A Solid Start for RY.PR.D

The Royal Bank new issue got off to a solid start today, trading 249,115 shares and closing above the issue price at 25.10-11, 84×10.

Comparables after the first day, with changes from the announcement date in brackets, are:

Royal Bank Perpetuals    

Analysis Using AFTER-TAX Curve (except as noted)

Curve price Component RY.PR.A RY.PR.B RY.PR.C RY.PR.W RY.PR.D
Price due to base-rate 23.07
(-0.05)
23.87
(-0.04)
23.65
(-0.04)
24.41
(-0.03)
23.24
(-0.05)
Price due to short-term 0.04
Unch
0.04
(-0.01)
0.04
(-0.01)
0.04
(Unch)
0.04
(-0.01)
Price due to long-term 0.61
(+0.05)
0.63
(+0.04)
0.62
(+0.05)
0.66
(+0.05)
0.62
(+0.08)
Price to to Cumulative Dividends 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Price due to Liquidity 1.47
(+0.01)
1.52
(+0.02)
1.50
(+0.01)
0.80
(+0.14)
1.48
(-0.01?)
Price due to error -0.03
(Unch)
-0.04
(-0.01)
-0.03
(Unch)
-0.02
(Unch)
-0.03
(-0.03)
CurvePrice 25.16
(Unch)
26.03
(+0.02)
25.78
(+0.01)
25.89
(+0.15)
25.34
(-0.02)
Annual Dividend 1.1125 1.1750 1.1500 1.2250 1.1250
2006-12-13 Quote 25.14-20
(+0.14b)
25.76-80
(-0.14b)
25.51-63
(+0.11b)
26.47-57
(+0.02b)
25.10-11
(+0.10b)
After-tax Bid YTW 3.52%
(-0.03)
3.45%
(+0.08)
3.51%
(-0.03)
3.19%
(Unch)
3.55%
(-0.03)
Pre-Tax Bid YTW 4.43%
(-0.04)
4.34%
(+0.10)
4.42%
(-0.04)
4.02%
(+0.01)
4.47%
(-0.03)

Tax has been included in the calculation of the elements of the above table in accordance with the Ontario Highest Marginal Rate.

This issue has been added to the HIMIPref™ database with the securityCode A45013, replacing the preIssue code of P75000

4 Responses to “A Solid Start for RY.PR.D”

  1. […] From my Tier 1 Capital notes: It is also interesting that Royal has used up about half its available room. Given that their Tier 1 Ratio at year-end significantly lagged the competition, I suspect that there will be more opportunistic issuances in addition to RY.PR.D and RY.PR.E. […]

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