December 20, 2023

We might be getting a new SplitShare fund:

Ninepoint Partners LP (“Ninepoint”) is pleased to announce that Canadian Large Cap Leaders Split Corp. (the “Company”) has filed a preliminary prospectus dated December 19, 2023 in connection with an initial public offering of preferred shares (“Preferred Shares”) and class A shares (“Class A Shares”). A receipt for the preliminary prospectus has been issued by the securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces and territories of Canada.

The Company will invest in an initially equally-weighted portfolio comprised primarily of equity securities of Canadian Dividend Growth Companies (as defined below), selected by the portfolio manager, that at the time of investment and immediately following each periodic reconstitution and rebalancing: (i) are listed on a Canadian exchange; (ii) pay a dividend; (iii) generally have a market capitalization of at least $10 billion; (iv) have options in respect of its equity securities that, in the opinion of the portfolio manager, are sufficiently liquid to permit the portfolio manager to write options in respect of such securities; and (v) have a history of dividend growth or, in the portfolio manager’s view have high potential for future dividend growth (“Canadian Dividend Growth Companies”).

The preferreds have been provisionally rated Pfd-3(high) by DBRS

PerpetualDiscounts now yield 6.97%, equivalent to 9.06% interest at the standard equivalency factor of 1.3x. Long corporates yielded 5.03% on 2023-12-8 and since then the closing price has changed from 15.18 to 15.86, an increase of 448bp in price, with a Duration (BMO doesn’t specify Modified or Macaulay – I will assume the former) of 12.41 implying a decrease of 36bp in yield to 4.67%, so the pre-tax interest-equivalent spread (in this context, the “Seniority Spread”) has widened to 440bp from the 430bp reported December 13.

