August 28, 2024

PerpetualDiscounts now yield 6.09%, equivalent to 7.92% interest at the standard equivalency factor of 1.3x. Long corporates yielded 4.83% on 2024-8-23 and since then the closing price of ZLC has changed from 15.45 to 15.35, a decrease of 65bp in price, implying an increase of yields of 5bp (BMO reports a duration of 12.44, but don’t disclose whether this is Macaulay or Modified; I will assume Modified) to 4.88%. Therefore, the pre-tax interest-equivalent spread (in this context, the “Seniority Spread”) has narrowed to 305bp from the 320bp reported August 21.

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 -0.3873 % 2,207.6
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.3873 % 4,234.1
Floater 10.13 % 10.41 % 32,345 9.13 2 -0.3873 % 2,440.1
OpRet 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.3196 % 3,518.3
SplitShare 4.73 % 5.42 % 30,080 1.13 4 0.3196 % 4,201.6
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.3196 % 3,278.3
Perpetual-Premium 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 -0.0659 % 2,890.2
Perpetual-Discount 5.95 % 6.09 % 59,600 13.70 31 -0.0659 % 3,151.6
FixedReset Disc 5.44 % 6.82 % 127,660 12.61 60 0.1943 % 2,676.1
Insurance Straight 5.81 % 5.97 % 69,825 13.89 21 -0.2739 % 3,115.2
FloatingReset 8.70 % 8.66 % 26,307 10.69 3 -0.8456 % 2,770.5
FixedReset Prem 6.68 % 5.64 % 226,058 12.10 5 0.1698 % 2,580.8
FixedReset Bank Non 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.1943 % 2,735.5
FixedReset Ins Non 5.18 % 6.01 % 103,418 13.88 14 0.3927 % 2,837.8
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
GWO.PR.Q Insurance Straight -4.05 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-08-28
Maturity Price : 21.11
Evaluated at bid price : 21.11
Bid-YTW : 6.22 %
BN.PF.B FixedReset Disc -3.14 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-08-28
Maturity Price : 20.95
Evaluated at bid price : 20.95
Bid-YTW : 7.04 %
MFC.PR.Q FixedReset Ins Non -2.41 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-08-28
Maturity Price : 23.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.30
Bid-YTW : 5.73 %
BN.PF.I FixedReset Disc -1.95 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-08-28
Maturity Price : 22.53
Evaluated at bid price : 23.07
Bid-YTW : 7.21 %
PWF.PR.S Perpetual-Discount -1.79 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-08-28
Maturity Price : 19.77
Evaluated at bid price : 19.77
Bid-YTW : 6.15 %
FFH.PR.K FixedReset Disc -1.57 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-08-28
Maturity Price : 21.56
Evaluated at bid price : 21.95
Bid-YTW : 7.19 %
ENB.PF.C FixedReset Disc -1.27 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-08-28
Maturity Price : 17.82
Evaluated at bid price : 17.82
Bid-YTW : 7.84 %
GWO.PR.M Insurance Straight -1.19 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-08-28
Maturity Price : 23.84
Evaluated at bid price : 24.09
Bid-YTW : 6.12 %
MFC.PR.B Insurance Straight -1.16 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-08-28
Maturity Price : 20.51
Evaluated at bid price : 20.51
Bid-YTW : 5.68 %
GWO.PR.Y Insurance Straight -1.13 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-08-28
Maturity Price : 19.28
Evaluated at bid price : 19.28
Bid-YTW : 5.95 %
CU.PR.I FixedReset Disc -1.12 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-08-28
Maturity Price : 23.32
Evaluated at bid price : 23.80
Bid-YTW : 6.82 %
BIP.PR.F FixedReset Disc -1.08 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-08-28
Maturity Price : 22.23
Evaluated at bid price : 22.85
Bid-YTW : 6.73 %
GWO.PR.L Insurance Straight -1.05 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-08-28
Maturity Price : 23.22
Evaluated at bid price : 23.52
Bid-YTW : 6.11 %
CU.PR.D Perpetual-Discount 1.02 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-08-28
Maturity Price : 20.81
Evaluated at bid price : 20.81
Bid-YTW : 5.93 %
MFC.PR.I FixedReset Ins Non 1.02 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-08-28
Maturity Price : 23.28
Evaluated at bid price : 24.75
