Spread. There were a few trades beginning to look interesting on the strong day June 28; if the buying pressure exhibited at the close remains in effect in the coming week, there may well be more trading to report next month!

There is extreme segmentation in the marketplace, with OSFI’s NVCC rule changes in February 2011 having had the effect of splitting the formerly relatively homogeneous Straight Perpetual class of preferreds into three parts:

  • Unaffected Straight Perpetuals
  • DeemedRetractibles explicitly subject to the rules (banks)
  • DeemedRetractibles considered by me, but not (yet!) by the market, to be likely to be explicitly subject to the rules in the future (insurers and insurance holding companies)

This segmentation, and the extreme valuation differences between the segments, has cut down markedly on the opportunities for trading.

To make this more clear, it used to be that there were 70-odd Straight Perpetuals and I was more or less indifferent as to which ones I owned (subject, of course, to issuer concentration concerns and other risk management factors). Thus, if any one of these 70 were to go down in price by – say – $0.25, I would quite often have something in inventory that I’d be willing to swap for it. The segmentation means that I am no longer indifferent; in addition to checking the valuation of a potential buy to other Straights, I also have to check its peer group. This cuts down on the potential for trading.

And, of course, the same segmentation has the same effect on trading opportunities between FixedReset issues.

I have argued for a long time that insurers will become covered by NVCC rules similar to the banks, but regulatory process on the issue is very slow.

As a result of prior delays, I initially extended the Deemed Maturity date for insurers and insurance holding companies by three years (to 2025-1-31), in the expectation that when OSFI finally does provide clarity, they will allow the same degree of lead-in time for these companies as they did for banks. This had a major effect on the durations of preferred shares subject to the change but, fortunately, not much on their calculated yields as most of these issues were either trading near par when the change was made or were trading at sufficient premium that a par call was expected on economic grounds. However, with the declines in the market over the past nine months, the expected capital gain on redemption of the insurance-issued DeemedRetractibles has become an important component of the calculated yield.

In December, 2018, I extended the DeemedMaturity date for insurance issues by another five years, to 2030-1-31.

The new date has been chosen with the idea that a decision will be made by the IAIS (International Association of Insurance Supervisors) in 2019, and (if favourable) will be implemented with an 11-year grace period, similarly to the banks. We shall see just how accurate these suppositions might be!

I must emphasize that these extensions do not give rise to any desire on my part to alter the fundamentals of my analysis. It is simply a reaction to the excessive time the regulators are taking to discuss the issue.

Sectoral distribution of the MAPF portfolio on June 28 was as follows:

MAPF Sectoral Analysis 2019-6-28
HIMI Indices Sector Weighting YTW ModDur
Ratchet 0% N/A N/A
FixFloat 0% N/A N/A
Floater 0% N/A N/A
OpRet 0% N/A N/A
SplitShare 0% N/A N/A
Interest Rearing 0% N/A N/A
PerpetualPremium 0% N/A N/A
PerpetualDiscount 0% N/A N/A
Fixed-Reset Discount 46.3% 5.71% 14.50
Deemed-Retractible 0% N/A N/A
FloatingReset 0% N/A N/A
FixedReset Premium 0% N/A N/A
FixedReset Bank non-NVCC 0% N/A N/A
FixedReset Insurance non-NVCC 40.8% 9.27% 8.42
Scraps – Ratchet 1.4% 7.17% 13.87
Scraps – FixedFloater 0% N/A N/A
Scraps – Floater 0% N/A N/A
Scraps – OpRet 0% N/A N/A
Scraps – SplitShare 0% N/A N/A
Scraps – PerpPrem 0% N/A N/A
Scraps – PerpDisc 0% N/A N/A
Scraps – FR Discount 10.3% 7.16% 12.51
Scraps – DeemedRet 0% N/A N/A
Scraps – FloatingReset 0.7% 8.17% 11.22
Scraps – FR Premium 0% N/A N/A
Scraps – Bank non-NVCC 0% N/A N/A
Scraps – Ins non-NVCC 0% N/A N/A
Cash +0.4% 0.00% 0.00
Total 100% 7.33% 11.72
Totals and changes will not add precisely due to rounding. Cash is included in totals with duration and yield both equal to zero.
The various “Scraps” indices include issues with a DBRS rating of Pfd-3(high) or lower and issues with an Average Trading Value (calculated with HIMIPref™ methodology, which is relatively complex) of less than $25,000. The issues considered “Scraps” are subdivided into indices which reflect those of the main indices.
DeemedRetractibles are comprised of all Straight Perpetuals (both PerpetualDiscount and PerpetualPremium) issued by BMO, BNS, CM, ELF, GWO, HSB, IAG, MFC, NA, RY, SLF and TD, which are not exchangable into common at the option of the company or the regulator. These issues are analyzed as if their prospectuses included a requirement to redeem at par on or prior to 2022-1-31 (banks) or 2030-1-31 (insurers and insurance holding companies), in addition to the call schedule explicitly defined. See the Deemed Retractible Review: September 2016 for the rationale behind this analysis.

Note that the estimate for the time this will become effective for insurers and insurance holding companies was extended by three years in April 2013, due to the delays in OSFI’s providing clarity on the issue and by a further five years in December, 2018.

Calculations of resettable instruments are performed assuming a constant GOC-5 rate of 1.34% and a constant 3-Month Bill rate of 1.66%

The “total” reflects the un-leveraged total portfolio (i.e., cash is included in the portfolio calculations and is deemed to have a duration and yield of 0.00.). MAPF will often have relatively large cash balances, both credit and debit, to facilitate trading. Figures presented in the table have been rounded to the indicated precision.

Credit distribution is:

MAPF Credit Analysis 2019-6-28
DBRS Rating Weighting
Pfd-1 0
Pfd-1(low) 0
Pfd-2(high) 23.3%
Pfd-2 33.7%
Pfd-2(low) 30.0%
Pfd-3(high) 3.7%
Pfd-3 4.8%
Pfd-3(low) 3.3%
Pfd-4(high) 0%
Pfd-4 0%
Pfd-4(low) 0%
Pfd-5(high) 0.7%
Pfd-5 0.0%
Cash +0.4%
Totals will not add precisely due to rounding.
The fund holds a position in AZP.PR.C, which is rated P-5(high) by S&P and is unrated by DBRS; it is included in the Pfd-5(high) total.
A position held in INE.PR.A is not rated by DBRS, but has been included as “Pfd-3” in the above table on the basis of its S&P rating of P-3.

Liquidity Distribution is:

MAPF Liquidity Analysis 2019-6-28
Average Daily Trading Weighting
<$50,000 3.4%
$50,000 – $100,000 82.2%
$100,000 – $200,000 8.9%
$200,000 – $300,000 5.1%
>$300,000 0%
Cash +0.4%
Totals will not add precisely due to rounding.

The distribution of Issue Reset Spreads is:

Range MAPF Weight
<100bp 0%
100-149bp 25.7%
150-199bp 26.9%
200-249bp 28.7%
250-299bp 10.4%
300-349bp 0.9%
350-399bp 1.2%
400-449bp 1.8%
450-499bp 1.2%
500-549bp 1.3%
550-599bp 0%
>= 600bp 0%
Undefined 1.9%

Distribution of Floating Rate Start Dates is shown in the table below. This is the date of the next adjustment to the dividend rate, if the issue is currently paying a fixed rate for a limited time; which in practice is successive terms of 5 years. Issues that adjust quarterly are considered “Currently Floating”.

Range MAPF Weight
Currently Floating 3.4%
0-1 Year 11.0%
1-2 Years 46.9%
2-3 Years 25.5%
3-4 Years 12.2%
4-5 Years 0.7%
5-6 Years 0%
>6 Years 0%
Not Floating Rate 0.4%

MAPF is, of course, Malachite Aggressive Preferred Fund, a “unit trust” managed by Hymas Investment Management Inc. Further information and links to performance, audited financials and subscription information are available the fund’s web page. The fund may be purchased either directly from Hymas Investment Management or through a brokerage account at Odlum Brown Limited. A “unit trust” is like a regular mutual fund, but are not sold with a prospectus. This is cheaper, but means subscription is restricted to “accredited investors” (as defined by the Ontario Securities Commission). Fund past performances are not a guarantee of future performance. You can lose money investing in MAPF or any other fund.

