Archive for November, 2020

PPL.PR.I : No Conversion To FloatingReset

Monday, November 30th, 2020

Pembina Pipeline Corporation has announced (on November 16):

that none of Pembina’s Cumulative Redeemable Rate Reset Class A Preferred Shares, Series 9 (“Series 9 Shares”) (TSX: PPL.PR.I) will be converted into Cumulative Redeemable Floating Rate Class A Preferred Shares, Series 10 of Pembina (“Series 10 Shares”) on December 1, 2020.

After taking into account all the conversion notices received from holders of its outstanding Series 9 Shares by the November 16, 2020 deadline for the conversion of the Series 9 Shares into Series 10 Shares, less than the 1,000,000 Series 9 Shares required to give effect to conversions into Series 10 Shares were tendered for conversion.

PPL.PR.I was issued as a FixedReset, 4.75%+391, that commenced trading 2015-4-10 after being announced 2015-3-31. It will reset to 4.302% effective 2020-12-1. It is tracked by HIMIPref™ but relegated to the Scraps index on credit concerns.

BCE.PR.R : No Conversion To RatchetRate

Monday, November 30th, 2020

BCE Inc. has announced (on November 18):

that none of its fixed rate Cumulative Redeemable First Preferred Shares, Series R (Series R Preferred Shares) will be converted into floating rate Cumulative Redeemable First Preferred Shares, Series Q (Series Q Preferred Shares) on December 1, 2020.

On October 15, 2020, BCE notified registered holders of Series R Preferred Shares that they could elect to convert their shares into Series Q Preferred Shares subject to the terms and conditions attached to those shares. Only 156,972 of BCE’s 8,000,000 Series R Preferred Shares were tendered for conversion on December 1, 2020 into Series Q Preferred Shares. As this would result in there being less than one million Series Q Preferred Shares outstanding, no Series R Preferred Shares will, as per the terms and conditions attached to those shares, be converted on December 1, 2020 into Series Q Preferred Shares. Registered holders who had elected to convert their Series R Preferred Shares will be receiving, by December 1, 2020, share certificates representing the number of Series R Preferred Shares tendered for conversion.

The Series R Preferred Shares will continue to be listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol BCE.PR.R. The Series R Preferred Shares will pay on a quarterly basis, for the five-year period beginning on December 1, 2020, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of BCE, a fixed cash dividend based on an annual dividend rate of 3.018%.

BCE.PR.R is a FixedFloater that reset to 4.490% in 2010 with no conversion to RatchetRate. It reset to 4.13% in 2015, and will reset to 3.018% effective 2020-12-1.

TRP.PR.G : No Conversion To FloatingReset

Monday, November 30th, 2020

TC Energy Corporation has announced (on November 23):

that 139,529 of its 10,000,000 fixed rate Cumulative Redeemable First Preferred Shares, Series 11 (Series 11 Shares) were deposited for conversion on November 30, 2020 on a one-for-one basis into floating rate Cumulative Redeemable First Preferred Shares, Series 12 (Series 12 Shares).

As previously announced in our news release dated November 2, 2020, the conversions are subject to the conditions that: (i) if TC Energy determines that there would be less than one million Series 11 Shares outstanding after November 30, 2020, then all remaining Series 11 Shares will automatically be converted into Series 12 Shares on a one-for-one basis on November 30, 2020 and (ii) alternatively, if TC Energy determines that there would be less than one million Series 12 Shares outstanding after November 30, 2020, no Series 11 Shares will be converted into Series 12 Shares.

As the total number of Series 11 Shares tendered for conversion did not meet the threshold set above, no Series 11 Shares will be converted into Series 12 Shares on November 30, 2020.

For more information on the terms of, and risks associated with an investment in the Series 11 Shares and the Series 12 Shares, please see the Corporation’s prospectus supplement dated February 23, 2015 which is available on sedar.com or on our website.

TRP.PR.G was issued as a FixedReset, 3.80%+296, that commenced trading 2015-3-2 after being announced 2015-2-23. It reset to 3.351% effective 2020-11-30. It is tracked by HIMIPref™ and is assigned to the FixedReset-Discount subindex.

November 30, 2020

Monday, November 30th, 2020

FAIR Canada, the superannuation scheme for OSC hacks, has got yet another payoff from the regulator:

The primary advocacy group for Canadian investors is receiving $3.75-million in funding to help it continue to operate over the next five years.

The Canadian Foundation for the Advancement of Investor Rights, known as FAIR Canada, will receive annual instalments of $750,000 over five years from Ontario’s provincial securities regulator.

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) will provide the funding as an allocation from its “designated fund” – money collected from sanction payments that can be used for investor protection, compensation for victims who have suffered financial losses, whistle-blower payments and for third parties such as FAIR.

The funding comes several months after FAIR appointed a new executive director, Jean-Paul Bureaud, a former regulator who had worked for the OSC for 19 years before leaving in October, 2018. Mr. Bureaud replaced founder Ermanno Pascutto, who had returned to the position of executive director in early 2019 on an interim basis. Mr. Pascutto departed FAIR last month and is no longer on the board.

FAIR also boasts in an eMail:

In addition to OSC funding, FAIR Canada has received funding this year from the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC), a national self-regulatory organization (SRO), and is having discussions with other organizations about contributing to FAIR’s future sustainability.

There’s just no shame in any of these guys.

How about that federal deficit, eh?

The federal government is planning a major stimulus program worth as much as $100-billion over three years to jolt the Canadian economy once the pandemic is under control, a pledge that is in addition to the hundreds of billions of dollars it has already spent to support workers and businesses through the COVID-19 crisis.