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 0.0000 % 2,164.4
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.0000 % 4,151.4
Floater 11.25 % 11.31 % 55,252 8.64 2 0.0000 % 2,392.5
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.0796 % 3,371.2
SplitShare 4.98 % 7.61 % 58,197 1.76 8 0.0796 % 4,025.9
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.0796 % 3,141.2
Perpetual-Premium 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.2470 % 2,533.4
Perpetual-Discount 6.79 % 6.97 % 62,375 12.51 33 0.2470 % 2,762.5
FixedReset Disc 5.90 % 7.89 % 132,165 11.68 60 -0.0530 % 2,204.0
Insurance Straight 6.67 % 6.79 % 82,181 12.86 19 0.2125 % 2,713.8
FloatingReset 10.73 % 10.86 % 34,696 8.94 3 0.8096 % 2,461.9
FixedReset Prem 6.94 % 6.76 % 180,292 12.54 1 0.0000 % 2,521.3
FixedReset Bank Non 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.0530 % 2,252.9
FixedReset Ins Non 5.78 % 7.49 % 104,172 12.36 14 0.3622 % 2,460.6
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
BIK.PR.A FixedReset Disc -4.64 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-12-20
Maturity Price : 21.17
Evaluated at bid price : 21.17
Bid-YTW : 8.66 %
RY.PR.S FixedReset Disc -3.74 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-12-20
Maturity Price : 21.74
Evaluated at bid price : 22.15
Bid-YTW : 6.50 %
BN.PF.J FixedReset Disc -2.27 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-12-20
Maturity Price : 18.91
Evaluated at bid price : 18.91
Bid-YTW : 8.48 %
SLF.PR.C Insurance Straight -1.91 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-12-20
Maturity Price : 17.50
Evaluated at bid price : 17.50
Bid-YTW : 6.39 %
GWO.PR.Y Insurance Straight -1.75 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-12-20
Maturity Price : 16.80
Evaluated at bid price : 16.80
Bid-YTW : 6.74 %
PWF.PF.A Perpetual-Discount -1.63 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-12-20
Maturity Price : 16.34
Evaluated at bid price : 16.34
Bid-YTW : 7.02 %
CIU.PR.A Perpetual-Discount -1.35 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-12-20
Maturity Price : 16.77
Evaluated at bid price : 16.77
Bid-YTW : 6.95 %
TD.PF.C FixedReset Disc -1.29 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-12-20
Maturity Price : 17.55
Evaluated at bid price : 17.55
Bid-YTW : 7.90 %
FFH.PR.M FixedReset Disc -1.06 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-12-20
Maturity Price : 21.47
Evaluated at bid price : 21.47
Bid-YTW : 8.33 %
FTS.PR.G FixedReset Disc 1.03 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-12-20
Maturity Price : 19.70
Evaluated at bid price : 19.70
Bid-YTW : 7.28 %
BN.PR.Z FixedReset Disc 1.04 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-12-20
Maturity Price : 18.40
Evaluated at bid price : 18.40
Bid-YTW : 8.52 %
MFC.PR.I FixedReset Ins Non 1.05 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-12-20
Maturity Price : 21.81
Evaluated at bid price : 22.15
Bid-YTW : 6.97 %
CCS.PR.C Insurance Straight 1.18 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-12-20
Maturity Price : 18.94
Evaluated at bid price : 18.94
Bid-YTW : 6.64 %
BN.PF.G FixedReset Disc 1.27 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-12-20
Maturity Price : 15.91
Evaluated at bid price : 15.91
Bid-YTW : 9.23 %
BMO.PR.Y FixedReset Disc 1.38 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-12-20
Maturity Price : 18.33
Evaluated at bid price : 18.33
Bid-YTW : 7.85 %
MFC.PR.B Insurance Straight 1.49 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-12-20
Maturity Price : 18.36
Evaluated at bid price : 18.36
Bid-YTW : 6.38 %
FFH.PR.D FloatingReset 1.55 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-12-20
Maturity Price : 19.70
Evaluated at bid price : 19.70
Bid-YTW : 10.57 %
BN.PF.E FixedReset Disc 1.90 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-12-20
Maturity Price : 15.00
Evaluated at bid price : 15.00
Bid-YTW : 9.50 %
GWO.PR.P Insurance Straight 1.93 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-12-20
Maturity Price : 20.12
Evaluated at bid price : 20.12
Bid-YTW : 6.75 %
BIP.PR.E FixedReset Disc 2.44 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-12-20
Maturity Price : 21.00
Evaluated at bid price : 21.00
Bid-YTW : 7.69 %
BN.PF.B FixedReset Disc 2.54 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-12-20
Maturity Price : 17.35
Evaluated at bid price : 17.35
Bid-YTW : 8.64 %
SLF.PR.H FixedReset Ins Non 2.58 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-12-20
Maturity Price : 15.50
Evaluated at bid price : 15.50
Bid-YTW : 8.10 %
BIP.PR.A FixedReset Disc 4.37 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-12-20
Maturity Price : 16.71
Evaluated at bid price : 16.71
Bid-YTW : 9.86 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
TD.PF.I FixedReset Disc 204,744 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-12-20
Maturity Price : 22.96
Evaluated at bid price : 24.20
Bid-YTW : 6.60 %
CU.PR.C FixedReset Disc 114,327 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-12-20
Maturity Price : 17.96
Evaluated at bid price : 17.96
Bid-YTW : 7.89 %
TD.PF.B FixedReset Disc 114,255 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-12-20
Maturity Price : 19.19
Evaluated at bid price : 19.19
Bid-YTW : 7.33 %
RY.PR.Z FixedReset Disc 94,755 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-12-20
Maturity Price : 18.95
Evaluated at bid price : 18.95
Bid-YTW : 7.35 %
TD.PF.A FixedReset Disc 84,709 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-12-20
Maturity Price : 18.35
Evaluated at bid price : 18.35
Bid-YTW : 7.57 %
POW.PR.D Perpetual-Discount 79,935 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-12-20
Maturity Price : 18.38
Evaluated at bid price : 18.38
Bid-YTW : 6.96 %
There were 34 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
IFC.PR.E Insurance Straight Quote: 19.25 – 20.70
Spot Rate : 1.4500
Average : 0.8879

