Archive for September, 2023

September 29, 2023

Friday, September 29th, 2023
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 -0.2675 % 2,161.5
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.2675 % 4,145.8
Floater 11.27 % 11.37 % 54,316 8.57 2 -0.2675 % 2,389.2
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.8764 % 3,330.4
SplitShare 5.07 % 8.28 % 44,410 2.23 7 -0.8764 % 3,977.2
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.8764 % 3,103.1
Perpetual-Premium 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.1078 % 2,485.4
Perpetual-Discount 6.87 % 7.07 % 43,404 12.46 33 0.1078 % 2,710.2
FixedReset Disc 5.96 % 9.18 % 100,999 10.61 55 0.4855 % 2,113.4
Insurance Straight 6.86 % 6.96 % 58,211 12.63 17 0.1079 % 2,622.2
FloatingReset 11.26 % 11.40 % 39,266 8.55 1 3.1579 % 2,364.4
FixedReset Prem 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.4855 % 2,316.2
FixedReset Bank Non 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.4855 % 2,160.4
FixedReset Ins Non 6.56 % 8.64 % 122,275 11.07 11 -0.0521 % 2,286.5
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
CU.PR.D Perpetual-Discount -6.29 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-29
Maturity Price : 16.69
Evaluated at bid price : 16.69
Bid-YTW : 7.45 %
PVS.PR.G SplitShare -2.32 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Option Certainty
Maturity Date : 2026-02-28
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.20
Bid-YTW : 8.44 %
PVS.PR.H SplitShare -1.94 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2027-02-28
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 22.70
Bid-YTW : 7.97 %
PVS.PR.J SplitShare -1.33 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2028-02-29
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 22.25
Bid-YTW : 7.48 %
PWF.PR.T FixedReset Disc -1.31 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-29
Maturity Price : 18.80
Evaluated at bid price : 18.80
Bid-YTW : 9.04 %
BN.PF.G FixedReset Disc -1.24 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-29
Maturity Price : 14.28
Evaluated at bid price : 14.28
Bid-YTW : 11.57 %
BIK.PR.A FixedReset Disc -1.14 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-29
Maturity Price : 20.76
Evaluated at bid price : 20.76
Bid-YTW : 9.93 %
RY.PR.Z FixedReset Disc 1.01 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-29
Maturity Price : 17.99
Evaluated at bid price : 17.99
Bid-YTW : 9.06 %
CU.PR.F Perpetual-Discount 1.10 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-29
Maturity Price : 16.49
Evaluated at bid price : 16.49
Bid-YTW : 6.92 %
CU.PR.E Perpetual-Discount 1.13 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-29
Maturity Price : 17.94
Evaluated at bid price : 17.94
Bid-YTW : 6.93 %
BN.PF.H FixedReset Disc 1.33 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-29
Maturity Price : 19.00
Evaluated at bid price : 19.00
Bid-YTW : 10.30 %
FTS.PR.G FixedReset Disc 1.44 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-29
Maturity Price : 19.02
Evaluated at bid price : 19.02
Bid-YTW : 8.46 %
POW.PR.D Perpetual-Discount 1.45 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-29
Maturity Price : 18.16
Evaluated at bid price : 18.16
Bid-YTW : 6.92 %
SLF.PR.J FloatingReset 3.16 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-29
Maturity Price : 14.70
Evaluated at bid price : 14.70
Bid-YTW : 11.40 %
BN.PF.A FixedReset Disc 32.39 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-29
Maturity Price : 18.68
Evaluated at bid price : 18.68
Bid-YTW : 9.76 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
RY.PR.Z FixedReset Disc 88,134 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-29
Maturity Price : 17.99
Evaluated at bid price : 17.99
Bid-YTW : 9.06 %
TD.PF.E FixedReset Disc 81,639 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-29
Maturity Price : 17.95
Evaluated at bid price : 17.95
Bid-YTW : 9.27 %
GWO.PR.N FixedReset Ins Non 75,676 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-29
Maturity Price : 12.62
Evaluated at bid price : 12.62
Bid-YTW : 9.66 %
BN.PF.G FixedReset Disc 60,632 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-29
Maturity Price : 14.28
Evaluated at bid price : 14.28
Bid-YTW : 11.57 %
BMO.PR.T FixedReset Disc 57,493 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-29
Maturity Price : 17.27
Evaluated at bid price : 17.27
Bid-YTW : 9.37 %
CM.PR.O FixedReset Disc 56,100 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-29
Maturity Price : 17.81
Evaluated at bid price : 17.81
Bid-YTW : 9.05 %
There were 13 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
POW.PR.B Perpetual-Discount Quote: 19.12 – 23.00
Spot Rate : 3.8800
Average : 2.2035

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-29
Maturity Price : 19.12
Evaluated at bid price : 19.12
Bid-YTW : 7.03 %

CU.PR.D Perpetual-Discount Quote: 16.69 – 18.05
Spot Rate : 1.3600
Average : 0.7840

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-29
Maturity Price : 16.69
Evaluated at bid price : 16.69
Bid-YTW : 7.45 %

CU.PR.C FixedReset Disc Quote: 17.25 – 18.60
Spot Rate : 1.3500
Average : 0.7995

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-29
Maturity Price : 17.25
Evaluated at bid price : 17.25
Bid-YTW : 9.26 %

PVS.PR.G SplitShare Quote: 23.20 – 24.02
Spot Rate : 0.8200
Average : 0.5370

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Option Certainty
Maturity Date : 2026-02-28
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.20
Bid-YTW : 8.44 %

BN.PR.N Perpetual-Discount Quote: 16.30 – 17.00
Spot Rate : 0.7000
Average : 0.4363

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-29
Maturity Price : 16.30
Evaluated at bid price : 16.30
Bid-YTW : 7.35 %