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced the new figures Monday in a wide-ranging fall economic statement that is essentially a mini-budget, complete with billions in new spending and targeted tax measures.

The update pushes the projected size of this year’s deficit to $381.6-billion, up from the $343.2-billion forecast in early July. The report notes that the deficit could be just shy of $400-billion if the pandemic worsens, leading to more restrictions.

There is still no indication as to how we’re going to pay for it.

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 0.3986 % 1,833.1
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.3986 % 3,363.7
Floater 4.64 % 4.69 % 37,791 15.98 3 0.3986 % 1,938.5
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.0615 % 3,588.8
SplitShare 4.83 % 4.44 % 39,114 3.87 9 0.0615 % 4,285.8
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.0615 % 3,344.0
Perpetual-Premium 5.37 % 2.29 % 70,821 0.23 13 0.0721 % 3,193.9
Perpetual-Discount 5.10 % 4.96 % 78,204 15.15 19 -0.0905 % 3,639.5
FixedReset Disc 5.17 % 3.99 % 121,932 16.78 64 -0.0590 % 2,237.3
Insurance Straight 5.02 % 4.82 % 93,974 15.44 22 -0.0543 % 3,554.8
FloatingReset 1.97 % 2.48 % 41,638 1.15 3 -0.0499 % 1,822.4
FixedReset Prem 5.19 % 2.84 % 229,544 0.69 15 -0.0865 % 2,669.5
FixedReset Bank Non 1.94 % 2.09 % 177,963 1.15 2 0.0000 % 2,866.5
FixedReset Ins Non 5.29 % 4.07 % 75,445 16.87 22 -0.1289 % 2,307.6
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
BAM.PF.B FixedReset Disc -6.29 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-30
Maturity Price : 15.93
Evaluated at bid price : 15.93
Bid-YTW : 5.36 %
BAM.PF.F FixedReset Disc -2.99 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-30
Maturity Price : 16.88
Evaluated at bid price : 16.88
Bid-YTW : 5.21 %
TRP.PR.C FixedReset Disc -2.79 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-30
Maturity Price : 9.76
Evaluated at bid price : 9.76
Bid-YTW : 5.11 %
SLF.PR.C Insurance Straight -2.69 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-30
Maturity Price : 23.20
Evaluated at bid price : 23.50
Bid-YTW : 4.72 %
TRP.PR.D FixedReset Disc -2.67 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-30
Maturity Price : 14.60
Evaluated at bid price : 14.60
Bid-YTW : 5.24 %
MFC.PR.L FixedReset Ins Non -1.64 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-30
Maturity Price : 16.81
Evaluated at bid price : 16.81
Bid-YTW : 4.18 %
BAM.PR.R FixedReset Disc -1.46 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-30
Maturity Price : 14.15
Evaluated at bid price : 14.15
Bid-YTW : 4.92 %
IFC.PR.A FixedReset Ins Non -1.33 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-30
Maturity Price : 13.35
Evaluated at bid price : 13.35
Bid-YTW : 4.40 %
BAM.PR.T FixedReset Disc -1.31 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-30
Maturity Price : 14.26
Evaluated at bid price : 14.26
Bid-YTW : 5.01 %
PWF.PR.P FixedReset Disc -1.30 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-30
Maturity Price : 11.40
Evaluated at bid price : 11.40
Bid-YTW : 4.50 %
CU.PR.F Perpetual-Discount -1.05 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-30
Maturity Price : 23.04
Evaluated at bid price : 23.50
Bid-YTW : 4.79 %
MFC.PR.Q FixedReset Ins Non -1.00 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-30
Maturity Price : 19.75
Evaluated at bid price : 19.75
Bid-YTW : 4.06 %
MFC.PR.K FixedReset Ins Non -1.00 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-30
Maturity Price : 17.82
Evaluated at bid price : 17.82
Bid-YTW : 4.07 %
TRP.PR.A FixedReset Disc 1.21 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-30
Maturity Price : 12.50
Evaluated at bid price : 12.50
Bid-YTW : 5.22 %
MFC.PR.J FixedReset Ins Non 1.27 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-30
Maturity Price : 20.00
Evaluated at bid price : 20.00
Bid-YTW : 4.05 %
TD.PF.K FixedReset Disc 1.38 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-30
Maturity Price : 21.30
Evaluated at bid price : 21.30
Bid-YTW : 3.88 %
GWO.PR.R Insurance Straight 1.43 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-30
Maturity Price : 24.61
Evaluated at bid price : 24.91
Bid-YTW : 4.88 %
BAM.PR.C Floater 1.52 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-30
Maturity Price : 9.35
Evaluated at bid price : 9.35
Bid-YTW : 4.65 %
CM.PR.S FixedReset Disc 2.11 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-30
Maturity Price : 19.88
Evaluated at bid price : 19.88
Bid-YTW : 3.91 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
TD.PF.G FixedReset Prem 621,402 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-04-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.40
Bid-YTW : 2.64 %
RY.PR.Z FixedReset Disc 101,840 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-30
Maturity Price : 19.36
Evaluated at bid price : 19.36
Bid-YTW : 3.66 %
TD.PF.B FixedReset Disc 85,439 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-30
Maturity Price : 19.38
Evaluated at bid price : 19.38
Bid-YTW : 3.75 %
TD.PF.J FixedReset Disc 70,175 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-30
Maturity Price : 21.16
Evaluated at bid price : 21.16
Bid-YTW : 3.96 %
TRP.PR.B FixedReset Disc 65,300 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-30
Maturity Price : 8.90
Evaluated at bid price : 8.90
Bid-YTW : 4.80 %
IFC.PR.A FixedReset Ins Non 47,950 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-30
Maturity Price : 13.35
Evaluated at bid price : 13.35
Bid-YTW : 4.40 %
There were 32 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
BAM.PF.B FixedReset Disc Quote: 15.93 – 17.11
Spot Rate : 1.1800
Average : 0.7220