A similar portfolio composition analysis has been performed on the Claymore Preferred Share ETF (symbol CPD) (and other funds) as of July 31, 2017, and published in the August, 2017, PrefLetter. It is fair to say:

  • MAPF credit quality is much better
  • MAPF liquidity is lower
  • MAPF Yield is higher
  • Weightings
    • MAPF is much less exposed to Straight Perpetuals
    • Neither portfolio is exposed to Operating Retractibles (there aren’t too many of those any more!)
    • MAPF is equally exposed to SplitShares (that is to say, currently no exposure)
    • MAPF is less exposed to FixFloat / Floater / Ratchet
    • MAPF is significantly higher weighted in FixedResets, with a much greater emphasis on lower-spread and insurance issues

CM.PR.O To Reset at 3.713%

Saturday, June 29th, 2019

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has announced:

the dividend rates applicable to its Non-cumulative Rate Reset Class A Preferred Shares Series 39 (Non-Viability Contingent Capital (NVCC)) (the “Series 39 Shares”) and Non-cumulative Floating Rate Class A Preferred Shares Series 40 (Non-Viability Contingent Capital (NVCC)) (the “Series 40 Shares”).

The fixed dividend rate applicable to the Series 39 Shares, should any remain outstanding after July 31, 2019, for the five-year period from and including July 31, 2019 to but excluding July 31, 2024 is 3.713%, payable quarterly as and when declared by the Board of Directors of CIBC.

The floating dividend rate applicable to the Series 40 Shares, should any be issued, for the three-month period from and including July 31, 2019 to but excluding October 31, 2019 is 3.981%, payable quarterly as and when declared by the Board of Directors of CIBC. CIBC has designated the Series 40 Shares as eligible to participate in the CIBC Shareholder Investment Plan.

Beneficial owners of Series 39 Shares who wish to exercise their conversion right should instruct their broker or other nominee to exercise such right during the conversion period, which runs from July 1, 2019 until 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time) on July 16, 2019. Any notices received after this deadline will not be valid.

CM.PR.O is a FixedReset, 3.90%+232, NVCC-compliant, that commenced trading 2014-6-11 after being announced 2014-6-2. The extension was announced 2019-6-12. It is tracked by HIMIPref™ and is assigned to the FixedReset (Discount) subindex.

The most logical way to analyze the question of whether or not to convert is through the theory of Preferred Pairs, for which a calculator is available. Briefly, a Strong Pair is defined as a pair of securities that can be interconverted in the future (e.g., CM.PR.O and the FloatingReset that will exist if enough holders convert). Since they will be interconvertible on this future date, it may be assumed that they will be priced identically on this date (if they aren’t then holders will simply convert en masse to the higher-priced issue). And since they will be priced identically on a given date in the future, any current difference in price must be offset by expectations of an equal and opposite value of dividends to be received in the interim. And since the dividend rate on one element of the pair is both fixed and known, the implied average rate of the other, floating rate, instrument can be determined. Finally, we say, we may compare these average rates and take a view regarding the actual future course of that rate relative to the implied rate, which will provide us with guidance on which element of the pair is likely to outperform the other until the next interconversion date, at which time the process will be repeated.

We can show the break-even rates for each FixedReset / FloatingReset Strong Pair graphically by plotting the implied average 3-month bill rate against the next Exchange Date (which is the date to which the average will be calculated).

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Frankly, I am not sure how seriously to take the results charted above. FixedResets had a very strong day on June 28 which was emphatically not shared by their FloatingReset counterparts, where extant, and thus the calculated break-even point for the FloatingReset dividend rates (determined by the average bill rate until the next Exchange Date) has declined dramatically from the last calculation as of June 10. It is not yet clear, of course, whether this represents an actual change in market sentiment or whether this is an artifact of a few players’ day’s trading which will be quickly reversed. The following discussion will assume that this is representative of an actual change in sentiment, but please note that this conclusion is highly provisional!

The market has lost enthusiasm for floating rate product; the implied rates until the next interconversion are below the current 3-month bill rate as the averages for investment-grade and junk issues are at +0.34% and +0.68%, respectively. Whatever might be the result of the next few Bank of Canada overnight rate decisions, I suggest that it is unlikely that the average rate over the next five years will be lower than current – but if you disagree, of course, you may interpret the data any way you like.

Since credit quality of each element of the pair is equal to the other element, it should not make any difference whether the pair examined is investment-grade or junk, although we might expect greater variation of implied rates between junk issues on grounds of lower liquidity, and this is just what we see.

If we plug in the current bid price of the CM.PR.O FixedReset, we may construct the following table showing consistent prices for its soon-may-be-issued FloatingReset counterpart given a variety of Implied Breakeven yields consistent with issues currently trading:

Estimate of FloatingReset (received in exchange for CM.PR.O) Trading Price In Current Conditions
  Assumed FloatingReset
Price if Implied Bill
is equal to
FixedReset Bid Price Spread 1.00% 0.50% 0.00%
CM.PR.O 17.17 232bp 16.78 16.28 15.78

Based on current market conditions, I suggest that the FloatingResets that will result from conversion are likely to trade well below the price of their FixedReset counterparts, CM.PR.O. Therefore, it seems likely that I will recommend that holders of CM.PR.O determine whether or not to convert based on their own portfolio considerations and forecast for policy rates continue to hold the issue and not to convert, but I will wait until it’s closer to the July 16 notification deadline before making a final pronouncement – particularly since, as noted above, the closing quotes for June 28 are highly suspect. I will note that once the FloatingResets commence trading (if, in fact, they do) it may be a good trade to swap one issue for the other in the market once both elements of each pair are trading and you can – hopefully – do it with a reasonably good take-out in price, rather than doing it through the company on a 1:1 basis. But that, of course, will depend on the prices at that time and your forecast for the path of policy rates over the next five years. There are no guarantees – my recommendation is based on the assumption that current market conditions with respect to the pairs will continue until the FloatingResets commence trading and that the relative pricing of the two new pairs will reflect these conditions.

June 28, 2019

Friday, June 28th, 2019
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TXPR closed at 606.31, up 0.98% on the day. Volume was 1.72-million, relatively light in the context of the past thirty days.

CPD closed at 12.10, up 0.83% on the day. Volume of 46,515 was quite low, but not record-setting, in the context of the past thirty days.

ZPR closed at 9.72, up 1.14% on the day. Volume of 111,451 was the third-lowest of the past thirty days, exceeding only June 25 and June 14.

Five-year Canada yields were up 2bp to 1.40% today.

