PerpetualDiscounts now yield 5.55%, equivalent to 7.22% interest at the standard equivalency factor of 1.3x. Long corporates now yield 3.31%, so the pre-tax interest-equivalent spread (in this context, the “Seniority Spread”) has vigorously bounced to 390bp from the 375bp reported September 18.
HIMIPref™ Preferred Indices These values reflect the December 2008 revision of the HIMIPref™ Indices Values are provisional and are finalized monthly |
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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 | -0.2054 % | 1,905.1 |
FixedFloater | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | -0.2054 % | 3,495.8 |
Floater | 6.32 % | 6.45 % | 48,249 | 13.26 | 4 | -0.2054 % | 2,014.7 |
OpRet | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | -0.0056 % | 3,376.9 |
SplitShare | 4.67 % | 4.61 % | 54,894 | 4.00 | 7 | -0.0056 % | 4,032.7 |
Interest-Bearing | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | -0.0056 % | 3,146.5 |
Perpetual-Premium | 5.60 % | -17.87 % | 64,784 | 0.09 | 6 | 0.1235 % | 2,996.6 |
Perpetual-Discount | 5.41 % | 5.55 % | 64,942 | 14.51 | 28 | 0.0293 % | 3,170.9 |
FixedReset Disc | 5.56 % | 5.50 % | 167,721 | 14.36 | 73 | -0.0180 % | 2,062.4 |
Deemed-Retractible | 5.23 % | 5.80 % | 72,438 | 7.90 | 27 | 0.0174 % | 3,151.3 |
FloatingReset | 4.56 % | 6.74 % | 57,545 | 7.95 | 3 | 0.2976 % | 2,338.2 |
FixedReset Prem | 5.25 % | 4.00 % | 128,681 | 1.58 | 14 | -0.1086 % | 2,584.1 |
FixedReset Bank Non | 1.98 % | 4.29 % | 80,506 | 2.27 | 3 | -0.3746 % | 2,655.8 |
FixedReset Ins Non | 5.52 % | 8.10 % | 102,996 | 7.91 | 21 | 0.0871 % | 2,092.2 |
Performance Highlights | |||
Issue | Index | Change | Notes |
HSE.PR.A | FixedReset Disc | -4.09 % | YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Limit Maturity Maturity Date : 2049-09-25 Maturity Price : 10.56 Evaluated at bid price : 10.56 Bid-YTW : 7.24 % |
IFC.PR.A | FixedReset Ins Non | -3.15 % | YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Hard Maturity Maturity Date : 2030-01-31 Maturity Price : 25.00 Evaluated at bid price : 13.51 Bid-YTW : 10.73 % |
IAF.PR.I | FixedReset Ins Non | -1.89 % | YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Hard Maturity Maturity Date : 2030-01-31 Maturity Price : 25.00 Evaluated at bid price : 18.72 Bid-YTW : 8.10 % |
BAM.PR.Z | FixedReset Disc | -1.63 % | YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Limit Maturity Maturity Date : 2049-09-25 Maturity Price : 18.10 Evaluated at bid price : 18.10 Bid-YTW : 6.15 % |
BAM.PF.B | FixedReset Disc | -1.16 % | YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Limit Maturity Maturity Date : 2049-09-25 Maturity Price : 17.09 Evaluated at bid price : 17.09 Bid-YTW : 6.10 % |
CM.PR.O | FixedReset Disc | -1.13 % | YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Limit Maturity Maturity Date : 2049-09-25 Maturity Price : 16.62 Evaluated at bid price : 16.62 Bid-YTW : 5.68 % |
BAM.PR.K | Floater | -1.12 % | YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Limit Maturity Maturity Date : 2049-09-25 Maturity Price : 10.55 Evaluated at bid price : 10.55 Bid-YTW : 6.58 % |
IFC.PR.G | FixedReset Ins Non | -1.04 % | YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Hard Maturity Maturity Date : 2030-01-31 Maturity Price : 25.00 Evaluated at bid price : 18.11 Bid-YTW : 8.45 % |
MFC.PR.J | FixedReset Ins Non | 1.07 % | YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Hard Maturity Maturity Date : 2030-01-31 Maturity Price : 25.00 Evaluated at bid price : 18.85 Bid-YTW : 7.87 % |
MFC.PR.F | FixedReset Ins Non | 1.36 % | YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Hard Maturity Maturity Date : 2030-01-31 Maturity Price : 25.00 Evaluated at bid price : 12.69 Bid-YTW : 10.68 % |