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-30
Maturity Price : 15.93
Evaluated at bid price : 15.93
Bid-YTW : 5.36 %

NA.PR.W FixedReset Disc Quote: 18.15 – 19.25
Spot Rate : 1.1000
Average : 0.7011

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-30
Maturity Price : 18.15
Evaluated at bid price : 18.15
Bid-YTW : 4.06 %

MFC.PR.J FixedReset Ins Non Quote: 20.00 – 20.89
Spot Rate : 0.8900
Average : 0.5337

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-30
Maturity Price : 20.00
Evaluated at bid price : 20.00
Bid-YTW : 4.05 %

SLF.PR.C Insurance Straight Quote: 23.50 – 24.35
Spot Rate : 0.8500
Average : 0.5406

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-30
Maturity Price : 23.20
Evaluated at bid price : 23.50
Bid-YTW : 4.72 %

MFC.PR.L FixedReset Ins Non Quote: 16.81 – 18.00
Spot Rate : 1.1900
Average : 0.9371

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-30
Maturity Price : 16.81
Evaluated at bid price : 16.81
Bid-YTW : 4.18 %

CU.PR.F Perpetual-Discount Quote: 23.50 – 24.20
Spot Rate : 0.7000
Average : 0.4622

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-30
Maturity Price : 23.04
Evaluated at bid price : 23.50
Bid-YTW : 4.79 %

November 27, 2020

Friday, November 27th, 2020
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 0.4732 % 1,825.8
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.4732 % 3,350.3
Floater 4.66 % 4.72 % 38,099 15.94 3 0.4732 % 1,930.8
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.1009 % 3,586.6
SplitShare 4.83 % 4.43 % 40,510 3.88 9 -0.1009 % 4,283.2
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.1009 % 3,341.9
Perpetual-Premium 5.38 % 2.56 % 70,801 0.08 13 0.1202 % 3,191.6
Perpetual-Discount 5.09 % 5.03 % 78,887 15.16 19 0.1121 % 3,642.8
FixedReset Disc 5.17 % 4.01 % 123,045 16.74 64 0.7501 % 2,238.7
Insurance Straight 5.01 % 4.73 % 94,876 15.15 22 0.0859 % 3,556.8
FloatingReset 1.97 % 2.46 % 43,246 1.16 3 0.0942 % 1,823.3
FixedReset Prem 5.19 % 2.79 % 228,461 0.70 15 0.0486 % 2,671.8
FixedReset Bank Non 1.94 % 2.08 % 175,395 1.16 2 0.0603 % 2,866.5
FixedReset Ins Non 5.28 % 4.06 % 74,709 16.84 22 0.3196 % 2,310.5
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
SLF.PR.G FixedReset Ins Non -3.86 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-27
Maturity Price : 11.46
Evaluated at bid price : 11.46
Bid-YTW : 4.02 %
BAM.PR.M Perpetual-Discount -1.62 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-27
Maturity Price : 22.72
Evaluated at bid price : 23.01
Bid-YTW : 5.23 %
IFC.PR.A FixedReset Ins Non -1.17 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-27
Maturity Price : 13.53
Evaluated at bid price : 13.53
Bid-YTW : 4.35 %
TRP.PR.A FixedReset Disc -1.04 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-27
Maturity Price : 12.35
Evaluated at bid price : 12.35
Bid-YTW : 5.30 %
TD.PF.C FixedReset Disc 1.02 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-27
Maturity Price : 19.80
Evaluated at bid price : 19.80
Bid-YTW : 3.74 %
BIP.PR.D FixedReset Disc 1.09 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-27
Maturity Price : 23.50
Evaluated at bid price : 23.95
Bid-YTW : 5.20 %
IAF.PR.G FixedReset Ins Non 1.10 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-27
Maturity Price : 19.30
Evaluated at bid price : 19.30
Bid-YTW : 4.31 %
IFC.PR.C FixedReset Ins Non 1.10 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-27
Maturity Price : 18.30
Evaluated at bid price : 18.30
Bid-YTW : 4.31 %
BNS.PR.I FixedReset Disc 1.18 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-27
Maturity Price : 21.45
Evaluated at bid price : 21.45
Bid-YTW : 3.74 %
RY.PR.S FixedReset Disc 1.23 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-27
Maturity Price : 21.36
Evaluated at bid price : 21.36
Bid-YTW : 3.68 %
CM.PR.O FixedReset Disc 1.30 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-27
Maturity Price : 18.74
Evaluated at bid price : 18.74
Bid-YTW : 3.97 %
BMO.PR.T FixedReset Disc 1.31 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-27
Maturity Price : 18.58
Evaluated at bid price : 18.58
Bid-YTW : 3.86 %
BAM.PF.A FixedReset Disc 1.37 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-27
Maturity Price : 18.55
Evaluated at bid price : 18.55
Bid-YTW : 4.97 %
MFC.PR.K FixedReset Ins Non 1.41 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-27
Maturity Price : 18.00
Evaluated at bid price : 18.00
Bid-YTW : 4.04 %
IAF.PR.I FixedReset Ins Non 1.41 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-27
Maturity Price : 20.08
Evaluated at bid price : 20.08
Bid-YTW : 4.20 %
TD.PF.B FixedReset Disc 1.42 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-27
Maturity Price : 19.25
Evaluated at bid price : 19.25
Bid-YTW : 3.78 %
MFC.PR.J FixedReset Ins Non 1.44 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-27
Maturity Price : 19.75
Evaluated at bid price : 19.75
Bid-YTW : 4.11 %
TD.PF.A FixedReset Disc 1.47 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-27
Maturity Price : 19.33
Evaluated at bid price : 19.33
Bid-YTW : 3.75 %
TRP.PR.G FixedReset Disc 1.47 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-27
Maturity Price : 15.85
Evaluated at bid price : 15.85
Bid-YTW : 5.40 %
RY.PR.H FixedReset Disc 1.50 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-27
Maturity Price : 19.56
Evaluated at bid price : 19.56
Bid-YTW : 3.69 %
CM.PR.P FixedReset Disc 1.51 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-27
Maturity Price : 19.50
Evaluated at bid price : 19.50
Bid-YTW : 3.82 %
TD.PF.D FixedReset Disc 1.53 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-27
Maturity Price : 20.53
Evaluated at bid price : 20.53
Bid-YTW : 3.96 %
RY.PR.J FixedReset Disc 1.53 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-27
Maturity Price : 20.51
Evaluated at bid price : 20.51
Bid-YTW : 3.90 %
RY.PR.Z FixedReset Disc 1.58 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-27
Maturity Price : 19.34
Evaluated at bid price : 19.34
Bid-YTW : 3.67 %
PWF.PR.T FixedReset Disc 1.71 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-27
Maturity Price : 17.80
Evaluated at bid price : 17.80
Bid-YTW : 4.32 %
NA.PR.W FixedReset Disc 1.81 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-27
Maturity Price : 17.99
Evaluated at bid price : 17.99
Bid-YTW : 4.11 %
BAM.PF.E FixedReset Disc 1.94 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-27
Maturity Price : 15.80
Evaluated at bid price : 15.80
Bid-YTW : 5.05 %
TRP.PR.D FixedReset Disc 2.04 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-27
Maturity Price : 15.00
Evaluated at bid price : 15.00
Bid-YTW : 5.11 %
RY.PR.M FixedReset Disc 2.08 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-27
Maturity Price : 19.60
Evaluated at bid price : 19.60
Bid-YTW : 3.92 %
BAM.PR.X FixedReset Disc 2.19 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-27
Maturity Price : 12.11
Evaluated at bid price : 12.11
Bid-YTW : 4.79 %
BAM.PR.R FixedReset Disc 2.35 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-27
Maturity Price : 14.36
Evaluated at bid price : 14.36
Bid-YTW : 4.86 %
BAM.PF.F FixedReset Disc 2.35 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-27
Maturity Price : 17.40
Evaluated at bid price : 17.40
Bid-YTW : 5.06 %
BAM.PR.T FixedReset Disc 2.48 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-27
Maturity Price : 14.45
Evaluated at bid price : 14.45
Bid-YTW : 4.96 %
BAM.PF.B FixedReset Disc 2.91 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-27
Maturity Price : 17.00
Evaluated at bid price : 17.00
Bid-YTW : 5.01 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
BNS.PR.G FixedReset Prem 156,570 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-07-25
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.56
Bid-YTW : 2.79 %
BNS.PR.H FixedReset Prem 63,100 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2022-01-26
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.65
Bid-YTW : 2.94 %
SLF.PR.C Insurance Straight 47,860 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-27
Maturity Price : 23.91
Evaluated at bid price : 24.15
Bid-YTW : 4.59 %
BMO.PR.T FixedReset Disc 45,900 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-27
Maturity Price : 18.58
Evaluated at bid price : 18.58
Bid-YTW : 3.86 %
PVS.PR.D SplitShare 32,000 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2021-10-08
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.05
Bid-YTW : 4.14 %
BAM.PF.B FixedReset Disc 28,000 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-27
Maturity Price : 17.00
Evaluated at bid price : 17.00
Bid-YTW : 5.01 %
There were 26 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
GWO.PR.P Insurance Straight Quote: 25.35 – 26.35
Spot Rate : 1.0000
Average : 0.6204