There was a boat-load of MOC buy orders today, which certainly had an effect on the reported closing level; we’ll see how much of it sticks next 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 -1.0252 % 1,929.1
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -1.0252 % 3,539.8
Floater 6.14 % 6.31 % 77,263 13.45 3 -1.0252 % 2,040.0
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.0284 % 3,318.6
SplitShare 4.69 % 4.74 % 87,725 4.19 7 0.0284 % 3,963.1
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.0284 % 3,092.2
Perpetual-Premium 5.61 % -11.45 % 70,206 0.09 7 -0.0112 % 2,954.4
Perpetual-Discount 5.50 % 5.62 % 60,476 14.46 26 0.1250 % 3,079.6
FixedReset Disc 5.46 % 5.24 % 162,222 14.88 70 1.1576 % 2,098.4
Deemed-Retractible 5.26 % 6.00 % 72,985 8.01 27 0.2982 % 3,089.7
FloatingReset 4.09 % 4.65 % 49,269 2.50 4 -0.4770 % 2,335.3
FixedReset Prem 5.11 % 3.74 % 185,659 1.82 16 0.3372 % 2,594.2
FixedReset Bank Non 1.97 % 3.85 % 132,637 2.51 3 0.3370 % 2,659.0
FixedReset Ins Non 5.32 % 7.51 % 91,036 8.11 22 0.8808 % 2,136.3
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
PWF.PR.A Floater -3.11 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 11.83
Evaluated at bid price : 11.83
Bid-YTW : 5.93 %
MFC.PR.L FixedReset Ins Non -1.74 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 16.41
Bid-YTW : 8.55 %
SLF.PR.J FloatingReset -1.39 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 13.51
Bid-YTW : 10.33 %
TRP.PR.E FixedReset Disc -1.36 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 15.32
Evaluated at bid price : 15.32
Bid-YTW : 6.03 %
PWF.PR.S Perpetual-Discount -1.14 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 21.75
Evaluated at bid price : 21.75
Bid-YTW : 5.62 %
SLF.PR.G FixedReset Ins Non -1.10 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 13.51
Bid-YTW : 9.79 %
HSE.PR.G FixedReset Disc 1.04 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 19.40
Evaluated at bid price : 19.40
Bid-YTW : 6.29 %
MFC.PR.O FixedReset Ins Non 1.05 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-06-19
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.98
Bid-YTW : 3.63 %
BMO.PR.C FixedReset Disc 1.12 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 22.20
Evaluated at bid price : 22.61
Bid-YTW : 5.17 %
BMO.PR.W FixedReset Disc 1.14 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 16.84
Evaluated at bid price : 16.84
Bid-YTW : 5.36 %
RY.PR.S FixedReset Disc 1.15 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 21.06
Evaluated at bid price : 21.06
Bid-YTW : 4.80 %
BMO.PR.E FixedReset Disc 1.17 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 20.72
Evaluated at bid price : 20.72
Bid-YTW : 5.16 %
RY.PR.Z FixedReset Disc 1.20 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 17.71
Evaluated at bid price : 17.71
Bid-YTW : 5.13 %
BMO.PR.Y FixedReset Disc 1.27 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 19.20
Evaluated at bid price : 19.20
Bid-YTW : 5.32 %
CM.PR.R FixedReset Disc 1.30 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 21.44
Evaluated at bid price : 21.78
Bid-YTW : 5.33 %
MFC.PR.C Deemed-Retractible 1.30 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 20.96
Bid-YTW : 6.71 %
TD.PF.J FixedReset Disc 1.32 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 20.77
Evaluated at bid price : 20.77
Bid-YTW : 5.13 %
BMO.PR.D FixedReset Disc 1.35 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 21.42
Evaluated at bid price : 21.76
Bid-YTW : 5.20 %
BAM.PF.B FixedReset Disc 1.35 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 17.23
Evaluated at bid price : 17.23
Bid-YTW : 6.00 %
SLF.PR.B Deemed-Retractible 1.36 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 22.40
Bid-YTW : 6.18 %
MFC.PR.R FixedReset Ins Non 1.36 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.83
Bid-YTW : 5.72 %
BIP.PR.C FixedReset Disc 1.37 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-09-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.19
Bid-YTW : 5.01 %
MFC.PR.M FixedReset Ins Non 1.39 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 16.74
Bid-YTW : 8.57 %
PWF.PR.T FixedReset Disc 1.49 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 18.37
Evaluated at bid price : 18.37
Bid-YTW : 5.33 %
TRP.PR.C FixedReset Disc 1.51 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 12.04
Evaluated at bid price : 12.04
Bid-YTW : 5.87 %
CU.PR.G Perpetual-Discount 1.51 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 20.78
Evaluated at bid price : 20.78
Bid-YTW : 5.48 %
TD.PF.K FixedReset Disc 1.53 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 20.51
Evaluated at bid price : 20.51
Bid-YTW : 5.14 %
BAM.PF.F FixedReset Disc 1.54 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 17.12
Evaluated at bid price : 17.12
Bid-YTW : 6.18 %
BIP.PR.D FixedReset Disc 1.64 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 22.39
Evaluated at bid price : 22.87
Bid-YTW : 5.58 %
RY.PR.H FixedReset Disc 1.70 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 17.90
Evaluated at bid price : 17.90
Bid-YTW : 5.09 %
BAM.PF.E FixedReset Disc 1.71 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 16.06
Evaluated at bid price : 16.06
Bid-YTW : 6.14 %
TRP.PR.D FixedReset Disc 1.81 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 16.32
Evaluated at bid price : 16.32
Bid-YTW : 5.78 %
BAM.PF.G FixedReset Disc 1.83 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 17.21
Evaluated at bid price : 17.21
Bid-YTW : 6.14 %
BMO.PR.T FixedReset Disc 1.86 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 16.98
Evaluated at bid price : 16.98
Bid-YTW : 5.34 %
NA.PR.C FixedReset Disc 1.87 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 21.42
Evaluated at bid price : 21.75
Bid-YTW : 5.47 %
CM.PR.Q FixedReset Disc 1.88 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 18.98
Evaluated at bid price : 18.98
Bid-YTW : 5.40 %
IFC.PR.A FixedReset Ins Non 1.92 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 14.90
Bid-YTW : 9.33 %
BAM.PR.Z FixedReset Disc 1.98 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 18.51
Evaluated at bid price : 18.51
Bid-YTW : 5.97 %
BNS.PR.I FixedReset Disc 1.99 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 20.86
Evaluated at bid price : 20.86
Bid-YTW : 4.84 %
CM.PR.S FixedReset Disc 2.02 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 19.23
Evaluated at bid price : 19.23
Bid-YTW : 5.12 %
SLF.PR.I FixedReset Ins Non 2.06 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 19.35
Bid-YTW : 7.09 %
IAF.PR.G FixedReset Ins Non 2.13 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 19.64
Bid-YTW : 6.98 %
MFC.PR.H FixedReset Ins Non 2.15 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 20.44
Bid-YTW : 6.93 %
TRP.PR.G FixedReset Disc 2.23 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 18.30
Evaluated at bid price : 18.30
Bid-YTW : 5.89 %
TD.PF.D FixedReset Disc 2.38 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 20.23
Evaluated at bid price : 20.23
Bid-YTW : 5.14 %
RY.PR.J FixedReset Disc 2.41 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 19.97
Evaluated at bid price : 19.97
Bid-YTW : 5.14 %
CM.PR.O FixedReset Disc 2.51 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 17.17
Evaluated at bid price : 17.17
Bid-YTW : 5.33 %
RY.PR.M FixedReset Disc 2.59 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 19.39
Evaluated at bid price : 19.39
Bid-YTW : 5.13 %
TD.PF.E FixedReset Disc 2.66 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 20.44
Evaluated at bid price : 20.44
Bid-YTW : 5.18 %
TRP.PR.B FixedReset Disc 2.67 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 11.54
Evaluated at bid price : 11.54
Bid-YTW : 5.66 %
MFC.PR.I FixedReset Ins Non 2.67 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 19.23
Bid-YTW : 7.51 %
EMA.PR.F FixedReset Disc 2.72 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 17.38
Evaluated at bid price : 17.38
Bid-YTW : 5.81 %
HSE.PR.C FixedReset Disc 2.82 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 18.61
Evaluated at bid price : 18.61
Bid-YTW : 6.05 %
CU.PR.C FixedReset Disc 2.93 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 18.24
Evaluated at bid price : 18.24
Bid-YTW : 5.10 %
BAM.PF.A FixedReset Disc 2.98 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 18.98
Evaluated at bid price : 18.98
Bid-YTW : 5.90 %
BAM.PR.R FixedReset Disc 3.24 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 14.97
Evaluated at bid price : 14.97
Bid-YTW : 5.99 %
BAM.PR.T FixedReset Disc 4.30 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 15.03
Evaluated at bid price : 15.03
Bid-YTW : 6.06 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
TD.PF.B FixedReset Disc 65,980 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 17.69
Evaluated at bid price : 17.69
Bid-YTW : 5.19 %
IFC.PR.E Deemed-Retractible 51,565 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.50
Bid-YTW : 6.01 %
CM.PR.O FixedReset Disc 41,616 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 17.17
Evaluated at bid price : 17.17
Bid-YTW : 5.33 %
CU.PR.D Perpetual-Discount 36,500 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 22.24
Evaluated at bid price : 22.55
Bid-YTW : 5.48 %
TD.PF.J FixedReset Disc 31,825 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 20.77
Evaluated at bid price : 20.77
Bid-YTW : 5.13 %
MFC.PR.R FixedReset Ins Non 31,566 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.83
Bid-YTW : 5.72 %
There were 28 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
TRP.PR.E FixedReset Disc Quote: 15.32 – 15.99
Spot Rate : 0.6700
Average : 0.4103