GWO.PR.I Insurance Straight Quote: 16.45 – 17.80
Spot Rate : 1.3500
Average : 1.1063

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-29
Maturity Price : 16.45
Evaluated at bid price : 16.45
Bid-YTW : 6.90 %

September 28, 2023

Thursday, September 28th, 2023
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 0.3579 % 2,167.3
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.3579 % 4,156.9
Floater 11.23 % 11.37 % 54,955 8.57 2 0.3579 % 2,395.7
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.0490 % 3,359.8
SplitShare 5.03 % 7.37 % 43,557 2.24 7 -0.0490 % 4,012.3
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.0490 % 3,130.6
Perpetual-Premium 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.0752 % 2,482.7
Perpetual-Discount 6.88 % 7.08 % 42,854 12.43 33 0.0752 % 2,707.3
FixedReset Disc 5.99 % 9.17 % 104,302 10.61 55 0.0137 % 2,103.2
Insurance Straight 6.87 % 6.96 % 60,321 12.63 17 -0.0294 % 2,619.4
FloatingReset 11.61 % 11.76 % 39,162 8.32 1 0.4937 % 2,292.0
FixedReset Prem 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.0137 % 2,305.0
FixedReset Bank Non 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.0137 % 2,149.9
FixedReset Ins Non 6.56 % 8.63 % 124,173 11.09 11 0.5188 % 2,287.7
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
BN.PF.A FixedReset Disc -25.70 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-28
Maturity Price : 14.11
Evaluated at bid price : 14.11
Bid-YTW : 12.97 %
BN.PF.B FixedReset Disc -2.94 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-28
Maturity Price : 16.50
Evaluated at bid price : 16.50
Bid-YTW : 10.44 %
CU.PR.D Perpetual-Discount -1.33 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-28
Maturity Price : 17.81
Evaluated at bid price : 17.81
Bid-YTW : 6.98 %
POW.PR.A Perpetual-Discount 1.00 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-28
Maturity Price : 20.15
Evaluated at bid price : 20.15
Bid-YTW : 6.98 %
BN.PF.G FixedReset Disc 1.05 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-28
Maturity Price : 14.46
Evaluated at bid price : 14.46
Bid-YTW : 11.43 %
MFC.PR.C Insurance Straight 1.10 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-28
Maturity Price : 16.53
Evaluated at bid price : 16.53
Bid-YTW : 6.88 %
TD.PF.E FixedReset Disc 1.13 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-28
Maturity Price : 17.95
Evaluated at bid price : 17.95
Bid-YTW : 9.27 %
RY.PR.O Perpetual-Discount 1.16 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-28
Maturity Price : 20.85
Evaluated at bid price : 20.85
Bid-YTW : 5.96 %
PWF.PR.T FixedReset Disc 1.33 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-28
Maturity Price : 19.05
Evaluated at bid price : 19.05
Bid-YTW : 8.92 %
MFC.PR.L FixedReset Ins Non 1.36 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-28
Maturity Price : 17.90
Evaluated at bid price : 17.90
Bid-YTW : 8.98 %
IFC.PR.C FixedReset Disc 1.47 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-28
Maturity Price : 16.55
Evaluated at bid price : 16.55
Bid-YTW : 9.36 %
RY.PR.N Perpetual-Discount 1.51 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-28
Maturity Price : 20.82
Evaluated at bid price : 20.82
Bid-YTW : 5.97 %
RY.PR.S FixedReset Disc 1.56 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-28
Maturity Price : 20.78
Evaluated at bid price : 20.78
Bid-YTW : 8.15 %
CM.PR.Y FixedReset Disc 1.57 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-28
Maturity Price : 23.40
Evaluated at bid price : 24.00
Bid-YTW : 8.07 %
IFC.PR.A FixedReset Ins Non 1.62 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-28
Maturity Price : 15.65
Evaluated at bid price : 15.65
Bid-YTW : 9.08 %
MFC.PR.N FixedReset Ins Non 1.82 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-28
Maturity Price : 16.80
Evaluated at bid price : 16.80
Bid-YTW : 9.46 %
BIP.PR.F FixedReset Disc 1.87 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-28
Maturity Price : 19.05
Evaluated at bid price : 19.05
Bid-YTW : 9.52 %
BN.PR.X FixedReset Disc 30.00 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-28
Maturity Price : 13.00
Evaluated at bid price : 13.00
Bid-YTW : 10.95 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
BN.PF.G FixedReset Disc 100,603 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-28
Maturity Price : 14.46
Evaluated at bid price : 14.46
Bid-YTW : 11.43 %
TD.PF.K FixedReset Disc 71,993 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2023-10-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.17
Bid-YTW : 5.74 %
TD.PF.B FixedReset Disc 62,222 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-28
Maturity Price : 18.33
Evaluated at bid price : 18.33
Bid-YTW : 8.93 %
RY.PR.Z FixedReset Disc 52,696 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-28
Maturity Price : 17.81
Evaluated at bid price : 17.81
Bid-YTW : 9.15 %
BMO.PR.S FixedReset Disc 36,789 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-28
Maturity Price : 18.33
Evaluated at bid price : 18.33
Bid-YTW : 9.05 %
BMO.PR.T FixedReset Disc 29,705 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-28
Maturity Price : 17.25
Evaluated at bid price : 17.25
Bid-YTW : 9.38 %
There were 8 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
BN.PF.A FixedReset Disc Quote: 14.11 – 19.00
Spot Rate : 4.8900
Average : 2.7344

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-28
Maturity Price : 14.11
Evaluated at bid price : 14.11
Bid-YTW : 12.97 %

CU.PR.I FixedReset Disc Quote: 21.30 – 23.95
Spot Rate : 2.6500
Average : 1.5219

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-28
Maturity Price : 21.30
Evaluated at bid price : 21.30
Bid-YTW : 8.84 %