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2020-12-27
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.35
Bid-YTW : -1.36 %

SLF.PR.D Insurance Straight Quote: 24.15 – 24.98
Spot Rate : 0.8300
Average : 0.5197

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-27
Maturity Price : 23.91
Evaluated at bid price : 24.15
Bid-YTW : 4.59 %

SLF.PR.G FixedReset Ins Non Quote: 11.46 – 12.00
Spot Rate : 0.5400
Average : 0.3381

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-27
Maturity Price : 11.46
Evaluated at bid price : 11.46
Bid-YTW : 4.02 %

RY.PR.J FixedReset Disc Quote: 20.51 – 21.00
Spot Rate : 0.4900
Average : 0.3087

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-27
Maturity Price : 20.51
Evaluated at bid price : 20.51
Bid-YTW : 3.90 %

BAM.PR.M Perpetual-Discount Quote: 23.01 – 23.50
Spot Rate : 0.4900
Average : 0.3459

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-27
Maturity Price : 22.72
Evaluated at bid price : 23.01
Bid-YTW : 5.23 %

BAM.PF.A FixedReset Disc Quote: 18.55 – 18.92
Spot Rate : 0.3700
Average : 0.2471

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-27
Maturity Price : 18.55
Evaluated at bid price : 18.55
Bid-YTW : 4.97 %

BMO.PR.Z Redeemed

Thursday, November 26th, 2020

Bank of Montreal announced (on October 15):

its intention to redeem all of its 6,000,000 outstanding Non-Cumulative Perpetual Class B Preferred Shares, Series 35 (Non-Viability Contingent Capital) (the “Preferred Shares Series 35”) for an aggregate total of $156 million on November 25, 2020. The redemption has been approved by the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions.

