October 12, 2010

In astonishing news, deficit financing is here to stay:

Canada will have endured seven years of budget deficits before it returns to a surplus position, the federal government said Tuesday in its fall fiscal update.

The anticipated 2015-16 surplus would mean seven years of deficit financing, beginning in the 2008-09 fiscal year when the financial crisis erupted. Prior to that, the country posted 11 consecutive annual budget surpluses.

Maybe they should cut taxes again! That will increase revenues, absolutely for sure, unless it doesn’t.

In more interesting news:

McDonald’s Corp.’s yuan bond sale, the first by a foreign company in Hong Kong, may pave the way for a new global debt market as China seeks to capitalize on its status as the engine of the world’s economic recovery.

McDonald’s, which opened its first 1,000 restaurants in China faster than any other country outside the U.S., sold 200-million yuan (US$29-million) of 3% notes due in September 2013.

“There are a lot of companies expressing interest in issuing yuan bonds,” said Per Nordstrom, head of EMTNs Asia at Standard Chartered Plc, who worked on the sale. “I’m expecting the renminbi offshore market to be very popular.”

I’m not sure if these things have a cool name yet, like Maple, Yankee and Samurai. You can’t have cross-border bonds without a cool name! It just isn’t done!

The Canadian preferred share market had another good day on strong volume, with PerpetualDiscounts up 14bp and FixedResets gaining 20bp.

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 0.7500 % 2,186.6
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.7500 % 3,312.4
Floater 2.86 % 3.18 % 78,644 19.31 3 0.7500 % 2,360.9
OpRet 4.90 % 3.15 % 81,228 0.13 9 0.1422 % 2,376.4
SplitShare 5.89 % -29.82 % 64,607 0.09 2 0.0814 % 2,388.4
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.1422 % 2,173.0
Perpetual-Premium 5.71 % 5.08 % 135,279 5.37 19 0.2340 % 2,007.9
Perpetual-Discount 5.45 % 5.45 % 225,965 14.69 58 0.1378 % 1,999.5
FixedReset 5.27 % 3.08 % 314,192 3.28 47 0.1992 % 2,271.0
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
PWF.PR.P FixedReset 1.02 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2040-10-12
Maturity Price : 23.38
Evaluated at bid price : 25.81
Bid-YTW : 3.38 %
NA.PR.K Perpetual-Premium 1.15 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2010-11-11
Maturity Price : 25.50
Evaluated at bid price : 25.51
Bid-YTW : -1.24 %
BAM.PR.K Floater 1.71 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2040-10-12
Maturity Price : 16.61
Evaluated at bid price : 16.61
Bid-YTW : 3.18 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
BNS.PR.N Perpetual-Discount 115,525 Nesbitt crossed 100,000 at 24.50.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2040-10-12
Maturity Price : 24.36
Evaluated at bid price : 24.59
Bid-YTW : 5.34 %
MFC.PR.C Perpetual-Discount 100,938 RBC crossed 85,000 at 19.65.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2040-10-12
Maturity Price : 19.60
Evaluated at bid price : 19.60
Bid-YTW : 5.81 %
BNS.PR.Q FixedReset 76,762 RBC bought 10,000 from National at 26.26 and crossed 25,000 at 26.30. Desjardins crossed 14,200 at 26.30.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2013-11-24
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.29
Bid-YTW : 3.08 %
TD.PR.R Perpetual-Premium 66,086 RBC crossed 50,000 at 25.50.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2017-05-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.45
Bid-YTW : 5.26 %
RY.PR.B Perpetual-Discount 65,038 Nesbitt crossed 50,000 at 22.77.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2040-10-12
Maturity Price : 22.57
Evaluated at bid price : 22.74
Bid-YTW : 5.24 %
PWF.PR.D OpRet 59,334 Nesbitt crossed 54,300 at 25.36.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Soft Maturity
Maturity Date : 2012-10-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.35
Bid-YTW : 4.36 %
There were 39 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.

2 Responses to “October 12, 2010”

  1. adrian2 says:

    I’m not sure if these things have a cool name yet, like Maple, Yankee and Samurai. You can’t have cross-border bonds without a cool name! It just isn’t done!

    Have a look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bond_%28finance%29#Bonds_issued_in_foreign_currencies — the cool name is panda bonds.

  2. jiHymas says:

    Well! You learn something new every day! Thanks!

    Of course … these bonds were not issued in Beijing, but Hong Kong, as part of Chinese efforts to get an offshore market going. I wonder if that makes a difference.

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