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-12-20
Maturity Price : 19.25
Evaluated at bid price : 19.25
Bid-YTW : 6.79 %

PWF.PR.T FixedReset Disc Quote: 19.11 – 20.65
Spot Rate : 1.5400
Average : 1.0197

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-12-20
Maturity Price : 19.11
Evaluated at bid price : 19.11
Bid-YTW : 7.60 %

BN.PF.F FixedReset Disc Quote: 16.15 – 18.00
Spot Rate : 1.8500
Average : 1.4228

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-12-20
Maturity Price : 16.15
Evaluated at bid price : 16.15
Bid-YTW : 9.48 %

BMO.PR.W FixedReset Disc Quote: 17.06 – 18.50
Spot Rate : 1.4400
Average : 1.0223

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-12-20
Maturity Price : 17.06
Evaluated at bid price : 17.06
Bid-YTW : 8.09 %

SLF.PR.H FixedReset Ins Non Quote: 15.50 – 17.89
Spot Rate : 2.3900
Average : 2.0927

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-12-20
Maturity Price : 15.50
Evaluated at bid price : 15.50
Bid-YTW : 8.10 %

GWO.PR.P Insurance Straight Quote: 20.12 – 20.98
Spot Rate : 0.8600
Average : 0.5706

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2053-12-20
Maturity Price : 20.12
Evaluated at bid price : 20.12
Bid-YTW : 6.75 %

7 Responses to “December 20, 2023”

  1. […] PerpetualDiscounts now yield 6.96%, equivalent to 9.05% interest at the standard equivalency factor of 1.3x. Long corporates yielded 4.72% on 2023-12-15 and since then the closing price has changed from 15.88 to 15.70, a decline of 69bp in price, with a Duration (BMO doesn’t specify Modified or Macaulay – I will assume the former) of 12.60 implying an increase of 5bp in yield to 4.77%, so the pre-tax interest-equivalent spread (in this context, the “Seniority Spread”) has narrowed to 430bp from the 440bp reported December 20. […]

  2. Yomgui says:

    ello guys!

    Does anyone have an opinion about this new splitshare fund?

    After the pref rally of the last few weeks the yield of 7.5% for 5 years is I believe pretty appealing, besides the downside protection will be one the highest currently available (should be 60% if I’m not mistaken in the way it is calculated ah ah).
    Sure, it is, as always, mostly banks and energy but we live in Canada so… not much choice to get yield.

    I’ve enquired my bank about making a purchase but they told me that since no final prospectus has been issued, they can’t do anything.
    I’m not too familiar with how things work in such situation but I guess I’ll have to wait.

    I may be wrong but I believe the price will be somewhat higher than $10 when it starts trading.

    Thanks!

  3. niagara says:

    As you said, it will have good downside protection initially, but my concern would be lack of liquidity, How much do they think that they can sell with the initial offering? $50mm would be impressive I would think. That would leave a market cap for the prefs of about $20mm. Compare that for DFN.PR. which is north of $1 bio.

    If you don’t mind getting marked-to-market at $8 on occasion, might not be too bad…

  4. niagara says:

    This new Split Share Fund has now been offered at TD (and I am sure others). 7.5% for the prefs. Can’t find a press release yet.

  5. niagara says:

    Ninepoint’s new split share fund is now trading, under the ticker symbols NPS and NPS.PR.A

    https://www.ninepoint.com/about-ninepoint/press-releases/canadian-large-cap-leaders-split-corp-closes-initial-public-offering/

    Small market cap (only 1.85mm shares of each of the cap and pref shares).

  6. jiHymas says:

    That’s a pretty decent start. Perhaps in a few years I’ll be able to add it to HIMIPref™.

  7. […] Partners LP was mentioned here on December 23, 2023 due to its efforts to introduce Canadian Large Cap Leaders Split Corp., which has made a decent […]

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