The Preferred Shares Series 35 are redeemable at the Bank’s option on or after August 25, 2020 and prior to August 25, 2021, at a redemption price of $26.00 per share. Payment of the redemption price will be made by the Bank on November 25, 2020.

Separately from the payment of the redemption price, the final quarterly dividend of $0.3125 per share for the Preferred Shares Series 35 announced by the Bank on August 25, 2020 will be paid in the usual manner on November 25, 2020, to shareholders of record on November 2, 2020.

Notice will be delivered to holders of the Preferred Shares Series 35 in accordance with the terms outlined in the Preferred Shares Series 35 prospectus supplement.

BMO.PR.Z is a Straight Perpetual, 5.00%, NVCC-compliant issue, that commenced trading 2015-7-29 after being announced 2015-7-20. It has been tracked by HIMIPref™ and was assigned to the PerpetualPremium sub-index.

November 26, 2020

Thursday, November 26th, 2020

OSFI is changing the rules for insurers’s seg fund capital requirements:

OSFI is developing a new approach to determine capital requirements for SFG risk, which will reflect the International Financial Reporting Standard 17 – Insurance Contracts (IFRS 17) that will become effective on January 1, 2023. The purpose of this letter is to provide additional details on the development of the approach.

Current regulatory capital requirements for SFG risk are determined using an approach that was implemented in the early 2000s. Here, requirements are calculated using a factor-based methodology or, if approved for use by OSFI, an insurer’s own internal model. The approach is based on calibrations that were developed several years ago and relies on IFRS 4 (i.e. the Canadian Asset Liability Method or CALM). Also, over the years, SFG product offerings have evolved and, in some cases, are not entirely addressed with the current methodology.

The new approach is being designed to address these issues. Under the new approach, capital requirements will be calculated by applying shocks to SFG liabilities. Internal models that were previously approved for use by OSFI to calculate SFG capital requirements will no longer be permitted for this purpose, once the new approach is implemented.

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 -0.2542 % 1,817.2
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.2542 % 3,334.5
Floater 4.68 % 4.75 % 36,753 15.88 3 -0.2542 % 1,921.7
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.1757 % 3,590.3
SplitShare 4.82 % 4.31 % 42,068 3.88 9 0.1757 % 4,287.5
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.1757 % 3,345.3
Perpetual-Premium 5.34 % 3.81 % 80,791 0.38 14 0.0167 % 3,187.8
Perpetual-Discount 5.10 % 4.98 % 82,043 15.16 19 0.3267 % 3,638.8
FixedReset Disc 5.20 % 4.03 % 123,267 16.67 64 0.6848 % 2,222.0
Insurance Straight 5.02 % 4.72 % 95,251 15.11 22 0.1958 % 3,553.7
FloatingReset 1.97 % 2.46 % 45,020 1.17 3 0.2332 % 1,821.6
FixedReset Prem 5.19 % 2.78 % 217,412 0.70 15 0.1495 % 2,670.5
FixedReset Bank Non 1.94 % 2.08 % 182,607 1.16 2 0.0000 % 2,864.8
FixedReset Ins Non 5.30 % 4.10 % 74,867 16.73 22 1.0404 % 2,303.2
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
IAF.PR.G FixedReset Ins Non -2.60 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-26
Maturity Price : 19.09
Evaluated at bid price : 19.09
Bid-YTW : 4.36 %
IAF.PR.I FixedReset Ins Non -1.83 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-26
Maturity Price : 19.80
Evaluated at bid price : 19.80
Bid-YTW : 4.26 %
BAM.PR.B Floater -1.61 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-26
Maturity Price : 9.17
Evaluated at bid price : 9.17
Bid-YTW : 4.74 %
SLF.PR.A Insurance Straight 1.01 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2020-12-26
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.90
Bid-YTW : 4.13 %
BMO.PR.T FixedReset Disc 1.05 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-26
Maturity Price : 18.34
Evaluated at bid price : 18.34
Bid-YTW : 3.91 %
RY.PR.M FixedReset Disc 1.05 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-26
Maturity Price : 19.20
Evaluated at bid price : 19.20
Bid-YTW : 4.01 %
MFC.PR.Q FixedReset Ins Non 1.07 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-26
Maturity Price : 19.77
Evaluated at bid price : 19.77
Bid-YTW : 4.06 %
RY.PR.H FixedReset Disc 1.10 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-26
Maturity Price : 19.27
Evaluated at bid price : 19.27
Bid-YTW : 3.74 %
BMO.PR.Y FixedReset Disc 1.16 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-26
Maturity Price : 20.03
Evaluated at bid price : 20.03
Bid-YTW : 3.92 %
TRP.PR.F FloatingReset 1.23 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-26
Maturity Price : 10.66
Evaluated at bid price : 10.66
Bid-YTW : 4.82 %
BIP.PR.F FixedReset Disc 1.24 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-26
Maturity Price : 22.78
Evaluated at bid price : 23.63
Bid-YTW : 5.44 %
BIP.PR.E FixedReset Disc 1.25 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-26
Maturity Price : 22.82
Evaluated at bid price : 23.50
Bid-YTW : 5.37 %
NA.PR.S FixedReset Disc 1.25 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-26
Maturity Price : 18.60
Evaluated at bid price : 18.60
Bid-YTW : 4.13 %
BAM.PR.M Perpetual-Discount 1.26 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-26
Maturity Price : 23.13
Evaluated at bid price : 23.39
Bid-YTW : 5.15 %
CM.PR.Q FixedReset Disc 1.26 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-26
Maturity Price : 20.10
Evaluated at bid price : 20.10
Bid-YTW : 4.03 %
TD.PF.J FixedReset Disc 1.39 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-26
Maturity Price : 21.10
Evaluated at bid price : 21.10
Bid-YTW : 3.98 %
TD.PF.K FixedReset Disc 1.45 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-26
Maturity Price : 21.00
Evaluated at bid price : 21.00
Bid-YTW : 3.95 %
PWF.PR.S Perpetual-Discount 1.46 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-26
Maturity Price : 23.97
Evaluated at bid price : 24.25
Bid-YTW : 4.98 %
CM.PR.O FixedReset Disc 1.48 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-26
Maturity Price : 18.50
Evaluated at bid price : 18.50
Bid-YTW : 4.03 %
BMO.PR.W FixedReset Disc 1.60 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-26
Maturity Price : 19.00
Evaluated at bid price : 19.00
Bid-YTW : 3.82 %
NA.PR.E FixedReset Disc 1.61 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-26
Maturity Price : 19.51
Evaluated at bid price : 19.51
Bid-YTW : 4.15 %
NA.PR.G FixedReset Disc 1.73 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-26
Maturity Price : 21.11
Evaluated at bid price : 21.11
Bid-YTW : 4.14 %
PWF.PR.P FixedReset Disc 1.77 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-26
Maturity Price : 11.50
Evaluated at bid price : 11.50
Bid-YTW : 4.48 %
SLF.PR.D Insurance Straight 1.91 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-26
Maturity Price : 23.69
Evaluated at bid price : 24.00
Bid-YTW : 4.62 %
TD.PF.C FixedReset Disc 2.19 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-26
Maturity Price : 19.60
Evaluated at bid price : 19.60
Bid-YTW : 3.78 %
TRP.PR.C FixedReset Disc 3.08 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-26
Maturity Price : 10.05
Evaluated at bid price : 10.05
Bid-YTW : 4.98 %
TRP.PR.B FixedReset Disc 3.58 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-26
Maturity Price : 8.96
Evaluated at bid price : 8.96
Bid-YTW : 4.86 %
BAM.PR.T FixedReset Disc 4.06 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-26
Maturity Price : 14.10
Evaluated at bid price : 14.10
Bid-YTW : 5.08 %
MFC.PR.L FixedReset Ins Non 36.80 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-26
Maturity Price : 17.10
Evaluated at bid price : 17.10
Bid-YTW : 4.12 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
BNS.PR.G FixedReset Prem 162,900 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-07-25
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.56
Bid-YTW : 2.78 %
NA.PR.W FixedReset Disc 99,575 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-26
Maturity Price : 17.67
Evaluated at bid price : 17.67
Bid-YTW : 4.18 %
TD.PF.J FixedReset Disc 96,600 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-26
Maturity Price : 21.10
Evaluated at bid price : 21.10
Bid-YTW : 3.98 %
CM.PR.P FixedReset Disc 90,311 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-26
Maturity Price : 19.21
Evaluated at bid price : 19.21
Bid-YTW : 3.88 %
SLF.PR.B Insurance Straight 61,550 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2020-12-26
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.90
Bid-YTW : 4.12 %
BMO.PR.Q FixedReset Bank Non 53,200 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2022-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.80
Bid-YTW : 2.42 %
There were 27 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
IFC.PR.A FixedReset Ins Non Quote: 13.69 – 15.11
Spot Rate : 1.4200
Average : 0.8491