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 15.32
Evaluated at bid price : 15.32
Bid-YTW : 6.03 %

BIP.PR.A FixedReset Disc Quote: 18.91 – 19.64
Spot Rate : 0.7300
Average : 0.5044

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 18.91
Evaluated at bid price : 18.91
Bid-YTW : 6.50 %

HSE.PR.G FixedReset Disc Quote: 19.40 – 19.92
Spot Rate : 0.5200
Average : 0.3649

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 19.40
Evaluated at bid price : 19.40
Bid-YTW : 6.29 %

MFC.PR.G FixedReset Ins Non Quote: 18.88 – 19.59
Spot Rate : 0.7100
Average : 0.5552

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 18.88
Bid-YTW : 7.60 %

TD.PF.D FixedReset Disc Quote: 20.23 – 20.65
Spot Rate : 0.4200
Average : 0.2717

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-28
Maturity Price : 20.23
Evaluated at bid price : 20.23
Bid-YTW : 5.14 %

SLF.PR.H FixedReset Ins Non Quote: 15.94 – 16.50
Spot Rate : 0.5600
Average : 0.4131

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 15.94
Bid-YTW : 8.66 %

AX.PR.G To Be Redeemed

Friday, June 28th, 2019

Artis Real Estate Investment Trust has announced:

that it has delivered formal notice to the holder(s) of its Preferred Units, Series G (the “Series G Units”) that, on July 31, 2019, the REIT will redeem all of the 3,140,300 outstanding Series G Units at a price of $25.3125 (the “Redemption Price”) for each Series G Unit, being $25.00 plus $0.3125 in accrued and unpaid distributions thereon up to but excluding July 31, 2019.

The Redemption Price will be payable upon presentation and surrender of the Series G Units called for redemption at the corporate trust offices of AST Trust Company (Canada) at 1 Toronto Street, Suite 1200, Toronto, Ontario, M5C 2V6, Attention: Corporate Actions.

That was a nice surprise for holders of the issue, as AX.PR.G closed at 25.25, up $4.52 (+21.80%!) on volume of 234,839.

AX.PR.G is a FixedReset, 5.00%+313, that commenced trading 2013-7-29 after being announced 2013-7-18. Note that it is not strictly a “preferred share”, it is a trust unit, and that it pays interest and return of capital (see comments), not dividends. The issue has been tracked by HIMIPref™ but relegated to the Scraps – FixedReset (Discount) subindex on credit concerns.

A hint as to why they did this may be found in a June 3 press release:

Artis Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX: AX.UN) (“Artis” or the “REIT”) provided an update today on its normal course issuer bid (“NCIB”) activity in May 2019.

During the month of May, Artis has acquired the following number of units through its NCIB:
• 1,590,993 trust units at a weighted-average price of $11.24;
• 6,800 Series A preferred units at a weighted-average price of $21.96;
• 9,800 Series E preferred units at a weighted-average price of $20.56; and
• 13,100 Series G units at a weighted-average price of $21.99.

From November 1, 2018, when the REIT announced its intention to purchase units through its NCIB, to May 31, 2019, Artis has bought back 12,650,364 trust units at a weighted-average price of $10.46, 51,900 Series A preferred units at a weighted-average price of $21.53, 59,600 Series E preferred units at a weighted-average price of $20.09, and 55,000 Series G preferred units at a weightedaverage price of $21.37.

As of the date hereof, there are 141,283,025 trust units, 3,400,200 Series A preferred units, 3,944,100 Series E preferred units, 3,150,300 Series G preferred units and 5,000,000 Series I preferred units outstanding.

The REIT has an automatic purchase plan in place which allows for the continuous purchase of units and preferred units under its NCIB, including during normal blackout periods.

Their 2018 Financial Report discloses:

The REIT’s weighted-average effective rate at December 31, 2018, on mortgages and other loans secured by properties, inclusive of properties held in joint ty5frgtenture arrangements, was 4.30%, compared to 3.96% at December 31, 2017. The weighted-average nominal interest rate on mortgages and other loans secured by properties, inclusive of properties held in joint venture arrangements, at December 31, 2018, was 4.09%, compared to 3.79% at December 31, 2017.

So in terms of cash, they’re not really saving too much by redeeming AX.PR.G at par, given that it would have reset to about 4.50%. But they’re saving a little bit, and 50bp was enough for RioCan to redeem REI.PR.A and later, REI.PR.C.

Still, holders of AX.PR.G have just been handed a windfall profit of over $14-million, which is about $0.10 per trust unit outstanding, which compares to a reported profit of $158-million in 2018. If I owned the trust units, I’d be ticked off. Why is there such an emphasis on big dramatic moves? What’s wrong with continuing to purchase on the open market at a $4 discount to par, given that the excess financing cost is only about $0.10 – $0.15 per annum? What’s the risk? If you get it wrong, you have another chance to redeem in five years – that’s the beauty of the FixedReset structure – at least, from the issuers’ perspective.

Sure, it’s slow. So what? Slow and steady wins the race!