GWO.PR.I Insurance Straight Quote: 16.45 – 17.70
Spot Rate : 1.2500
Average : 0.8391

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-28
Maturity Price : 16.45
Evaluated at bid price : 16.45
Bid-YTW : 6.89 %

PVS.PR.K SplitShare Quote: 20.80 – 21.50
Spot Rate : 0.7000
Average : 0.4388

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2029-05-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 20.80
Bid-YTW : 8.33 %

BN.PF.B FixedReset Disc Quote: 16.50 – 17.16
Spot Rate : 0.6600
Average : 0.4111

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-28
Maturity Price : 16.50
Evaluated at bid price : 16.50
Bid-YTW : 10.44 %

PVS.PR.H SplitShare Quote: 23.15 – 23.85
Spot Rate : 0.7000
Average : 0.5343

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2027-02-28
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.15
Bid-YTW : 7.32 %

September 27, 2023

Wednesday, September 27th, 2023

PerpetualDiscounts now yield 7.08%, equivalent to 9.20% interest at the standard equivalency factor of 1.3x. Long corporates yielded 5.63% on 2023-9-15 [BMO is now reporting a different number for the same date than the one they reported last week … this worries me] and since then the closing price has changed from 14.33 to 13.90, a decrease of 300bp in price, with a Duration of 11.99 [again, different from last week’s report for the same day] (BMO doesn’t specify whether this is Macaulay or Modified Duration; I will assume Modified) which implies an increase in yield of about 25bp since 9/15 [?] to 5.88%, so the pre-tax interest-equivalent spread (in this context, the “Seniority Spread”) has narrowed to 330bp from the 350bp reported September 20.

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 -0.4011 % 2,159.6
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.4011 % 4,142.1
Floater 11.28 % 11.39 % 55,770 8.57 2 -0.4011 % 2,387.1
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.5854 % 3,361.5
SplitShare 5.02 % 7.27 % 42,599 2.25 7 0.5854 % 4,014.3
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.5854 % 3,132.1
Perpetual-Premium 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.1567 % 2,480.8
Perpetual-Discount 6.89 % 7.08 % 43,418 12.40 33 -0.1567 % 2,705.2
FixedReset Disc 5.99 % 9.20 % 103,534 10.58 55 -0.6806 % 2,102.9
Insurance Straight 6.87 % 6.96 % 60,837 12.63 17 0.0425 % 2,620.2
FloatingReset 11.67 % 11.82 % 39,600 8.29 1 -0.1408 % 2,280.7
FixedReset Prem 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.6806 % 2,304.7
FixedReset Bank Non 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.6806 % 2,149.6
FixedReset Ins Non 6.59 % 8.61 % 124,865 11.04 11 0.8936 % 2,275.9
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
BN.PR.X FixedReset Disc -23.37 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-27
Maturity Price : 10.00
Evaluated at bid price : 10.00
Bid-YTW : 14.05 %
RY.PR.S FixedReset Disc -3.03 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-27
Maturity Price : 20.46
Evaluated at bid price : 20.46
Bid-YTW : 8.27 %
BIP.PR.F FixedReset Disc -2.35 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-27
Maturity Price : 18.70
Evaluated at bid price : 18.70
Bid-YTW : 9.70 %
MFC.PR.C Insurance Straight -1.80 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-27
Maturity Price : 16.35
Evaluated at bid price : 16.35
Bid-YTW : 6.95 %
RY.PR.M FixedReset Disc -1.75 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-27
Maturity Price : 16.85
Evaluated at bid price : 16.85
Bid-YTW : 9.42 %
BMO.PR.Y FixedReset Disc -1.62 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-27
Maturity Price : 17.60
Evaluated at bid price : 17.60
Bid-YTW : 9.27 %
CU.PR.F Perpetual-Discount -1.57 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-27
Maturity Price : 16.25
Evaluated at bid price : 16.25
Bid-YTW : 7.02 %
PWF.PR.T FixedReset Disc -1.57 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-27
Maturity Price : 18.80
Evaluated at bid price : 18.80
Bid-YTW : 9.03 %
TD.PF.D FixedReset Disc -1.50 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-27
Maturity Price : 17.76
Evaluated at bid price : 17.76
Bid-YTW : 9.37 %
TD.PF.E FixedReset Disc -1.39 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-27
Maturity Price : 17.75
Evaluated at bid price : 17.75
Bid-YTW : 9.36 %
TD.PF.C FixedReset Disc -1.31 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-27
Maturity Price : 17.35
Evaluated at bid price : 17.35
Bid-YTW : 9.25 %
RY.PR.H FixedReset Disc -1.12 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-27
Maturity Price : 17.70
Evaluated at bid price : 17.70
Bid-YTW : 9.17 %
TD.PF.A FixedReset Disc -1.10 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-27
Maturity Price : 18.01
Evaluated at bid price : 18.01
Bid-YTW : 8.95 %
GWO.PR.P Insurance Straight -1.04 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-27
Maturity Price : 19.08
Evaluated at bid price : 19.08
Bid-YTW : 7.13 %
MFC.PR.K FixedReset Ins Non 1.02 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-27
Maturity Price : 19.80
Evaluated at bid price : 19.80
Bid-YTW : 8.35 %
MFC.PR.N FixedReset Ins Non 1.23 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-27
Maturity Price : 16.50
Evaluated at bid price : 16.50
Bid-YTW : 9.63 %
ELF.PR.F Perpetual-Discount 1.63 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-27
Maturity Price : 19.30
Evaluated at bid price : 19.30
Bid-YTW : 7.03 %
IFC.PR.C FixedReset Disc 1.94 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-27
Maturity Price : 16.31
Evaluated at bid price : 16.31
Bid-YTW : 9.49 %
MFC.PR.M FixedReset Ins Non 2.16 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-27
Maturity Price : 17.01
Evaluated at bid price : 17.01
Bid-YTW : 9.54 %
CM.PR.S FixedReset Disc 2.66 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-27
Maturity Price : 19.96
Evaluated at bid price : 19.96
Bid-YTW : 8.14 %
BNS.PR.I FixedReset Disc 2.93 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-27
Maturity Price : 21.45
Evaluated at bid price : 21.75
Bid-YTW : 7.87 %
EIT.PR.A SplitShare 3.32 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Soft Maturity
Maturity Date : 2024-03-14
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.61
Bid-YTW : 8.73 %
SLF.PR.G FixedReset Ins Non 3.57 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-27
Maturity Price : 13.05
Evaluated at bid price : 13.05
Bid-YTW : 9.99 %
GWO.PR.N FixedReset Ins Non 4.08 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-27
Maturity Price : 12.51
Evaluated at bid price : 12.51
Bid-YTW : 9.73 %
SLF.PR.C Insurance Straight 6.65 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-27
Maturity Price : 17.00
Evaluated at bid price : 17.00
Bid-YTW : 6.59 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
CU.PR.J Perpetual-Discount 126,300 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-27
Maturity Price : 17.10
Evaluated at bid price : 17.10
Bid-YTW : 7.04 %
TD.PF.K FixedReset Disc 106,324 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2023-10-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.16
Bid-YTW : 6.01 %
FTS.PR.J Perpetual-Discount 102,115 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-27
Maturity Price : 18.40
Evaluated at bid price : 18.40
Bid-YTW : 6.54 %
POW.PR.G Perpetual-Discount 75,700 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-27
Maturity Price : 19.85
Evaluated at bid price : 19.85
Bid-YTW : 7.09 %
TD.PF.B FixedReset Disc 59,260 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-27
Maturity Price : 18.20
Evaluated at bid price : 18.20
Bid-YTW : 8.99 %
NA.PR.S FixedReset Disc 56,675 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-27
Maturity Price : 18.30
Evaluated at bid price : 18.30
Bid-YTW : 9.20 %
There were 20 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
BN.PR.X FixedReset Disc Quote: 10.00 – 13.10
Spot Rate : 3.1000
Average : 1.6869