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-26
Maturity Price : 13.69
Evaluated at bid price : 13.69
Bid-YTW : 4.30 %

MFC.PR.Q FixedReset Ins Non Quote: 19.77 – 20.75
Spot Rate : 0.9800
Average : 0.5610

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-26
Maturity Price : 19.77
Evaluated at bid price : 19.77
Bid-YTW : 4.06 %

CM.PR.O FixedReset Disc Quote: 18.50 – 19.14
Spot Rate : 0.6400
Average : 0.3975

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-26
Maturity Price : 18.50
Evaluated at bid price : 18.50
Bid-YTW : 4.03 %

IFC.PR.E Insurance Straight Quote: 25.48 – 25.95
Spot Rate : 0.4700
Average : 0.3153

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2025-06-30
Maturity Price : 25.25
Evaluated at bid price : 25.48
Bid-YTW : 5.16 %

TD.PF.J FixedReset Disc Quote: 21.10 – 21.53
Spot Rate : 0.4300
Average : 0.2762

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-26
Maturity Price : 21.10
Evaluated at bid price : 21.10
Bid-YTW : 3.98 %

TRP.PR.A FixedReset Disc Quote: 12.70 – 13.13
Spot Rate : 0.4300
Average : 0.2803

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-26
Maturity Price : 12.70
Evaluated at bid price : 12.70
Bid-YTW : 5.26 %

ALA.PR.I To Be Redeemed

Wednesday, November 25th, 2020

AltaGas Ltd. has announced (on November 20):

its intention to redeem – in accordance with the terms of the Cumulative Redeemable 5-Year Minimum Rate Reset Preferred Shares, Series I (the “Series I Shares”) as set out in the Company’s articles – all of its 8,000,000 issued and outstanding Series I Shares on December 31, 2020 (the “Redemption Date”) for a redemption price equal to $25.00 per Series I Share, together with all accrued and unpaid dividends to, but excluding, the Redemption Date (the “Redemption Price”), less any tax required to be deducted or withheld by the Company.

As previously announced, the Company’s Board of Directors has declared a dividend of $0.328125 per Series I Share for the period commencing September 30, 2020 and ending December 30, 2020 payable to holders of record as of the close of business on December 15, 2020. This will be the final quarterly dividend on the Series I Shares, although holders will receive on redemption of the Series I Shares all accrued and unpaid dividends up to but excluding the Redemption Date.