June 27, 2019

Thursday, June 27th, 2019
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 1.4562 % 1,949.1
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 1.4562 % 3,576.5
Floater 6.07 % 6.31 % 76,480 13.45 3 1.4562 % 2,061.2
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.2963 % 3,317.6
SplitShare 4.69 % 4.71 % 84,386 4.19 7 0.2963 % 3,962.0
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.2963 % 3,091.3
Perpetual-Premium 5.61 % -11.63 % 70,867 0.09 7 -0.0056 % 2,954.8
Perpetual-Discount 5.50 % 5.58 % 60,741 14.53 26 -0.1797 % 3,075.8
FixedReset Disc 5.52 % 5.31 % 164,096 14.78 70 0.3189 % 2,074.4
Deemed-Retractible 5.28 % 6.01 % 72,525 8.01 27 -0.1322 % 3,080.5
FloatingReset 4.06 % 4.61 % 49,624 2.48 4 0.4108 % 2,346.5
FixedReset Prem 5.11 % 3.88 % 188,203 1.82 16 0.1632 % 2,585.5
FixedReset Bank Non 1.97 % 4.03 % 137,215 2.50 3 0.1391 % 2,650.1
FixedReset Ins Non 5.37 % 7.63 % 91,841 8.08 22 -0.1866 % 2,117.7
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
SLF.PR.G FixedReset Ins Non -2.08 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 13.66
Bid-YTW : 9.66 %
GWO.PR.R Deemed-Retractible -1.79 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 21.90
Bid-YTW : 6.47 %
MFC.PR.I FixedReset Ins Non -1.68 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 18.73
Bid-YTW : 7.84 %
BAM.PR.R FixedReset Disc -1.63 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-27
Maturity Price : 14.50
Evaluated at bid price : 14.50
Bid-YTW : 6.19 %
TRP.PR.C FixedReset Disc -1.23 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-27
Maturity Price : 12.00
Evaluated at bid price : 12.00
Bid-YTW : 5.98 %
SLF.PR.B Deemed-Retractible -1.12 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 22.10
Bid-YTW : 6.35 %
BIP.PR.A FixedReset Disc -1.06 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-27
Maturity Price : 18.75
Evaluated at bid price : 18.75
Bid-YTW : 6.55 %
TD.PF.A FixedReset Disc 1.05 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-27
Maturity Price : 17.38
Evaluated at bid price : 17.38
Bid-YTW : 5.25 %
CM.PR.Q FixedReset Disc 1.10 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-27
Maturity Price : 18.63
Evaluated at bid price : 18.63
Bid-YTW : 5.50 %
CM.PR.T FixedReset Disc 1.13 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-27
Maturity Price : 22.89
Evaluated at bid price : 24.25
Bid-YTW : 4.87 %
RY.PR.H FixedReset Disc 1.21 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-27
Maturity Price : 17.60
Evaluated at bid price : 17.60
Bid-YTW : 5.18 %
IFC.PR.G FixedReset Ins Non 1.22 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 19.99
Bid-YTW : 7.09 %
TRP.PR.E FixedReset Disc 1.22 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-27
Maturity Price : 15.80
Evaluated at bid price : 15.80
Bid-YTW : 5.97 %
CM.PR.P FixedReset Disc 1.31 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-27
Maturity Price : 16.34
Evaluated at bid price : 16.34
Bid-YTW : 5.49 %
NA.PR.E FixedReset Disc 1.34 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-27
Maturity Price : 19.71
Evaluated at bid price : 19.71
Bid-YTW : 5.24 %
NA.PR.S FixedReset Disc 1.44 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-27
Maturity Price : 17.60
Evaluated at bid price : 17.60
Bid-YTW : 5.51 %
HSE.PR.A FixedReset Disc 1.46 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-27
Maturity Price : 12.48
Evaluated at bid price : 12.48
Bid-YTW : 6.03 %
SLF.PR.J FloatingReset 1.48 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 13.70
Bid-YTW : 10.15 %
BAM.PR.Z FixedReset Disc 1.62 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-27
Maturity Price : 18.15
Evaluated at bid price : 18.15
Bid-YTW : 6.09 %
BAM.PR.K Floater 1.85 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-27
Maturity Price : 11.00
Evaluated at bid price : 11.00
Bid-YTW : 6.31 %
BAM.PF.I FixedReset Disc 2.06 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-27
Maturity Price : 23.14
Evaluated at bid price : 24.29
Bid-YTW : 5.24 %
BAM.PR.B Floater 2.15 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-27
Maturity Price : 10.93
Evaluated at bid price : 10.93
Bid-YTW : 6.35 %
CU.PR.C FixedReset Disc 2.72 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-27
Maturity Price : 17.72
Evaluated at bid price : 17.72
Bid-YTW : 5.25 %
BAM.PR.X FixedReset Disc 2.93 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-27
Maturity Price : 12.63
Evaluated at bid price : 12.63
Bid-YTW : 6.11 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
SLF.PR.A Deemed-Retractible 332,090 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 22.05
Bid-YTW : 6.33 %
CGI.PR.D SplitShare 140,000 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Soft Maturity
Maturity Date : 2023-06-14
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.78
Bid-YTW : 4.05 %
TD.PF.C FixedReset Disc 78,513 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-27
Maturity Price : 17.40
Evaluated at bid price : 17.40
Bid-YTW : 5.26 %
TD.PF.A FixedReset Disc 72,374 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-27
Maturity Price : 17.38
Evaluated at bid price : 17.38
Bid-YTW : 5.25 %
BMO.PR.T FixedReset Disc 63,900 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-27
Maturity Price : 16.67
Evaluated at bid price : 16.67
Bid-YTW : 5.44 %
BAM.PF.G FixedReset Disc 62,153 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-27
Maturity Price : 16.90
Evaluated at bid price : 16.90
Bid-YTW : 6.25 %
There were 37 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
HSE.PR.A FixedReset Disc Quote: 12.48 – 15.00
Spot Rate : 2.5200
Average : 1.4808

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-27
Maturity Price : 12.48
Evaluated at bid price : 12.48
Bid-YTW : 6.03 %

GWO.PR.N FixedReset Ins Non Quote: 14.15 – 14.72
Spot Rate : 0.5700
Average : 0.3936

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 14.15
Bid-YTW : 9.01 %

NA.PR.S FixedReset Disc Quote: 17.60 – 17.97
Spot Rate : 0.3700
Average : 0.2562

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-27
Maturity Price : 17.60
Evaluated at bid price : 17.60
Bid-YTW : 5.51 %

BAM.PR.T FixedReset Disc Quote: 14.41 – 14.87
Spot Rate : 0.4600
Average : 0.3506

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-27
Maturity Price : 14.41
Evaluated at bid price : 14.41
Bid-YTW : 6.32 %

NA.PR.G FixedReset Disc Quote: 20.74 – 21.09
Spot Rate : 0.3500
Average : 0.2438

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-27
Maturity Price : 20.74
Evaluated at bid price : 20.74
Bid-YTW : 5.28 %

PWF.PR.E Perpetual-Discount Quote: 24.55 – 24.85
Spot Rate : 0.3000
Average : 0.1944

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-27
Maturity Price : 24.25
Evaluated at bid price : 24.55
Bid-YTW : 5.69 %

June 26, 2019

Wednesday, June 26th, 2019

PerpetualDiscounts now yield 5.60%, equivalent to 7.28% interest at the standard equivalency factor of 1.3x. Long corporates now yield 3.42%, so the pre-tax interest-equivalent spread (in this context, the “Seniority Spread”) is now 385bp, a slight (and perhaps spurious) narrowing from the 390bp reported June 19.