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-27
Maturity Price : 10.00
Evaluated at bid price : 10.00
Bid-YTW : 14.05 %

RY.PR.N Perpetual-Discount Quote: 20.51 – 22.00
Spot Rate : 1.4900
Average : 0.9867

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-27
Maturity Price : 20.51
Evaluated at bid price : 20.51
Bid-YTW : 6.06 %

TD.PF.I FixedReset Disc Quote: 22.75 – 23.91
Spot Rate : 1.1600
Average : 0.7707

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-27
Maturity Price : 22.18
Evaluated at bid price : 22.75
Bid-YTW : 7.87 %

MFC.PR.M FixedReset Ins Non Quote: 17.01 – 18.00
Spot Rate : 0.9900
Average : 0.6415

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-27
Maturity Price : 17.01
Evaluated at bid price : 17.01
Bid-YTW : 9.54 %

TD.PF.E FixedReset Disc Quote: 17.75 – 18.85
Spot Rate : 1.1000
Average : 0.7640

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-27
Maturity Price : 17.75
Evaluated at bid price : 17.75
Bid-YTW : 9.36 %

BIK.PR.A FixedReset Disc Quote: 20.88 – 21.75
Spot Rate : 0.8700
Average : 0.6355

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-27
Maturity Price : 20.88
Evaluated at bid price : 20.88
Bid-YTW : 9.86 %

DBRS: BN and BRN under Review-Positive

Wednesday, September 27th, 2023

DBRS Limited (DBRS Morningstar) has announced:

placed the Issuer Rating, long-term obligations, and preferred shares credit ratings of Brookfield Corporation (BN or the Company, formerly Brookfield Asset Management Inc.) and its guaranteed subsidiaries Under Review with Positive Implications. In addition, DBRS Morningstar placed the short-term credit ratings of BN and its guaranteed subsidiaries Under Review with Developing Implications. These rating actions are not the result of any change in credit risk of the Company (or its guaranteed subsidiaries).

Following the annual surveillance review of the credit ratings of the Company on July 5, 2023, DBRS Morningstar identified an error in the application of certain methodologies used in the determination of the credit ratings of BN. DBRS Morningstar believes the rating rationale for the credit ratings of BN, and the applicable methodological approach, was not adequately disclosed previously. This error is not connected in any way to the data and information provided by the Company for the purposes of providing the relevant credit ratings.

Over the course of the coming weeks, DBRS Morningstar will conduct a review of the Company and the applicable methodological approach(es). Further to that review, DBRS Morningstar may apply additional or different DBRS Morningstar methodologies from those that have been applied in the past in the determination of the credit ratings of BN. Such methodologies may include the “Global Methodology for Rating Investment Management Companies” and the “Global Methodology for Rating Insurance Companies and Insurance Organizations.” The application of a different methodological approach may result in changes in the level of one or more outstanding credit ratings of BN. DBRS Morningstar will provide information regarding the rationale for any such changes in connection with the announcement of the related credit rating actions.

Affected issues are (deep breath): BN.PF.A, BN.PF.B, BN.PF.C, BN.PF.D, BN.PF.E, BN.PF.F, BN.PF.G, BN.PF.H, BN.PF.I, BN.PF.J, BN.PF.K, BN.PF.L, BN.PR.B, BN.PR.C, BN.PR.K, BN.PR.M, BN.PR.N, BN.PR.R, BN.PR.T, BN.PR.X, BN.PR.Z and (this one not tracked by HIMIPref™) BRN.PR.A,

ytc_resets.xlsx : Slight Modification

Wednesday, September 27th, 2023

I have recently been discussing the question of yield and forecast income from Malachite Aggressive Preferred Fund with a client, and as part of that referred him to the Yield Calculator for Resets so he could see for himself why the projected income from the fund was so much higher than the current income.