The Company has provided notice today of the Redemption Price and the Redemption Date to the sole registered holder of the Series I Shares in accordance with the terms of the Series I Shares as set out in the Company’s articles. Non-registered holders of Series I Shares should contact their broker or other intermediary for information regarding the redemption process for the Series I Shares in which they hold a beneficial interest. The Company’s transfer agent for the Series I Shares is Computershare Investor Services Inc. Questions regarding the redemption process may be directed to Computershare Investor Services Inc. at 1-800-564-6253 or by email to corporateactions@computershare.com.

ALA.PR.I is a FixedReset, 5.25%+419M525, that commenced trading 2015-11-23 after being announced 2015-11-12. The issue is tracked by HIMIPref™ but relegated to the Scraps index on credit concerns.

GWO.PR.N, GWO.PR.O To Be Extended

Wednesday, November 25th, 2020

Great-West Lifeco Inc. has announced (on November 4):

that it does not intend to exercise its rights to redeem its outstanding Non-Cumulative 5-Year Rate Reset First Preferred Shares, Series N (the “Series N Shares”) or its outstanding Non-Cumulative Floating Rate First Preferred Shares, Series O (the “Series O Shares”) on December 31, 2020. As a result and subject to certain conditions, holders of Series N Shares have the right to convert all or any of their Series N Shares into Series O Shares, and holders of Series O Shares have the right to convert all or any of their Series O Shares into Series N Shares, on a one-for-one basis on December 31, 2020.

Lifeco will send a formal notice of the foregoing conversion rights to the registered holder of the Series N Shares and the Series O Shares in accordance with the terms and conditions attached to the applicable shares. Holders of Series N Shares or Series O Shares who do not exercise their applicable conversion rights will retain their Series N Shares or Series O Shares, respectively.

The conversion rights are subject to the following conditions, in accordance with the terms and conditions attached to the applicable shares:

(i) if Lifeco determines that, after having taken into account all shares tendered for conversion, there would be less than one million Series O Shares outstanding on December 31, 2020, no Series N Shares may be converted into Series O Shares and all remaining Series O Shares will automatically be converted into Series N Shares on a one-for-one basis on December 31, 2020, and

(ii) alternatively, if Lifeco determines that, after having taken into account all shares tendered for conversion, there would be less than one million Series N Shares outstanding on December 31, 2020, no Series O Shares may be converted into Series N Shares and all remaining Series N Shares will automatically be converted into Series O Shares on a one-for-one basis on December 31, 2020.

In all cases, Lifeco will give written notice to that effect to any registered holder affected by the preceding conditions on or before Thursday, December 24, 2020.

The dividend rate applicable to the Series N Shares for the five-year period commencing on December 31, 2020 and ending on December 30, 2025, and the dividend rate applicable to the Series O Shares for the three-month period commencing on December 31, 2020 and ending on March 30, 2021, will be determined on Tuesday, December 1, 2020 and written notice thereof will be given to the registered holder of the Series N Shares and the Series O Shares on that day.

Beneficial owners of Series N Shares and Series O Shares who wish to convert their shares should communicate as soon as possible with their broker or other nominee to ensure their instructions are followed so that the registered holder of the Series N Shares or Series O Shares (as applicable) can meet the deadline to exercise such conversion right(s), which is 5:00 p.m. (ET) on Wednesday, December 16, 2020.

Lifeco may redeem the Series N Shares, in whole or in part, on December 31, 2025 and on December 31 every five years thereafter for $25.00 per share plus declared and unpaid dividends. Lifeco may redeem the Series O Shares, in whole or in part, on any date for $25.50 per share plus declared and unpaid dividends, unless such Series O Shares are redeemed on December 31, 2020 or on December 31 every five years thereafter, in which case the redemption price will be $25.00 per share plus declared and unpaid dividends.

GWO.PR.N is a 3.65%+130 FixedReset that commenced trading 2010-11-23 after beint announced 2010-11-15. Extension was announced in November, 2015 and the issue reset to 2.176% effective 2015-12-31. There was a 15% conversion to GWO.PR.O, its FloatingReset counterpart.

GWO.PR.O is a FloatingReset, Bills+130, that came into being in 2015 in a 15% conversion from GWO.PR.N.

November 25, 2020

Wednesday, November 25th, 2020

PerpetualDiscounts now yield 5.09%, equivalent to 6.62% interest at the standard equivalency factor of 1.3x. Long corporates now yield 2.84%, so the pre-tax interest-equivalent spread (in this context, the “Seniority Spread”) has widened slightly (and perhaps spuriously) to 380bp from the 375bp reported November 18.