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 1.9079 % 1,921.1
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 1.9079 % 3,525.2
Floater 6.16 % 6.43 % 75,160 13.29 3 1.9079 % 2,031.6
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.1252 % 3,307.8
SplitShare 4.71 % 4.81 % 80,115 4.20 7 -0.1252 % 3,950.2
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.1252 % 3,082.1
Perpetual-Premium 5.61 % -11.81 % 71,746 0.09 7 0.1628 % 2,954.9
Perpetual-Discount 5.49 % 5.60 % 60,372 14.46 26 0.1367 % 3,081.3
FixedReset Disc 5.53 % 5.37 % 165,128 14.71 70 0.2518 % 2,067.8
Deemed-Retractible 5.27 % 5.95 % 72,560 8.01 27 0.1835 % 3,084.6
FloatingReset 4.08 % 4.61 % 51,562 2.49 4 0.0530 % 2,336.9
FixedReset Prem 5.11 % 3.92 % 183,812 1.82 16 -0.0921 % 2,581.3
FixedReset Bank Non 1.98 % 4.08 % 142,363 2.51 3 -0.1666 % 2,646.4
FixedReset Ins Non 5.36 % 7.56 % 91,824 8.08 22 0.4316 % 2,121.6
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
BAM.PR.X FixedReset Disc -2.70 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-26
Maturity Price : 12.27
Evaluated at bid price : 12.27
Bid-YTW : 6.28 %
BAM.PF.I FixedReset Disc -1.86 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-26
Maturity Price : 22.91
Evaluated at bid price : 23.80
Bid-YTW : 5.36 %
BAM.PR.Z FixedReset Disc -1.65 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-26
Maturity Price : 17.86
Evaluated at bid price : 17.86
Bid-YTW : 6.19 %
HSE.PR.C FixedReset Disc -1.64 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-26
Maturity Price : 18.00
Evaluated at bid price : 18.00
Bid-YTW : 6.25 %
MFC.PR.C Deemed-Retractible 1.07 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 20.79
Bid-YTW : 6.80 %
BAM.PF.A FixedReset Disc 1.09 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-26
Maturity Price : 18.60
Evaluated at bid price : 18.60
Bid-YTW : 6.02 %
BIP.PR.F FixedReset Disc 1.13 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-26
Maturity Price : 21.49
Evaluated at bid price : 21.49
Bid-YTW : 5.97 %
TRP.PR.G FixedReset Disc 1.13 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-26
Maturity Price : 17.85
Evaluated at bid price : 17.85
Bid-YTW : 6.04 %
PWF.PR.S Perpetual-Discount 1.14 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-26
Maturity Price : 21.84
Evaluated at bid price : 22.10
Bid-YTW : 5.51 %
BMO.PR.W FixedReset Disc 1.16 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-26
Maturity Price : 16.60
Evaluated at bid price : 16.60
Bid-YTW : 5.44 %
PWF.PR.P FixedReset Disc 1.17 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-26
Maturity Price : 13.00
Evaluated at bid price : 13.00
Bid-YTW : 5.61 %
NA.PR.C FixedReset Disc 1.23 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-26
Maturity Price : 21.45
Evaluated at bid price : 21.45
Bid-YTW : 5.56 %
HSE.PR.A FixedReset Disc 1.23 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-26
Maturity Price : 12.30
Evaluated at bid price : 12.30
Bid-YTW : 6.11 %
NA.PR.E FixedReset Disc 1.25 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-26
Maturity Price : 19.45
Evaluated at bid price : 19.45
Bid-YTW : 5.31 %
TD.PF.B FixedReset Disc 1.27 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-26
Maturity Price : 17.52
Evaluated at bid price : 17.52
Bid-YTW : 5.24 %
MFC.PR.N FixedReset Ins Non 1.28 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 16.61
Bid-YTW : 8.59 %
TRP.PR.D FixedReset Disc 1.31 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-26
Maturity Price : 16.26
Evaluated at bid price : 16.26
Bid-YTW : 5.91 %
NA.PR.G FixedReset Disc 1.31 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-26
Maturity Price : 20.87
Evaluated at bid price : 20.87
Bid-YTW : 5.25 %
BMO.PR.Y FixedReset Disc 1.39 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-26
Maturity Price : 19.02
Evaluated at bid price : 19.02
Bid-YTW : 5.37 %
BAM.PF.G FixedReset Disc 1.44 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-26
Maturity Price : 16.85
Evaluated at bid price : 16.85
Bid-YTW : 6.27 %
CU.PR.C FixedReset Disc 1.47 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-26
Maturity Price : 17.25
Evaluated at bid price : 17.25
Bid-YTW : 5.40 %
TRP.PR.A FixedReset Disc 1.71 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-26
Maturity Price : 13.70
Evaluated at bid price : 13.70
Bid-YTW : 5.99 %
SLF.PR.A Deemed-Retractible 1.79 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 22.15
Bid-YTW : 6.27 %
MFC.PR.L FixedReset Ins Non 1.83 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 16.70
Bid-YTW : 8.32 %
PWF.PR.T FixedReset Disc 1.85 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-26
Maturity Price : 18.20
Evaluated at bid price : 18.20
Bid-YTW : 5.38 %
SLF.PR.I FixedReset Ins Non 1.88 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 18.95
Bid-YTW : 7.34 %
IFC.PR.A FixedReset Ins Non 1.88 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 14.60
Bid-YTW : 9.58 %
PWF.PR.A Floater 2.02 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-26
Maturity Price : 12.15
Evaluated at bid price : 12.15
Bid-YTW : 5.77 %
BAM.PR.K Floater 2.86 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-26
Maturity Price : 10.80
Evaluated at bid price : 10.80
Bid-YTW : 6.43 %
TRP.PR.B FixedReset Disc 3.09 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-26
Maturity Price : 11.35
Evaluated at bid price : 11.35
Bid-YTW : 5.75 %
SLF.PR.G FixedReset Ins Non 3.33 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 13.95
Bid-YTW : 9.40 %
TRP.PR.C FixedReset Disc 3.67 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-26
Maturity Price : 12.15
Evaluated at bid price : 12.15
Bid-YTW : 5.90 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
MFC.PR.K FixedReset Ins Non 106,400 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 18.02
Bid-YTW : 7.97 %
BMO.PR.W FixedReset Disc 70,200 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-26
Maturity Price : 16.60
Evaluated at bid price : 16.60
Bid-YTW : 5.44 %
CM.PR.O FixedReset Disc 66,000 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-26
Maturity Price : 16.89
Evaluated at bid price : 16.89
Bid-YTW : 5.52 %
BAM.PF.E FixedReset Disc 54,699 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-26
Maturity Price : 15.69
Evaluated at bid price : 15.69
Bid-YTW : 6.29 %
MFC.PR.O FixedReset Ins Non 54,300 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-06-19
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.71
Bid-YTW : 4.18 %
IFC.PR.A FixedReset Ins Non 50,700 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 14.60
Bid-YTW : 9.58 %
There were 39 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
BAM.PR.Z FixedReset Disc Quote: 17.86 – 18.49
Spot Rate : 0.6300
Average : 0.3695

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-26
Maturity Price : 17.86
Evaluated at bid price : 17.86
Bid-YTW : 6.19 %

BAM.PF.I FixedReset Disc Quote: 23.80 – 24.44
Spot Rate : 0.6400
Average : 0.3875

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-26
Maturity Price : 22.91
Evaluated at bid price : 23.80
Bid-YTW : 5.36 %

BIP.PR.D FixedReset Disc Quote: 22.45 – 22.95
Spot Rate : 0.5000
Average : 0.3414

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-26
Maturity Price : 22.10
Evaluated at bid price : 22.45
Bid-YTW : 5.69 %

BMO.PR.T FixedReset Disc Quote: 16.55 – 16.90
Spot Rate : 0.3500
Average : 0.2279

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-26
Maturity Price : 16.55
Evaluated at bid price : 16.55
Bid-YTW : 5.48 %

TRP.PR.D FixedReset Disc Quote: 16.26 – 16.60
Spot Rate : 0.3400
Average : 0.2194

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-26
Maturity Price : 16.26
Evaluated at bid price : 16.26
Bid-YTW : 5.91 %

BMO.PR.Y FixedReset Disc Quote: 19.02 – 19.40
Spot Rate : 0.3800
Average : 0.2646

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-26
Maturity Price : 19.02
Evaluated at bid price : 19.02
Bid-YTW : 5.37 %

TD.PF.B To Be Extended

Wednesday, June 26th, 2019

The Toronto-Dominion Bank has announced (on July 25 June 25, so they say, but it wasn’t on their website yesterday evening!):

that it does not intend to exercise its right to redeem all or any part of the currently outstanding 20 million Non-Cumulative 5-Year Rate Reset Preferred Shares, Series 3 (Non-Viability Contingent Capital (NVCC)) (the “Series 3 Shares”) of TD on July 31, 2019. As a result and subject to certain conditions set out in the prospectus supplement dated July 24, 2014 relating to the issuance of the Series 3 Shares, the holders of the Series 3 Shares have the right to convert all or part of their Series 3 Shares, on a one-for-one basis, into Non-Cumulative Floating Rate Preferred Shares, Series 4 (NVCC) (the “Series 4 Shares”) of TD on July 31, 2019. Holders who do not exercise their right to convert their Series 3 Shares into Series 4 Shares on such date will continue to hold their Series 3 Shares.

The foregoing conversion right is subject to the conditions that: (i) if TD determines that there would be less than 1,000,000 Series 4 Shares outstanding after taking into account all shares tendered for conversion on July 31, 2019, then holders of Series 3 Shares will not be entitled to convert their shares into Series 4 Shares, and (ii) alternatively, if TD determines that there would remain outstanding less than 1,000,000 Series 3 Shares after taking into account all shares tendered for conversion on July 31, 2019, then all remaining Series 3 Shares will automatically be converted into Series 4 Shares on a one-for-one basis on July 31, 2019. In either case, TD will give written notice to that effect to holders of Series 3 Shares no later than July 24, 2019.

The dividend rate applicable to the Series 3 Shares for the 5-year period from and including July 31, 2019 to but excluding July 31, 2024, and the dividend rate applicable to the Series 4 Shares for the 3-month period from and including July 31, 2019 to but excluding October 31, 2019, will be determined and announced by way of a press release on July 2, 2019.

Beneficial owners of Series 3 Shares who wish to exercise their conversion right should communicate as soon as possible with their broker or other nominee to obtain instructions for exercising such right during the conversion period, which runs from July 2, 2019 until 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on July 16, 2019.

Inquiries should be directed to TD’s Registrar and Transfer Agent, AST Trust Company (Canada), at 1-800-387-0825 (or in Toronto 416-682-3860).