As part of that, I had to explain that HIMIPref™, my analytical software, uses semi-annual compounded yield, which is a higher number than the quarterly compounded yield calculated by the spreadsheet. And my income projections use HIMIPref™ calculations. The more I looked at my explanation, the more it looked like bafflegab and handwaving.

So, in order to reduce the complexity of this explanation in the future, I have added a display field on the spreadsheet showing the yield as the semi-annual compounded value (for comparability with bonds) as well as the quarterly compounded value (applicable only to instruments that pay quarterly).

September 26, 2023

Tuesday, September 26th, 2023
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 0.3578 % 2,168.3
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.3578 % 4,158.8
Floater 11.23 % 11.34 % 56,697 8.60 2 0.3578 % 2,396.7
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.5576 % 3,341.9
SplitShare 5.05 % 7.29 % 42,926 2.25 7 -0.5576 % 3,990.9
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.5576 % 3,113.9
Perpetual-Premium 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.4262 % 2,484.7
Perpetual-Discount 6.87 % 7.07 % 44,284 12.43 33 0.4262 % 2,709.5
FixedReset Disc 5.95 % 9.13 % 104,469 10.57 55 -0.2715 % 2,117.4
Insurance Straight 6.87 % 6.94 % 60,990 12.66 17 0.1212 % 2,619.1
FloatingReset 11.65 % 11.80 % 38,948 8.31 1 0.1410 % 2,284.0
FixedReset Prem 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.2715 % 2,320.5
FixedReset Bank Non 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.2715 % 2,164.4
FixedReset Ins Non 6.65 % 8.59 % 125,421 10.96 11 0.0476 % 2,255.7
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
EIT.PR.A SplitShare -3.76 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Soft Maturity
Maturity Date : 2024-03-14
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.82
Bid-YTW : 16.17 %
BNS.PR.I FixedReset Disc -3.74 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-26
Maturity Price : 21.13
Evaluated at bid price : 21.13
Bid-YTW : 8.12 %
CM.PR.S FixedReset Disc -3.04 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-26
Maturity Price : 19.80
Evaluated at bid price : 19.80
Bid-YTW : 8.36 %
RY.PR.J FixedReset Disc -2.51 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-26
Maturity Price : 17.50
Evaluated at bid price : 17.50
Bid-YTW : 9.50 %
RY.PR.Z FixedReset Disc -2.37 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-26
Maturity Price : 17.70
Evaluated at bid price : 17.70
Bid-YTW : 9.20 %
RY.PR.O Perpetual-Discount -2.14 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-26
Maturity Price : 20.55
Evaluated at bid price : 20.55
Bid-YTW : 6.04 %
BN.PF.A FixedReset Disc -2.12 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-26
Maturity Price : 18.94
Evaluated at bid price : 18.94
Bid-YTW : 9.62 %
BMO.PR.F FixedReset Disc -2.09 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-26
Maturity Price : 23.17
Evaluated at bid price : 23.85
Bid-YTW : 8.19 %
IFC.PR.C FixedReset Disc -1.54 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-26
Maturity Price : 16.00
Evaluated at bid price : 16.00
Bid-YTW : 9.65 %
RY.PR.N Perpetual-Discount -1.43 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-26
Maturity Price : 20.70
Evaluated at bid price : 20.70
Bid-YTW : 6.00 %
BIP.PR.E FixedReset Disc -1.30 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-26
Maturity Price : 19.75
Evaluated at bid price : 19.75
Bid-YTW : 9.04 %
MFC.PR.K FixedReset Ins Non -1.26 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-26
Maturity Price : 19.60
Evaluated at bid price : 19.60
Bid-YTW : 8.43 %
BN.PF.H FixedReset Disc -1.00 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-26
Maturity Price : 18.81
Evaluated at bid price : 18.81
Bid-YTW : 10.40 %
TD.PF.C FixedReset Disc 1.15 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-26
Maturity Price : 17.58
Evaluated at bid price : 17.58
Bid-YTW : 9.13 %
BN.PF.G FixedReset Disc 1.19 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-26
Maturity Price : 14.45
Evaluated at bid price : 14.45
Bid-YTW : 11.44 %
BIP.PR.F FixedReset Disc 3.51 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-26
Maturity Price : 19.15
Evaluated at bid price : 19.15
Bid-YTW : 9.47 %
POW.PR.C Perpetual-Discount 14.92 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-26
Maturity Price : 21.03
Evaluated at bid price : 21.03
Bid-YTW : 6.93 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
NA.PR.G FixedReset Disc 363,867 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-26
Maturity Price : 21.84
Evaluated at bid price : 22.30
Bid-YTW : 8.08 %
TD.PF.K FixedReset Disc 230,175 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2023-10-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.16
Bid-YTW : 5.84 %
BMO.PR.E FixedReset Disc 84,498 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-26
Maturity Price : 21.98
Evaluated at bid price : 22.51
Bid-YTW : 7.87 %
NA.PR.S FixedReset Disc 63,600 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-26
Maturity Price : 18.34
Evaluated at bid price : 18.34
Bid-YTW : 9.17 %
NA.PR.W FixedReset Disc 63,244 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-26
Maturity Price : 16.75
Evaluated at bid price : 16.75
Bid-YTW : 9.53 %
BMO.PR.F FixedReset Disc 59,312 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-26
Maturity Price : 23.17
Evaluated at bid price : 23.85
Bid-YTW : 8.19 %
There were 22 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
GWO.PR.I Insurance Straight Quote: 16.45 – 17.80
Spot Rate : 1.3500
Average : 0.7490

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-26
Maturity Price : 16.45
Evaluated at bid price : 16.45
Bid-YTW : 6.89 %

BNS.PR.I FixedReset Disc Quote: 21.13 – 22.35
Spot Rate : 1.2200
Average : 0.6849