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 0.4376 % 1,821.9
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.4376 % 3,343.0
Floater 4.67 % 4.76 % 37,870 15.86 3 0.4376 % 1,926.6
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.0264 % 3,584.0
SplitShare 4.83 % 4.43 % 43,795 3.88 9 -0.0264 % 4,280.0
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.0264 % 3,339.4
Perpetual-Premium 5.34 % 2.31 % 81,378 0.38 14 -0.0362 % 3,187.2
Perpetual-Discount 5.11 % 5.09 % 78,684 15.18 19 0.1495 % 3,626.9
FixedReset Disc 5.24 % 4.06 % 118,127 16.58 64 0.1397 % 2,206.9
Insurance Straight 5.03 % 4.73 % 98,508 15.16 22 0.5662 % 3,546.8
FloatingReset 1.97 % 2.45 % 46,869 1.17 3 -0.4643 % 1,817.3
FixedReset Prem 5.19 % 2.97 % 214,328 0.71 15 -0.0393 % 2,666.6
FixedReset Bank Non 1.94 % 2.07 % 185,401 1.16 2 0.0000 % 2,864.8
FixedReset Ins Non 5.36 % 4.10 % 75,836 16.79 22 -0.8069 % 2,279.5
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
MFC.PR.L FixedReset Ins Non -25.86 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-25
Maturity Price : 12.50
Evaluated at bid price : 12.50
Bid-YTW : 5.71 %
TRP.PR.B FixedReset Disc -3.89 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-25
Maturity Price : 8.65
Evaluated at bid price : 8.65
Bid-YTW : 5.03 %
BAM.PR.T FixedReset Disc -2.66 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-25
Maturity Price : 13.55
Evaluated at bid price : 13.55
Bid-YTW : 5.29 %
TRP.PR.G FixedReset Disc -1.78 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-25
Maturity Price : 15.47
Evaluated at bid price : 15.47
Bid-YTW : 5.53 %
TRP.PR.F FloatingReset -1.40 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-25
Maturity Price : 10.53
Evaluated at bid price : 10.53
Bid-YTW : 4.88 %
PVS.PR.F SplitShare -1.13 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2024-09-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.31
Bid-YTW : 4.43 %
BAM.PF.B FixedReset Disc -1.08 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-25
Maturity Price : 16.52
Evaluated at bid price : 16.52
Bid-YTW : 5.17 %
BAM.PF.D Perpetual-Discount 1.01 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-25
Maturity Price : 23.47
Evaluated at bid price : 23.95
Bid-YTW : 5.17 %
SLF.PR.H FixedReset Ins Non 1.23 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-25
Maturity Price : 16.45
Evaluated at bid price : 16.45
Bid-YTW : 3.98 %
MFC.PR.C Insurance Straight 1.26 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-25
Maturity Price : 23.85
Evaluated at bid price : 24.10
Bid-YTW : 4.66 %
SLF.PR.C Insurance Straight 1.49 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-25
Maturity Price : 23.63
Evaluated at bid price : 23.90
Bid-YTW : 4.64 %
SLF.PR.E Insurance Straight 1.58 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-25
Maturity Price : 24.15
Evaluated at bid price : 24.40
Bid-YTW : 4.59 %
CM.PR.P FixedReset Disc 1.59 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-25
Maturity Price : 19.17
Evaluated at bid price : 19.17
Bid-YTW : 3.88 %
GWO.PR.I Insurance Straight 1.67 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-25
Maturity Price : 23.50
Evaluated at bid price : 23.77
Bid-YTW : 4.79 %
BAM.PR.B Floater 1.86 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-25
Maturity Price : 9.32
Evaluated at bid price : 9.32
Bid-YTW : 4.66 %
BAM.PR.R FixedReset Disc 1.96 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-25
Maturity Price : 14.02
Evaluated at bid price : 14.02
Bid-YTW : 4.98 %
IAF.PR.B Insurance Straight 2.77 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-25
Maturity Price : 24.22
Evaluated at bid price : 24.48
Bid-YTW : 4.68 %
SLF.PR.G FixedReset Ins Non 3.95 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-25
Maturity Price : 11.85
Evaluated at bid price : 11.85
Bid-YTW : 3.89 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
TD.PF.J FixedReset Disc 162,730 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-25
Maturity Price : 20.81
Evaluated at bid price : 20.81
Bid-YTW : 4.04 %
BAM.PR.R FixedReset Disc 108,100 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-25
Maturity Price : 14.02
Evaluated at bid price : 14.02
Bid-YTW : 4.98 %
MFC.PR.C Insurance Straight 89,577 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-25
Maturity Price : 23.85
Evaluated at bid price : 24.10
Bid-YTW : 4.66 %
TRP.PR.K FixedReset Disc 72,475 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-25
Maturity Price : 23.69
Evaluated at bid price : 24.90
Bid-YTW : 4.87 %
PVS.PR.G SplitShare 65,600 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Option Certainty
Maturity Date : 2026-02-28
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.05
Bid-YTW : 4.85 %
BAM.PF.F FixedReset Disc 49,265 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-25
Maturity Price : 16.93
Evaluated at bid price : 16.93
Bid-YTW : 5.20 %
There were 32 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
MFC.PR.L FixedReset Ins Non Quote: 12.50 – 17.20
Spot Rate : 4.7000
Average : 2.5606

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-25
Maturity Price : 12.50
Evaluated at bid price : 12.50
Bid-YTW : 5.71 %

TRP.PR.B FixedReset Disc Quote: 8.65 – 9.99
Spot Rate : 1.3400
Average : 0.7628

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-25
Maturity Price : 8.65
Evaluated at bid price : 8.65
Bid-YTW : 5.03 %

BAM.PR.X FixedReset Disc Quote: 11.95 – 13.00
Spot Rate : 1.0500
Average : 0.5969

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-25
Maturity Price : 11.95
Evaluated at bid price : 11.95
Bid-YTW : 4.86 %

SLF.PR.I FixedReset Ins Non Quote: 19.90 – 21.00
Spot Rate : 1.1000
Average : 0.6711

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-25
Maturity Price : 19.90
Evaluated at bid price : 19.90
Bid-YTW : 4.02 %

BAM.PR.T FixedReset Disc Quote: 13.55 – 14.10
Spot Rate : 0.5500
Average : 0.3382

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-25
Maturity Price : 13.55
Evaluated at bid price : 13.55
Bid-YTW : 5.29 %

CM.PR.P FixedReset Disc Quote: 19.17 – 19.70
Spot Rate : 0.5300
Average : 0.3547

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2050-11-25
Maturity Price : 19.17
Evaluated at bid price : 19.17
Bid-YTW : 3.88 %