Bid-YTW : 5.86 %
NA.PR.G FixedReset Prem 1.05 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-08-28
Maturity Price : 23.54
Evaluated at bid price : 26.07
Bid-YTW : 5.77 %
NA.PR.E FixedReset Disc 1.09 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-08-28
Maturity Price : 23.27
Evaluated at bid price : 24.97
Bid-YTW : 5.58 %
GWO.PR.P Insurance Straight 1.11 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-08-28
Maturity Price : 22.49
Evaluated at bid price : 22.75
Bid-YTW : 6.03 %
ENB.PR.F FixedReset Disc 1.19 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-08-28
Maturity Price : 18.72
Evaluated at bid price : 18.72
Bid-YTW : 7.40 %
PWF.PR.T FixedReset Disc 1.33 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-08-28
Maturity Price : 22.19
Evaluated at bid price : 22.80
Bid-YTW : 5.98 %
MFC.PR.F FixedReset Ins Non 1.67 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-08-28
Maturity Price : 15.80
Evaluated at bid price : 15.80
Bid-YTW : 6.55 %
MFC.PR.M FixedReset Ins Non 1.83 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-08-28
Maturity Price : 21.45
Evaluated at bid price : 21.75
Bid-YTW : 6.10 %
SLF.PR.D Insurance Straight 2.02 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-08-28
Maturity Price : 20.35
Evaluated at bid price : 20.35
Bid-YTW : 5.47 %
PVS.PR.K SplitShare 2.08 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2029-05-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.00
Bid-YTW : 5.42 %
GWO.PR.T Insurance Straight 2.54 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-08-28
Maturity Price : 21.79
Evaluated at bid price : 21.79
Bid-YTW : 6.02 %
BN.PF.E FixedReset Disc 2.57 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-08-28
Maturity Price : 17.95
Evaluated at bid price : 17.95
Bid-YTW : 7.70 %
SLF.PR.C Insurance Straight 2.64 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-08-28
Maturity Price : 20.25
Evaluated at bid price : 20.25
Bid-YTW : 5.50 %
SLF.PR.H FixedReset Ins Non 5.53 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-08-28
Maturity Price : 18.81
Evaluated at bid price : 18.81
Bid-YTW : 6.44 %
BN.PF.G FixedReset Disc 20.25 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-08-28
Maturity Price : 19.00
Evaluated at bid price : 19.00
Bid-YTW : 7.54 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
MFC.PR.L FixedReset Ins Non 102,200 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-08-28
Maturity Price : 22.41
Evaluated at bid price : 23.23
Bid-YTW : 5.69 %
BN.PF.C Perpetual-Discount 100,608 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-08-28
Maturity Price : 20.00
Evaluated at bid price : 20.00
Bid-YTW : 6.18 %
CU.PR.G Perpetual-Discount 50,400 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-08-28
Maturity Price : 19.27
Evaluated at bid price : 19.27
Bid-YTW : 5.88 %
SLF.PR.G FixedReset Ins Non 50,300 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-08-28
Maturity Price : 16.34
Evaluated at bid price : 16.34
Bid-YTW : 6.50 %
ENB.PR.P FixedReset Disc 31,300 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-08-28
Maturity Price : 19.70
Evaluated at bid price : 19.70
Bid-YTW : 7.18 %
BN.PF.H FixedReset Disc 26,600 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-08-28
Maturity Price : 23.79
Evaluated at bid price : 24.21
Bid-YTW : 7.26 %
There were 14 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
ENB.PR.A Perpetual-Discount Quote: 22.76 – 23.75
Spot Rate : 0.9900
Average : 0.6179

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-08-28
Maturity Price : 22.50
Evaluated at bid price : 22.76
Bid-YTW : 6.07 %

GWO.PR.Q Insurance Straight Quote: 21.11 – 22.06
Spot Rate : 0.9500
Average : 0.6357

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-08-28
Maturity Price : 21.11
Evaluated at bid price : 21.11
Bid-YTW : 6.22 %

BN.PF.B FixedReset Disc Quote: 20.95 – 21.85
Spot Rate : 0.9000
Average : 0.6028

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-08-28
Maturity Price : 20.95
Evaluated at bid price : 20.95
Bid-YTW : 7.04 %