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-26
Maturity Price : 21.13
Evaluated at bid price : 21.13
Bid-YTW : 8.12 %

EIT.PR.A SplitShare Quote: 23.82 – 24.82
Spot Rate : 1.0000
Average : 0.5343

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Soft Maturity
Maturity Date : 2024-03-14
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 23.82
Bid-YTW : 16.17 %

BN.PR.R FixedReset Disc Quote: 12.81 – 13.76
Spot Rate : 0.9500
Average : 0.6287

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-26
Maturity Price : 12.81
Evaluated at bid price : 12.81
Bid-YTW : 11.39 %

CU.PR.E Perpetual-Discount Quote: 17.80 – 18.50
Spot Rate : 0.7000
Average : 0.4264

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-26
Maturity Price : 17.80
Evaluated at bid price : 17.80
Bid-YTW : 6.98 %

SLF.PR.C Insurance Straight Quote: 15.94 – 17.09
Spot Rate : 1.1500
Average : 0.8790

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-26
Maturity Price : 15.94
Evaluated at bid price : 15.94
Bid-YTW : 7.03 %

September 25, 2023

Monday, September 25th, 2023

TXPR closed at 512.37, up 1.45% on the day. Volume today was 3.64-million, the highest by far of the past 21 trading days. The price index has recovered all the ground it has lost since 2023-8-24!

CPD closed at 10.16, up 0.69% on the day. Volume was 133,110, second-highest of the past 21 trading days. It hasn’t closed this high since 2023-9-6!

ZPR closed at 8.57, up 1.66% on the day. Volume was 486,320, highest by far of the past 21 trading days. We haven’t seen a close like this since 2023-8-28!

Five-year Canada yields were up to 4.33%.

Equities were flattish, with the pundits looking at bonds:

Canada’s main stock index rose on Monday as energy shares rallied, but the market was still trading near its lowest level in four weeks as investors worried about interest rates being kept at elevated levels for longer than previously expected. The Canadian 10-year bond yield climbed above the 4% threshold to its highest in nearly 16 years.

The Canadian five-year bond yield – closely watched because of its influence on popular terms of fixed mortgage rates – also rose to a 16-year high on Monday, reaching 4.33%.

It’s very tempting to ascribe today’s market pop to the surprise redemption of TD.PF.K, particularly given the fine performances of TD.PF.A, TD.PF.B and TD.PF.C. But who knows? Those eager to bet on a wave of uneconomic bank pref redemptions are urged to remember that TD’s enormous amount of excess equity make it an outlier in terms of financial condition.