TD.PF.B is a FixedReset 3.80%+227, NVCC-compliant, issue that commenced trading 2014-7-31 after being announced 2014-7-22. It is tracked by HIMIPref™ and is assigned to the FixedReset (Discount) subindex.

I will have more to say when the reset rate is announced on July 2.

June 25, 2019

Tuesday, June 25th, 2019
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 -2.5671 % 1,885.2
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -2.5671 % 3,459.2
Floater 6.28 % 6.54 % 72,646 13.14 3 -2.5671 % 1,993.5
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.0569 % 3,312.0
SplitShare 4.70 % 4.79 % 77,817 4.20 7 -0.0569 % 3,955.2
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.0569 % 3,086.0
Perpetual-Premium 5.62 % -10.19 % 72,645 0.09 7 0.0225 % 2,950.1
Perpetual-Discount 5.50 % 5.60 % 60,969 14.49 26 0.1758 % 3,077.1
FixedReset Disc 5.54 % 5.39 % 163,225 14.70 70 -0.0173 % 2,062.6
Deemed-Retractible 5.28 % 5.97 % 74,749 8.01 27 -0.0112 % 3,078.9
FloatingReset 4.08 % 4.62 % 53,335 2.49 4 0.0796 % 2,335.7
FixedReset Prem 5.11 % 3.91 % 188,672 1.82 16 -0.0048 % 2,583.7
FixedReset Bank Non 1.97 % 4.05 % 147,435 2.51 3 0.3763 % 2,650.8
FixedReset Ins Non 5.38 % 7.57 % 94,974 8.10 22 0.0025 % 2,112.5
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
PWF.PR.A Floater -3.56 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-25
Maturity Price : 11.91
Evaluated at bid price : 11.91
Bid-YTW : 5.88 %
BAM.PR.B Floater -2.48 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-25
Maturity Price : 10.61
Evaluated at bid price : 10.61
Bid-YTW : 6.54 %
PWF.PR.T FixedReset Disc -2.08 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-25
Maturity Price : 17.87
Evaluated at bid price : 17.87
Bid-YTW : 5.48 %
NA.PR.G FixedReset Disc -1.90 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-25
Maturity Price : 20.60
Evaluated at bid price : 20.60
Bid-YTW : 5.32 %
BAM.PR.K Floater -1.50 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-25
Maturity Price : 10.50
Evaluated at bid price : 10.50
Bid-YTW : 6.61 %
BIP.PR.D FixedReset Disc -1.27 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-25
Maturity Price : 22.11
Evaluated at bid price : 22.46
Bid-YTW : 5.69 %
TRP.PR.F FloatingReset -1.25 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-25
Maturity Price : 13.38
Evaluated at bid price : 13.38
Bid-YTW : 6.72 %
BAM.PF.A FixedReset Disc -1.18 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-25
Maturity Price : 18.40
Evaluated at bid price : 18.40
Bid-YTW : 6.09 %
MFC.PR.M FixedReset Ins Non -1.13 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 16.58
Bid-YTW : 8.68 %
MFC.PR.O FixedReset Ins Non -1.11 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-06-19
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.77
Bid-YTW : 4.05 %
MFC.PR.F FixedReset Ins Non -1.10 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 13.50
Bid-YTW : 9.68 %
IAF.PR.I FixedReset Ins Non -1.09 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 20.04
Bid-YTW : 7.14 %
SLF.PR.H FixedReset Ins Non 1.01 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 15.96
Bid-YTW : 8.63 %
RY.PR.M FixedReset Disc 1.08 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-25
Maturity Price : 18.80
Evaluated at bid price : 18.80
Bid-YTW : 5.29 %
CU.PR.D Perpetual-Discount 1.08 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-25
Maturity Price : 22.24
Evaluated at bid price : 22.55
Bid-YTW : 5.47 %
BIP.PR.E FixedReset Disc 1.19 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-25
Maturity Price : 21.25
Evaluated at bid price : 21.25
Bid-YTW : 5.92 %
MFC.PR.J FixedReset Ins Non 1.21 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 19.21
Bid-YTW : 7.54 %
RY.PR.J FixedReset Disc 1.29 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-25
Maturity Price : 19.58
Evaluated at bid price : 19.58
Bid-YTW : 5.24 %
EMA.PR.F FixedReset Disc 1.30 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-25
Maturity Price : 17.12
Evaluated at bid price : 17.12
Bid-YTW : 5.89 %
CM.PR.S FixedReset Disc 1.92 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-25
Maturity Price : 19.08
Evaluated at bid price : 19.08
Bid-YTW : 5.26 %
CIU.PR.A Perpetual-Discount 2.16 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-25
Maturity Price : 21.25
Evaluated at bid price : 21.25
Bid-YTW : 5.47 %
HSE.PR.C FixedReset Disc 2.81 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-25
Maturity Price : 18.30
Evaluated at bid price : 18.30
Bid-YTW : 6.15 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
GWO.PR.G Deemed-Retractible 312,800 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.37
Bid-YTW : 6.07 %
BMO.PR.T FixedReset Disc 57,338 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-25
Maturity Price : 16.52
Evaluated at bid price : 16.52
Bid-YTW : 5.49 %
CM.PR.R FixedReset Disc 45,127 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-25
Maturity Price : 21.24
Evaluated at bid price : 21.52
Bid-YTW : 5.48 %
TD.PF.M FixedReset Disc 41,103 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-25
Maturity Price : 23.04
Evaluated at bid price : 24.66
Bid-YTW : 4.98 %
TD.PF.C FixedReset Disc 37,778 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-25
Maturity Price : 17.20
Evaluated at bid price : 17.20
Bid-YTW : 5.32 %
HSE.PR.C FixedReset Disc 29,500 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-25
Maturity Price : 18.30
Evaluated at bid price : 18.30
Bid-YTW : 6.15 %
There were 37 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
PVS.PR.G SplitShare Quote: 25.15 – 25.56
Spot Rate : 0.4100
Average : 0.2401

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Option Certainty
Maturity Date : 2026-02-28
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.15
Bid-YTW : 4.86 %

MFC.PR.G FixedReset Ins Non Quote: 18.81 – 19.31
Spot Rate : 0.5000
Average : 0.3357

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 18.81
Bid-YTW : 7.63 %

PWF.PR.T FixedReset Disc Quote: 17.87 – 18.30
Spot Rate : 0.4300
Average : 0.2754

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-25
Maturity Price : 17.87
Evaluated at bid price : 17.87
Bid-YTW : 5.48 %

CCS.PR.C Deemed-Retractible Quote: 23.85 – 24.20
Spot Rate : 0.3500
Average : 0.2378

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.85
Bid-YTW : 5.61 %

IFC.PR.C FixedReset Ins Non Quote: 17.98 – 18.33
Spot Rate : 0.3500
Average : 0.2397

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 17.98
Bid-YTW : 7.79 %

PWF.PR.K Perpetual-Discount Quote: 22.13 – 22.39
Spot Rate : 0.2600
Average : 0.1613

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-25
Maturity Price : 21.89
Evaluated at bid price : 22.13
Bid-YTW : 5.68 %