MFC.PR.H | FixedReset Ins Non | 1.42 % | YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Hard Maturity Maturity Date : 2030-01-31 Maturity Price : 25.00 Evaluated at bid price : 20.70 Bid-YTW : 6.86 % |
BAM.PF.F | FixedReset Disc | 1.46 % | YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Limit Maturity Maturity Date : 2049-09-25 Maturity Price : 17.40 Evaluated at bid price : 17.40 Bid-YTW : 6.15 % |
MFC.PR.G | FixedReset Ins Non | 1.93 % | YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Hard Maturity Maturity Date : 2030-01-31 Maturity Price : 25.00 Evaluated at bid price : 18.45 Bid-YTW : 8.00 % |
PWF.PR.P | FixedReset Disc | 2.34 % | YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Limit Maturity Maturity Date : 2049-09-25 Maturity Price : 12.66 Evaluated at bid price : 12.66 Bid-YTW : 5.89 % |
Volume Highlights | |||
Issue | Index | Shares Traded |
Notes |
MFC.PR.M | FixedReset Ins Non | 86,925 | YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Hard Maturity Maturity Date : 2030-01-31 Maturity Price : 25.00 Evaluated at bid price : 16.30 Bid-YTW : 9.05 % |
CU.PR.C | FixedReset Disc | 56,850 | YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Limit Maturity Maturity Date : 2049-09-25 Maturity Price : 16.61 Evaluated at bid price : 16.61 Bid-YTW : 5.68 % |
TD.PF.H | FixedReset Disc | 44,250 | YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Call Maturity Date : 2021-10-31 Maturity Price : 25.00 Evaluated at bid price : 25.30 Bid-YTW : 4.64 % |
MFC.PR.R | FixedReset Ins Non | 41,890 | YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Hard Maturity Maturity Date : 2030-01-31 Maturity Price : 25.00 Evaluated at bid price : 24.05 Bid-YTW : 5.65 % |
BAM.PF.C | Perpetual-Discount | 38,971 | YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Limit Maturity Maturity Date : 2049-09-25 Maturity Price : 20.98 Evaluated at bid price : 20.98 Bid-YTW : 5.82 % |
TRP.PR.K | FixedReset Disc | 37,462 | YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Call Maturity Date : 2022-05-31 Maturity Price : 25.00 Evaluated at bid price : 25.11 Bid-YTW : 4.89 % |
There were 30 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares. |
Wide Spread Highlights | ||
Issue | Index | Quote Data and Yield Notes |
SLF.PR.I | FixedReset Ins Non | Quote: 18.25 – 18.78 Spot Rate : 0.5300 Average : 0.3169 YTW SCENARIO |
BAM.PF.A | FixedReset Disc | Quote: 18.75 – 19.20 Spot Rate : 0.4500 Average : 0.2876 YTW SCENARIO |
SLF.PR.H | FixedReset Ins Non | Quote: 15.56 – 16.05 Spot Rate : 0.4900 Average : 0.3346 YTW SCENARIO |
EIT.PR.A | SplitShare | Quote: 25.36 – 25.73 Spot Rate : 0.3700 Average : 0.2429 YTW SCENARIO |
NA.PR.C | FixedReset Disc | Quote: 20.78 – 21.12 Spot Rate : 0.3400 Average : 0.2161 YTW SCENARIO |
IAF.PR.B | Deemed-Retractible | Quote: 21.90 – 22.32 Spot Rate : 0.4200 Average : 0.2970 YTW SCENARIO |
LCS.PR.A : Proposed Mandate Change Fails
September 25th, 2019Brompton Group has announced:
LCS.PR.A was added to the HIMIPref™ database in October, 2014, backdated to 2014-5-1, following its term extension and treasury offering earlier in the year. Capital Units dividends were suspended in January 2015, but reinstated in November, 2016. Only two of the scheduled monthly Capital Unit distributions has been made since the September, 2018, payment became due. The company announced the five year extension in March, 2018. A mandate change was proposed in August, 2019. The issue reset to 6.25% with an end-date of 2024-4-29 in April, 2019. The issue is tracked by HIMIPref™ but relegated to the Scraps – Splitshares subindex on credit concerns.
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