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 -0.4009 % 2,160.6
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.4009 % 4,144.0
Floater 11.27 % 11.38 % 38,595 8.58 2 -0.4009 % 2,388.2
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.0184 % 3,360.6
SplitShare 5.02 % 7.29 % 42,479 2.25 7 -0.0184 % 4,013.3
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.0184 % 3,131.4
Perpetual-Premium 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.0148 % 2,474.2
Perpetual-Discount 6.90 % 7.09 % 43,675 12.39 33 -0.0148 % 2,698.0
FixedReset Disc 5.93 % 9.14 % 106,146 10.60 55 2.9868 % 2,123.1
Insurance Straight 6.88 % 6.96 % 61,840 12.64 17 -0.2483 % 2,615.9
FloatingReset 11.67 % 11.81 % 38,100 8.30 1 0.1412 % 2,280.7
FixedReset Prem 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 2.9868 % 2,326.8
FixedReset Bank Non 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 2.9868 % 2,170.3
FixedReset Ins Non 6.65 % 8.63 % 126,673 11.07 11 0.5265 % 2,254.6
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
SLF.PR.C Insurance Straight -5.18 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 15.94
Evaluated at bid price : 15.94
Bid-YTW : 7.03 %
CU.PR.J Perpetual-Discount -1.46 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 16.91
Evaluated at bid price : 16.91
Bid-YTW : 7.12 %
ELF.PR.F Perpetual-Discount -1.35 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 18.99
Evaluated at bid price : 18.99
Bid-YTW : 7.15 %
FTS.PR.J Perpetual-Discount -1.34 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 18.35
Evaluated at bid price : 18.35
Bid-YTW : 6.56 %
POW.PR.A Perpetual-Discount -1.29 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 19.94
Evaluated at bid price : 19.94
Bid-YTW : 7.05 %
MFC.PR.J FixedReset Ins Non 1.06 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 19.96
Evaluated at bid price : 19.96
Bid-YTW : 8.46 %
FTS.PR.M FixedReset Disc 1.10 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 16.48
Evaluated at bid price : 16.48
Bid-YTW : 10.06 %
BN.PF.J FixedReset Disc 1.11 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 18.15
Evaluated at bid price : 18.15
Bid-YTW : 9.73 %
BN.PF.H FixedReset Disc 1.33 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 19.00
Evaluated at bid price : 19.00
Bid-YTW : 10.29 %
IFC.PR.C FixedReset Disc 1.56 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 16.25
Evaluated at bid price : 16.25
Bid-YTW : 9.51 %
MFC.PR.K FixedReset Ins Non 1.79 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 19.85
Evaluated at bid price : 19.85
Bid-YTW : 8.32 %
BN.PF.D Perpetual-Discount 1.82 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 16.80
Evaluated at bid price : 16.80
Bid-YTW : 7.35 %
BN.PF.A FixedReset Disc 1.84 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 19.35
Evaluated at bid price : 19.35
Bid-YTW : 9.41 %
BN.PR.R FixedReset Disc 1.98 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 12.86
Evaluated at bid price : 12.86
Bid-YTW : 11.34 %
FTS.PR.K FixedReset Disc 2.35 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 16.99
Evaluated at bid price : 16.99
Bid-YTW : 9.44 %
BMO.PR.F FixedReset Disc 2.35 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 23.73
Evaluated at bid price : 24.36
Bid-YTW : 8.02 %
CM.PR.Y FixedReset Disc 2.42 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 23.54
Evaluated at bid price : 24.12
Bid-YTW : 8.15 %
PWF.PR.T FixedReset Disc 2.43 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 18.95
Evaluated at bid price : 18.95
Bid-YTW : 8.96 %
TD.PF.J FixedReset Disc 2.58 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 21.05
Evaluated at bid price : 21.05
Bid-YTW : 8.01 %
BIP.PR.E FixedReset Disc 2.62 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 20.01
Evaluated at bid price : 20.01
Bid-YTW : 8.93 %
BN.PF.B FixedReset Disc 2.72 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 17.00
Evaluated at bid price : 17.00
Bid-YTW : 10.13 %
CM.PR.T FixedReset Disc 2.75 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 22.80
Evaluated at bid price : 23.50
Bid-YTW : 8.11 %
TD.PF.M FixedReset Disc 2.81 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 23.58
Evaluated at bid price : 24.16
Bid-YTW : 8.12 %
CM.PR.Q FixedReset Disc 2.88 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 17.50
Evaluated at bid price : 17.50
Bid-YTW : 9.38 %
BMO.PR.Y FixedReset Disc 2.90 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 17.75
Evaluated at bid price : 17.75
Bid-YTW : 9.19 %
FTS.PR.G FixedReset Disc 2.94 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 18.90
Evaluated at bid price : 18.90
Bid-YTW : 8.51 %
CM.PR.P FixedReset Disc 2.96 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 16.70
Evaluated at bid price : 16.70
Bid-YTW : 9.51 %
NA.PR.G FixedReset Disc 3.00 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 21.84
Evaluated at bid price : 22.30
Bid-YTW : 8.07 %
RY.PR.M FixedReset Disc 3.00 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 17.15
Evaluated at bid price : 17.15
Bid-YTW : 9.26 %
CM.PR.S FixedReset Disc 3.08 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 20.42
Evaluated at bid price : 20.42
Bid-YTW : 8.11 %
NA.PR.W FixedReset Disc 3.40 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 16.75
Evaluated at bid price : 16.75
Bid-YTW : 9.53 %
BMO.PR.T FixedReset Disc 3.81 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 17.15
Evaluated at bid price : 17.15
Bid-YTW : 9.43 %
TD.PF.E FixedReset Disc 3.83 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 18.17
Evaluated at bid price : 18.17
Bid-YTW : 9.15 %
TD.PF.L FixedReset Disc 3.85 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 23.56
Evaluated at bid price : 24.25
Bid-YTW : 7.86 %
BMO.PR.W FixedReset Disc 3.87 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 16.93
Evaluated at bid price : 16.93
Bid-YTW : 9.45 %
TD.PF.I FixedReset Disc 4.05 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 22.39
Evaluated at bid price : 23.10
Bid-YTW : 7.74 %
RY.PR.J FixedReset Disc 4.06 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 17.95
Evaluated at bid price : 17.95
Bid-YTW : 9.27 %
BMO.PR.E FixedReset Disc 4.18 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 21.94
Evaluated at bid price : 22.45
Bid-YTW : 7.89 %
TD.PF.D FixedReset Disc 4.27 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 18.09
Evaluated at bid price : 18.09
Bid-YTW : 9.20 %
RY.PR.S FixedReset Disc 4.48 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 21.00
Evaluated at bid price : 21.00
Bid-YTW : 8.05 %
RY.PR.Z FixedReset Disc 4.50 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 18.13
Evaluated at bid price : 18.13
Bid-YTW : 8.98 %
RY.PR.H FixedReset Disc 4.61 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 17.94
Evaluated at bid price : 17.94
Bid-YTW : 9.05 %
CM.PR.O FixedReset Disc 4.71 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 18.02
Evaluated at bid price : 18.02
Bid-YTW : 9.06 %
BMO.PR.S FixedReset Disc 4.87 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 18.51
Evaluated at bid price : 18.51
Bid-YTW : 8.96 %
NA.PR.S FixedReset Disc 5.08 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 18.41
Evaluated at bid price : 18.41
Bid-YTW : 9.14 %
TD.PF.C FixedReset Disc 5.33 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 17.38
Evaluated at bid price : 17.38
Bid-YTW : 9.23 %
TD.PF.B FixedReset Disc 5.72 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 18.29
Evaluated at bid price : 18.29
Bid-YTW : 8.94 %
TD.PF.A FixedReset Disc 6.89 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 18.15
Evaluated at bid price : 18.15
Bid-YTW : 8.88 %
BNS.PR.I FixedReset Disc 7.33 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 21.59
Evaluated at bid price : 21.95
Bid-YTW : 7.79 %
TD.PF.K FixedReset Disc 15.58 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2023-10-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.15
Bid-YTW : 6.09 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
RY.PR.J FixedReset Disc 204,000 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 17.95
Evaluated at bid price : 17.95
Bid-YTW : 9.27 %
TD.PF.L FixedReset Disc 133,000 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 23.56
Evaluated at bid price : 24.25
Bid-YTW : 7.86 %
TD.PF.A FixedReset Disc 112,000 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 18.15
Evaluated at bid price : 18.15
Bid-YTW : 8.88 %
BMO.PR.T FixedReset Disc 95,700 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 17.15
Evaluated at bid price : 17.15
Bid-YTW : 9.43 %
TD.PF.M FixedReset Disc 82,300 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 23.58
Evaluated at bid price : 24.16
Bid-YTW : 8.12 %
CM.PR.O FixedReset Disc 79,900 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 18.02
Evaluated at bid price : 18.02
Bid-YTW : 9.06 %
There were 34 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
POW.PR.C Perpetual-Discount Quote: 18.30 – 21.18
Spot Rate : 2.8800
Average : 2.3627

