September 13, 2016

We are approaching the end-game of the US Money Market Fund re-regulation:

With a seismic overhaul of the $2.6 trillion money-market industry weeks away from kicking in, money managers are bracing for a last-minute exodus of as much as $300 billion from funds in regulators’ cross hairs.

Prime funds, which seek higher yields by buying securities like commercial paper, are at the center of the upheaval. Their assets have already plunged by almost $700 billion since the start of 2015, to $789 billion, Investment Company Institute data show. The outflow has rippled across financial markets, shattering demand for banks’ and other companies’ short-term debt and raising their funding costs.

The transformation of the money-fund industry, where investors turn to park cash, is a result of regulators’ efforts to make the financial system safer in the aftermath of the credit crisis. The key date is Oct. 14, when rules take effect mandating that institutional prime and tax-exempt funds end an over-30-year tradition of fixing shares at $1. Funds that hold only government debt will be able to maintain that level. Companies such as Federated Investors Inc. and Fidelity Investments, which have already reduced or altered prime offerings, are preparing in case investors yank more money as the new era approaches.

A major repercussion of the flight from prime funds is that there’s less money flowing into commercial paper and certificates of deposit, which banks depend on for funding. As a result, banks’ unsecured lending rates, such as the dollar London interbank offered rate, have soared. Three-month Libor reached about 0.86 percent Tuesday, the highest since 2009.

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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 0.6155 % 1,690.4
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.6155 % 3,088.0
Floater 4.89 % 4.61 % 88,507 16.24 4 0.6155 % 1,779.6
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.1749 % 2,873.0
SplitShare 5.07 % 4.72 % 73,931 2.19 5 -0.1749 % 3,431.0
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.1749 % 2,677.0
Perpetual-Premium 5.51 % 4.64 % 68,955 1.98 12 -0.1530 % 2,671.4
Perpetual-Discount 5.15 % 5.17 % 100,156 15.09 26 -0.0359 % 2,895.6
FixedReset 5.01 % 4.50 % 153,014 6.95 91 -0.0695 % 2,029.1
Deemed-Retractible 5.03 % 4.04 % 118,542 0.37 32 -0.0673 % 2,795.0
FloatingReset 2.83 % 3.99 % 26,983 5.02 12 -0.0393 % 2,203.1
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
TRP.PR.F FloatingReset -2.34 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2046-09-13
Maturity Price : 13.38
Evaluated at bid price : 13.38
Bid-YTW : 4.56 %
CU.PR.C FixedReset -2.11 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2046-09-13
Maturity Price : 18.07
Evaluated at bid price : 18.07
Bid-YTW : 4.37 %
PWF.PR.T FixedReset -1.77 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2046-09-13
Maturity Price : 19.47
Evaluated at bid price : 19.47
Bid-YTW : 4.19 %
IFC.PR.C FixedReset -1.50 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 17.30
Bid-YTW : 8.62 %
MFC.PR.N FixedReset -1.47 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 18.13
Bid-YTW : 7.97 %
VNR.PR.A FixedReset -1.41 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2046-09-13
Maturity Price : 18.24
Evaluated at bid price : 18.24
Bid-YTW : 4.98 %
TRP.PR.G FixedReset -1.13 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2046-09-13
Maturity Price : 20.07
Evaluated at bid price : 20.07
Bid-YTW : 4.64 %
GWO.PR.N FixedReset 1.14 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 14.17
Bid-YTW : 9.82 %
BAM.PF.F FixedReset 1.16 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2046-09-13
Maturity Price : 19.93
Evaluated at bid price : 19.93
Bid-YTW : 4.68 %
BAM.PF.G FixedReset 1.24 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2046-09-13
Maturity Price : 20.29
Evaluated at bid price : 20.29
Bid-YTW : 4.62 %
BAM.PR.Z FixedReset 1.30 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2046-09-13
Maturity Price : 19.15
Evaluated at bid price : 19.15
Bid-YTW : 4.93 %
BAM.PF.A FixedReset 1.36 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2046-09-13
Maturity Price : 19.15
Evaluated at bid price : 19.15
Bid-YTW : 4.85 %
BAM.PR.K Floater 1.37 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2046-09-13
Maturity Price : 10.29
Evaluated at bid price : 10.29
Bid-YTW : 4.59 %
BAM.PF.E FixedReset 1.45 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2046-09-13
Maturity Price : 18.91
Evaluated at bid price : 18.91
Bid-YTW : 4.63 %
BAM.PF.B FixedReset 1.58 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2046-09-13
Maturity Price : 17.94
Evaluated at bid price : 17.94
Bid-YTW : 4.85 %
BAM.PR.R FixedReset 1.75 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2046-09-13
Maturity Price : 15.45
Evaluated at bid price : 15.45
Bid-YTW : 4.89 %
BAM.PR.X FixedReset 2.51 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2046-09-13
Maturity Price : 13.50
Evaluated at bid price : 13.50
Bid-YTW : 4.79 %
BAM.PR.T FixedReset 2.55 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2046-09-13
Maturity Price : 15.45
Evaluated at bid price : 15.45
Bid-YTW : 4.99 %
BAM.PR.S FloatingReset 3.69 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2046-09-13
Maturity Price : 14.70
Evaluated at bid price : 14.70
Bid-YTW : 4.80 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
TD.PF.H FixedReset 663,207 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-10-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.47
Bid-YTW : 4.51 %
BAM.PF.C Perpetual-Discount 166,291 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2046-09-13
Maturity Price : 22.58
Evaluated at bid price : 22.90
Bid-YTW : 5.29 %
FTS.PR.H FixedReset 132,900 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2046-09-13
Maturity Price : 13.75
Evaluated at bid price : 13.75
Bid-YTW : 4.07 %
TD.PF.G FixedReset 115,200 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-04-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.75
Bid-YTW : 4.01 %
BMO.PR.Z Perpetual-Premium 84,833 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2024-08-25
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.49
Bid-YTW : 4.77 %
TD.PF.A FixedReset 66,700 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2046-09-13
Maturity Price : 18.40
Evaluated at bid price : 18.40
Bid-YTW : 4.28 %
There were 46 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 Quote: 15.24 – 15.75
Spot Rate : 0.5100
Average : 0.2929

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 15.24
Bid-YTW : 9.74 %

TRP.PR.F FloatingReset Quote: 13.38 – 13.90
Spot Rate : 0.5200
Average : 0.3269

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2046-09-13
Maturity Price : 13.38
Evaluated at bid price : 13.38
Bid-YTW : 4.56 %

TRP.PR.H FloatingReset Quote: 10.45 – 10.95
Spot Rate : 0.5000
Average : 0.3902

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2046-09-13
Maturity Price : 10.45
Evaluated at bid price : 10.45
Bid-YTW : 4.30 %

PVS.PR.B SplitShare Quote: 24.78 – 25.09
Spot Rate : 0.3100
Average : 0.2153

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2019-01-10
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.78
Bid-YTW : 4.82 %

MFC.PR.F FixedReset Quote: 13.32 – 13.59
Spot Rate : 0.2700
Average : 0.1876

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 13.32
Bid-YTW : 10.79 %

POW.PR.B Perpetual-Discount Quote: 25.06 – 25.27
Spot Rate : 0.2100
Average : 0.1436

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2046-09-13
Maturity Price : 24.85
Evaluated at bid price : 25.06
Bid-YTW : 5.42 %

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