June 24, 2019

Monday, June 24th, 2019
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 1.1038 % 1,934.8
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 1.1038 % 3,550.3
Floater 6.12 % 6.38 % 70,349 13.37 3 1.1038 % 2,046.1
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.1930 % 3,313.9
SplitShare 4.70 % 4.81 % 73,159 4.20 7 -0.1930 % 3,957.5
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.1930 % 3,087.8
Perpetual-Premium 5.62 % -9.20 % 71,558 0.09 7 -0.1162 % 2,949.5
Perpetual-Discount 5.51 % 5.62 % 61,090 14.47 26 0.1211 % 3,071.7
FixedReset Disc 5.54 % 5.37 % 162,474 14.72 70 0.1656 % 2,062.9
Deemed-Retractible 5.28 % 5.97 % 75,871 8.01 27 0.2078 % 3,079.3
FloatingReset 4.08 % 4.92 % 51,144 2.49 4 -0.2515 % 2,333.8
FixedReset Prem 5.11 % 3.73 % 190,664 1.83 16 -0.0121 % 2,583.8
FixedReset Bank Non 1.98 % 4.32 % 148,000 2.51 3 0.0976 % 2,640.9
FixedReset Ins Non 5.38 % 7.64 % 94,545 8.10 22 0.0395 % 2,112.5
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
TRP.PR.C FixedReset Disc -2.02 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-24
Maturity Price : 11.66
Evaluated at bid price : 11.66
Bid-YTW : 6.15 %
SLF.PR.J FloatingReset -1.97 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 13.45
Bid-YTW : 10.37 %
TD.PF.I FixedReset Disc -1.76 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-24
Maturity Price : 21.39
Evaluated at bid price : 21.71
Bid-YTW : 5.11 %
CU.PR.D Perpetual-Discount -1.50 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-24
Maturity Price : 22.06
Evaluated at bid price : 22.31
Bid-YTW : 5.54 %
MFC.PR.I FixedReset Ins Non -1.47 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 18.81
Bid-YTW : 7.78 %
RY.PR.M FixedReset Disc -1.33 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-24
Maturity Price : 18.60
Evaluated at bid price : 18.60
Bid-YTW : 5.35 %
IAF.PR.G FixedReset Ins Non -1.26 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 18.86
Bid-YTW : 7.47 %
BAM.PR.Z FixedReset Disc 1.00 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-24
Maturity Price : 18.18
Evaluated at bid price : 18.18
Bid-YTW : 6.07 %
CM.PR.Q FixedReset Disc 1.09 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-24
Maturity Price : 18.50
Evaluated at bid price : 18.50
Bid-YTW : 5.62 %
PWF.PR.L Perpetual-Discount 1.41 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-24
Maturity Price : 22.73
Evaluated at bid price : 23.02
Bid-YTW : 5.62 %
HSE.PR.A FixedReset Disc 1.41 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-24
Maturity Price : 12.20
Evaluated at bid price : 12.20
Bid-YTW : 6.16 %
MFC.PR.F FixedReset Ins Non 1.49 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 13.65
Bid-YTW : 9.54 %
BAM.PR.X FixedReset Disc 1.68 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-24
Maturity Price : 12.69
Evaluated at bid price : 12.69
Bid-YTW : 6.07 %
GWO.PR.N FixedReset Ins Non 1.98 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2030-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 13.90
Bid-YTW : 9.21 %
BAM.PR.B Floater 2.26 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-24
Maturity Price : 10.88
Evaluated at bid price : 10.88
Bid-YTW : 6.38 %
BIP.PR.F FixedReset Disc 2.39 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-24
Maturity Price : 21.40
Evaluated at bid price : 21.40
Bid-YTW : 5.99 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
BMO.PR.C FixedReset Disc 152,046 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-24
Maturity Price : 22.11
Evaluated at bid price : 22.48
Bid-YTW : 5.20 %
CM.PR.S FixedReset Disc 61,207 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-24
Maturity Price : 18.72
Evaluated at bid price : 18.72
Bid-YTW : 5.37 %
TRP.PR.D FixedReset Disc 37,400 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-24
Maturity Price : 16.00
Evaluated at bid price : 16.00
Bid-YTW : 6.00 %
TD.PF.J FixedReset Disc 33,770 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-24
Maturity Price : 20.42
Evaluated at bid price : 20.42
Bid-YTW : 5.21 %
HSE.PR.A FixedReset Disc 33,500 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-24
Maturity Price : 12.20
Evaluated at bid price : 12.20
Bid-YTW : 6.16 %
EIT.PR.B SplitShare 29,600 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Soft Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-03-14
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.00
Bid-YTW : 4.85 %
There were 16 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
HSE.PR.E FixedReset Disc Quote: 19.09 – 20.50
Spot Rate : 1.4100
Average : 1.0158

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-24
Maturity Price : 19.09
Evaluated at bid price : 19.09
Bid-YTW : 6.44 %

CU.PR.D Perpetual-Discount Quote: 22.31 – 22.68
Spot Rate : 0.3700
Average : 0.2346

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-24
Maturity Price : 22.06
Evaluated at bid price : 22.31
Bid-YTW : 5.54 %

CIU.PR.A Perpetual-Discount Quote: 20.80 – 21.47
Spot Rate : 0.6700
Average : 0.5375

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-24
Maturity Price : 20.80
Evaluated at bid price : 20.80
Bid-YTW : 5.59 %

TRP.PR.G FixedReset Disc Quote: 17.65 – 18.12
Spot Rate : 0.4700
Average : 0.3454

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-24
Maturity Price : 17.65
Evaluated at bid price : 17.65
Bid-YTW : 6.10 %

TD.PF.L FixedReset Disc Quote: 24.51 – 24.80
Spot Rate : 0.2900
Average : 0.1885

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-24
Maturity Price : 23.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.51
Bid-YTW : 4.85 %

PWF.PR.P FixedReset Disc Quote: 12.90 – 13.34
Spot Rate : 0.4400
Average : 0.3404

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2049-06-24
Maturity Price : 12.90
Evaluated at bid price : 12.90
Bid-YTW : 5.65 %

CM.PR.O To Be Extended

Monday, June 24th, 2019

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has announced (on June 12):

that it does not intend to exercise its right to redeem all or any part of its currently outstanding 16,000,000 Non-cumulative Rate Reset Class A Preferred Shares Series 39 (Non-Viability Contingent Capital (NVCC)) (the “Series 39 Shares”) on July 31, 2019.

Subject to certain conditions set out in the prospectus supplement dated June 2, 2014 relating to the issuance of the Series 39 Shares, the holders of Series 39 Shares have the right to convert all or any of their Series 39 Shares, on a one-for-one basis, into Non-cumulative Floating Rate Class A Preferred Shares Series 40 (Non-Viability Contingent Capital (NVCC)) of CIBC (the “Series 40 Shares”) on July 31, 2019.

On such date, holders who do not exercise their right to convert their Series 39 Shares into Series 40 Shares, will continue to hold their Series 39 Shares. The foregoing conversion rights are subject to the following:

  • if CIBC determines that there would remain outstanding less than 1,000,000 Series 40 Shares, after having taken into account all Series 39 Shares tendered for conversion on July 31, 2019, then holders of Series 39 Shares will not be entitled to convert their shares into Series 40 Shares, and
  • alternatively, if CIBC determines that there would remain outstanding less than 1,000,000 Series 39 Shares, after having taken into account all Series 39 Shares tendered for conversion on July 31, 2019, then all, but not part, of the remaining outstanding Series 39 Shares will automatically be converted into Series 40 Shares on a one-for-one basis on July 31, 2019.

In either case, CIBC will give written notice to that effect to the registered holder of Series 39 Shares no later than July 24, 2019.

The dividend rate applicable to the Series 39 Shares, should any remain outstanding after July 31, 2019, for the five-year period from and including July 31, 2019 to but excluding July 31, 2024 , and the dividend rate applicable to the Series 40 Shares, should any be issued, for the three-month period from and including July 31, 2019 to but excluding October 31, 2019, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of CIBC, will be calculated and announced on June 28, 2019. CIBC has designated the Series 40 Shares as eligible to participate in the CIBC Shareholder Investment Plan.

Beneficial owners of Series 39 Shares who wish to excise their conversion right should instruct their broker or other nominee to exercise such right during the conversion period, which runs from July 1, 2019 until 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time) on July 16, 2019. It is recommended that this be done well in advance of the deadline in order to provide the broker or other nominee time to complete the necessary steps. Any notices received after this deadline will not be valid.

CM.PR.O is a FixedReset, 3.90%+232, NVCC-compliant, that commenced trading 2014-6-11 after being announced 2014-6-2. It is tracked by HIMIPref™ and is assigned to the FixedReset (Discount) subindex.

I will have more to say when the reset rate is announced on June 28.