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 18.30
Evaluated at bid price : 18.30
Bid-YTW : 7.96 %

PWF.PR.T FixedReset Disc Quote: 18.95 – 19.95
Spot Rate : 1.0000
Average : 0.6018

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 18.95
Evaluated at bid price : 18.95
Bid-YTW : 8.96 %

SLF.PR.C Insurance Straight Quote: 15.94 – 16.90
Spot Rate : 0.9600
Average : 0.5818

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 15.94
Evaluated at bid price : 15.94
Bid-YTW : 7.03 %

ELF.PR.F Perpetual-Discount Quote: 18.99 – 20.48
Spot Rate : 1.4900
Average : 1.1454

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 18.99
Evaluated at bid price : 18.99
Bid-YTW : 7.15 %

BN.PF.J FixedReset Disc Quote: 18.15 – 18.96
Spot Rate : 0.8100
Average : 0.4689

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 18.15
Evaluated at bid price : 18.15
Bid-YTW : 9.73 %

GWO.PR.N FixedReset Ins Non Quote: 11.96 – 12.80
Spot Rate : 0.8400
Average : 0.4989

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-09-25
Maturity Price : 11.96
Evaluated at bid price : 11.96
Bid-YTW : 10.13 %

TD.PF.K To Be Redeemed

Saturday, September 23rd, 2023

The Toronto-Dominion Bank has announced:

that it will exercise its right to redeem all of its 16,000,000 outstanding Non-Cumulative 5-Year Rate Reset Class A First Preferred Shares, Series 20 (Non-Viability Contingent Capital) (the “Series 20 Shares”) on October 31, 2023 at the price of $25.00 per Series 20 Share for an aggregate total of approximately $400 million. The redemption has been approved by the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions.

On August 24, 2023, TD announced that dividends of $0.296875 per Series 20 Share had been declared. These will be the final dividends on the Series 20 Shares, and will be paid in the usual manner on October 31, 2023 to shareholders of record on October 6, 2023, as previously announced. After October 31, 2023, the Series 20 Shares will cease to be entitled to dividends and the only remaining rights of holders of such shares will be to receive payment of the redemption amount.

Beneficial holders who are not directly the registered holder of Series 20 Shares should contact the financial institution, broker or other intermediary through which they hold these shares to confirm how they will receive their redemption proceeds. Inquiries should be directed to our Registrar and Transfer Agent, TSX Trust Company, at 1-800-387-0825 (or in Toronto 416-682-3860).

TD.PF.K was issued as a FixedReset, 4.75%+259 that commenced trading 2018-9-13 after being announced 2018-9-4. It is tracked by HIMIPref™ and is assigned to the FixedReset (Discount) subindex.

The redemption comes as quite a surprise, given that the closing price on 2023-9-22 was 21.79 with most VWAPs for September being below 22.00. It has been clear for a while that TD has been awash in excess capital since the Horizons deal was abandoned; in addition, OSFI has been twisting bank arms to get them to issue LRCNs and OTC preferreds. Still, I would have liked to have been a fly on the wall at the meeting where this redemption was approved by the bank!

Thanks to Assiduous Reader CanSiamCyp for bringing this to my attention!

FTN.PR.A To Reset To 9.25% for One Year

Saturday, September 23rd, 2023

Quadravest has announced:

Financial 15 Split Corp. (the “Company”) is pleased to announce the Preferred Share dividend rate for the fiscal year beginning December 1, 2023, will increase by 1.75% over the current rate. Monthly payments to FTN.PR.A will be $0.07708 per share for an annual yield of 9.25% on their $10 redemption value.

The Company invests in an actively managed, high quality portfolio consisting of 15 financial services companies made up of Canadian and U.S. issuers as follows:

Bank of Montreal National Bank of Canada Bank of America Corp.
The Bank of Nova Scotia Manulife Financial Corporation Citigroup Inc.
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Sun Life Financial Inc. Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
Royal Bank of Canada Great-West Lifeco Inc. JP Morgan Chase & Co.
The Toronto-Dominion Bank CI Financial Corp. Wells Fargo & Co.

As I stated when reporting last year’s reset:

I must say, I am growing to dislike these annual resets intensely. The minimum rate on these resets is only 5.5% and apart from this the company has full discretion. A prudent analysis must therefore assume that next year the rate will reset to 5.5% but there is every possibility, of course, that it will not. So refusing to buy these things might result in leaving money on the table. All in all, though, assuming the worst is always the way to go in securities analysis!

FTN.PR.A matures 2025-12-1 and has a NAVPU of 16.82 as of 2023-9-15.

Thanks to Assiduous Reader newbiepref for bringing this to my attention!

BK.PR.A Extending Term with Unchanged Dividend

Friday, September 22nd, 2023

Quadravest has announced:

Under the distribution policy announced in November 2021, … Preferred shareholders will receive prime plus 1.50% with a minimum rate of 5.00% and a maximum rate of 8.00%

As previously announced on March 2, 2023, the termination date of the Company was extended a futher five years from December 1, 2023 to December 1, 2028. In connection with the extension, the Company has the right to amend the annual rate of cumulative preferential monthly dividends to be paid to the BK.PR.A Preferred Shares for the five year renewal period, commencing December 1, 2023. In keeping with market yields for preferred shares with similar terms, there will be no change to the rate of the BK.PR.A Preferred Shares.

In relation to the term extension, the Company has an additional retraction right for those shareholders not wishing to continue holding their investment, allowing existing shareholders to tender one or both classes of Shares and receive a retraction price based on the November 30, 2023 net asset value per unit.

Alternatively, shareholders may sell their shares for the market price at any time, potentially at a higher price than would be achieved through retraction, or shareholders may take no action and continue to hold their shares.

Thanks to Assiduous Reader niagara for bringing this to my attention!