March 1, 2017

In today’s top news, Canadian regulators are thinking about maybe doing something at some point about binary options fraud:

Regulators from provincial securities commissions across Canada have now formed a task force to try to crack down on binary options after receiving more than 800 reports and inquiries from investors in 2016 alone, saying the schemes have become Canada’s most widespread securities fraud targeting individual investors.

I won’t hold my breath. It’s much easier and just as well rewarded to simply sit in the office and play ticky-box with desperately cooperative Canadian firms.

PerpetualDiscounts now yield 5.21%, equivalent to 6.77% interest at the standard equivalency factor of 1.3x. Long corporates now yield about 4.05%, so the pre-tax interest-equivalent spread (in this context, the “Seniority Spread”) is now about 270bp, a significant narrowing from the 280bp reported February 8.

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 0.8915 % 2,079.9
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.8915 % 3,816.5
Floater 3.63 % 3.86 % 54,881 17.65 4 0.8915 % 2,199.5
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.1255 % 3,002.1
SplitShare 4.99 % 4.01 % 62,769 0.76 5 0.1255 % 3,585.1
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.1255 % 2,797.3
Perpetual-Premium 5.35 % 4.74 % 68,365 0.81 20 0.0450 % 2,740.6
Perpetual-Discount 5.17 % 5.21 % 98,068 15.07 18 -0.0259 % 2,914.5
FixedReset 4.45 % 4.06 % 229,792 6.76 97 0.3397 % 2,315.9
Deemed-Retractible 5.04 % 0.38 % 132,864 0.09 31 0.0396 % 2,854.9
FloatingReset 2.49 % 3.18 % 51,745 4.64 9 0.0969 % 2,471.2
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
IFC.PR.A FixedReset 1.30 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 18.76
Bid-YTW : 7.30 %
TRP.PR.C FixedReset 1.32 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-03-01
Maturity Price : 16.06
Evaluated at bid price : 16.06
Bid-YTW : 4.02 %
SLF.PR.H FixedReset 1.43 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 19.55
Bid-YTW : 6.56 %
FTS.PR.H FixedReset 1.47 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-03-01
Maturity Price : 15.85
Evaluated at bid price : 15.85
Bid-YTW : 4.02 %
TRP.PR.E FixedReset 1.60 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-03-01
Maturity Price : 22.40
Evaluated at bid price : 22.87
Bid-YTW : 3.88 %
PWF.PR.A Floater 1.63 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-03-01
Maturity Price : 15.00
Evaluated at bid price : 15.00
Bid-YTW : 3.17 %
TRP.PR.B FixedReset 1.82 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-03-01
Maturity Price : 14.58
Evaluated at bid price : 14.58
Bid-YTW : 4.00 %
HSE.PR.A FixedReset 1.82 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-03-01
Maturity Price : 16.20
Evaluated at bid price : 16.20
Bid-YTW : 4.28 %
BNS.PR.Y FixedReset 1.86 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2022-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 21.91
Bid-YTW : 4.81 %
TRP.PR.D FixedReset 2.07 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-03-01
Maturity Price : 21.70
Evaluated at bid price : 22.15
Bid-YTW : 3.98 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
MFC.PR.R FixedReset 240,155 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2022-03-19
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.60
Bid-YTW : 4.29 %
RY.PR.Q FixedReset 109,194 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-05-24
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 27.01
Bid-YTW : 3.48 %
PVS.PR.C SplitShare 108,628 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2017-12-10
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.14
Bid-YTW : 4.01 %
BIP.PR.A FixedReset 65,400 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-03-01
Maturity Price : 22.15
Evaluated at bid price : 22.60
Bid-YTW : 5.09 %
BIP.PR.D FixedReset 59,838 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-03-01
Maturity Price : 23.16
Evaluated at bid price : 25.01
Bid-YTW : 4.89 %
NA.PR.A FixedReset 55,983 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-08-15
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.52
Bid-YTW : 3.98 %
There were 38 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
BAM.PF.H FixedReset Quote: 26.45 – 26.74
Spot Rate : 0.2900
Average : 0.1908

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2020-12-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.45
Bid-YTW : 3.62 %

GWO.PR.N FixedReset Quote: 15.08 – 15.44
Spot Rate : 0.3600
Average : 0.2759

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 15.08
Bid-YTW : 9.51 %

W.PR.K FixedReset Quote: 26.10 – 26.41
Spot Rate : 0.3100
Average : 0.2349

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-01-15
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.10
Bid-YTW : 4.22 %

FTS.PR.F Perpetual-Discount Quote: 23.57 – 23.90
Spot Rate : 0.3300
Average : 0.2569

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-03-01
Maturity Price : 23.27
Evaluated at bid price : 23.57
Bid-YTW : 5.21 %

TD.PR.S FixedReset Quote: 24.65 – 24.85
Spot Rate : 0.2000
Average : 0.1332

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2022-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.65
Bid-YTW : 3.28 %

TRP.PR.A FixedReset Quote: 18.30 – 18.57
Spot Rate : 0.2700
Average : 0.2037

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2047-03-01
Maturity Price : 18.30
Evaluated at bid price : 18.30
Bid-YTW : 4.16 %

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