Nothing happened today. Volume was very good on the Canadian preferred share market, while PerpetualDiscounts were up 9bp and FixedResets gained 10bp – although the vagaries of the index calculations meant that the reported yield …
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September 15, 2010
OSFI has released its annual performance assessment: A total of 49 one-on-one interviews were conducted among Chief Executive Officers (CEOs), Chief Financial Officers (CFOs), Chief Risk Officers (CROs), Chief Compliance Officers (CCOs), other senior executives, …
September 14, 2010
The Treasury Market Practices Group has updated its Best Practices Guidelines. The TMPG is a relatively recent creation: The TMPG was formed in February 2007 in order to encourage dialogue on market issues and to …
September 13, 2010
Deutsche Bank’s not letting the grass grow under their feet: Deutsche Bank AG, Germany’s largest bank, plans to raise at least 9.8 billion euros ($12.5 billion) in its biggest-ever share sale to take over Deutsche …
September 10, 2010
The Market Update will be delayed. TMX DataLinx advises that the “Application is currently unavailable.” While I have prices that are … pretty close … to the closing quotations, I would rather do a proper …
September 9, 2010
Deutsche Bank is rumoured to be considering a big equity issue: Deutsche Bank AG has approached investment banks to assess their interest in managing a stock sale to raise as much as 9 billion euros …
September 8, 2010
Nothing happened today. It was a strong day on the Canadian preferred share market AGAIN, on good volume AGAIN, with MFC issues featured on the volume table AGAIN. This is getting a little dull. PerpetualDiscounts …
September 7, 2010
The US government is creaking slowly towards GSE reform: A Dodd-Frank mandated Treasury study on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is almost certain to be the first step in federal legislation to reform government-sponsored enterprises …
MAPF Portfolio Composition: August 2010
Turnover declined in August to an anemic 13%. Trades were, as ever, triggered by a desire to exploit transient mispricing in the preferred share market (which may be thought of as “selling liquidity”), rather than …
BIS Releases Quarterly Review, September 2010
The Bank for International Settlements has released its BIS Quarterly Review, September 2010 with sections on: Overview: growth concerns take centre stage Highlights of international banking and financial market activity Debt reduction after crises The …