IFC.PR.K Insurance Straight Quote: 21.75 – 23.65
Spot Rate : 1.9000
Average : 1.6104

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-08-28
Maturity Price : 21.42
Evaluated at bid price : 21.75
Bid-YTW : 6.13 %

BN.PF.I FixedReset Disc Quote: 23.07 – 24.00
Spot Rate : 0.9300
Average : 0.6887

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-08-28
Maturity Price : 22.53
Evaluated at bid price : 23.07
Bid-YTW : 7.21 %

CU.PR.J Perpetual-Discount Quote: 20.00 – 20.79
Spot Rate : 0.7900
Average : 0.6123

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2054-08-28
Maturity Price : 20.00
Evaluated at bid price : 20.00
Bid-YTW : 5.98 %

15 Responses to “August 28, 2024”

  1. DR says:

    irate,

    well i suppose if ta were too incompetent or unable to either call for cash or swap for an lrcn a +380 j, no reason ala can’t be equally inept

    while i did have a lot of j’s and thought it was a done deal, i did manage to switch out of them at good levels as wasn’t enough meat left on the bone when d’s remain cheaper

  2. DR says:

    yeesh, ala.g not in my spreadsheet but

    a +306 testing 24.5 on 3 occasions?? thats flat to a perp! talk about not any meat on the bone. far too many rate resets far back of perps equivalents to have stuck around on ala for so little

  3. IrateAR says:

    Yeah it’s not appealing unless you think you’ll get the 25 bucks. They called a +317 last year so seemed plausible.

  4. DR says:

    interesting

    despite goc5 having been >3.5 on day of the call, nov21, the call was not for cash but rather an lrcn swap

    given both ta.j (+380) and now ala (+306) both extended, wonder if the lrcn saviour trade may be winding down

  5. niagara says:

    Has ALA.PR.G/H been extended? Reset is not until Tuesday I believe and I do not see any announcement on their website.

  6. IrateAR says:

    DR – lots of banks still. TD.PF.A resetting on Halloween, that’d be a big one if it doesn’t go.

    Niagara – correct… they’ve been trading down but no clue if someone knows something or just people noting that when they called the last one they made the announcement well in advance of the deadline so no news might be bad news.

  7. […] Thanks to Assiduous Reader IrateAR for bringing this to my attention! […]

  8. DR says:

    irate,

    the first thing i did when a guy running the pref desk at a major bank sent me his master spreadsheet (so i didn’t have to build my own) in 2015 was to delete all the rows of bank and most insurance co’s…

    some of us prefer the road less traveled

  9. DR says:

    dont get me wrong, the lrcn movement has been a godsend in addressing the oversaturation of the pref mkt in general but

    i was encouraged when it began to spread beyond the banks (ala, cpx etc)

    if however that trend is arrested, so be it and i will be cheering on the upcoming TD you mentioned

  10. alex3 says:

    Surprisingly, there has been no official announcement re. possible call on ALA.G. Aren’t we supposed to know by today as the latest?

  11. peet says:

    The prospectus has the usual “business day” clause: where the relevant day falls on a weekend or holiday, the “next business day” kicks in… in this case Tuesday.

  12. niagara says:

    Typos on the reset rates?

    “The new annual dividend rate applicable to the Series G Shares for the five-year period commencing on and including September 30, 2024 to, but excluding, September 30, 2029 will be 3.025 percent, being equal to the sum of the five-year Government of Canada bond yield determined as of today plus 3.060 percent.”

    3.025% is the new divvy rate? I think that was just the GOC5 rate. So 3.025+3.06=6.085%

    Similarly on the floating rate H series:
    ” The dividend rate applicable to the Series H Shares for the three-month floating rate period commencing on and including September 30, 2024 to, but excluding, December 31, 2024 will be 4.205 percent, being equal to the sum of the annual rate of interest for the most recent auction of 90 day Government of Canada treasury bills plus 3.060 percent (the “Floating Quarterly Dividend Rate”). The Floating Quarterly Dividend Rate will be reset every quarter.”

  13. […] Thanks to Assiduous Reader IrateAR for bringing this to my attention, and to Niagara for pointing out arithmetic errors. […]

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