{"id":362,"date":"2006-12-04T12:42:36","date_gmt":"2006-12-04T16:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prefblog.com\/?p=362"},"modified":"2006-12-04T12:42:36","modified_gmt":"2006-12-04T16:42:36","slug":"royal-bank-new-issue-45-perp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=362","title":{"rendered":"Royal Bank New Issue: 4.5% Perp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Royal Bank <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rbc.com\/newsroom\/20061204prefshare.html\">has announced<\/a> a new issue of 4.5% Perpetuals &#8211; I am advised that the redemption schedule commences 2012-2-24 at $26.00, but have not yet confirmed this.<\/p>\n<p>This would not appear, at first blush, to be a particularly attractive issue considering the most obvious comparables. Reasonable, but not particularly attractive:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table border=\"1\">\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\">Recent RY Perpetuals<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Issue<\/td>\n<td>Dividend Rate<\/td>\n<td>Quote 11\/30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>RY.PR.A<\/td>\n<td>4.45%<\/td>\n<td>24.98-00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>RY.PR.B<\/td>\n<td>4.70%<\/td>\n<td>25.90-22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>RY.PR.C<\/td>\n<td>4.60%<\/td>\n<td>25.35-37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>More later.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Later, more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table border=\"1\">\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"6\">Royal Bank Perpetuals<br \/>\n<strong><em>Analysis Using AFTER-TAX Curve<\/em><\/strong> (except as noted)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Curve price Component<\/td>\n<td><strong>RY.PR.A<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>RY.PR.B<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>RY.PR.C<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>RY.PR.W<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>RY.PR.?<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Price due to base-rate<\/td>\n<td>23.12<\/td>\n<td>23.91<\/td>\n<td>23.69<\/td>\n<td>24.44<\/td>\n<td>23.29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Price due to short-term<\/td>\n<td>0.04<\/td>\n<td>0.05<\/td>\n<td>0.05<\/td>\n<td>0.04<\/td>\n<td>0.05<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Price due to long-term<\/td>\n<td>0.56<\/td>\n<td>0.59<\/td>\n<td>0.57<\/td>\n<td>0.61<\/td>\n<td>0.54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Price to to Cumulative Dividends<\/td>\n<td>0.00<\/td>\n<td>0.00<\/td>\n<td>0.00<\/td>\n<td>0.00<\/td>\n<td>0.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Price due to Liquidity<\/td>\n<td>1.46<\/td>\n<td>1.50<\/td>\n<td>1.49<\/td>\n<td>0.66<\/td>\n<td>1.49?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Price due to error<\/td>\n<td>-0.03<\/td>\n<td>-0.03<\/td>\n<td>-0.03<\/td>\n<td>-0.02<\/td>\n<td>-0.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>CurvePrice<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>25.16<\/td>\n<td>26.01<\/td>\n<td>25.77<\/td>\n<td>25.74<\/td>\n<td>25.36<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Annual Dividend<\/td>\n<td>1.1125<\/td>\n<td>1.1750<\/td>\n<td>1.1500<\/td>\n<td>1.2250<\/td>\n<td>1.1250<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2006-12-01 Quote<\/td>\n<td>25.00-08<\/td>\n<td>25.90-09<\/td>\n<td>25.40-50<\/td>\n<td>26.45-52<\/td>\n<td>Issue: $25.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>After<\/strong>-tax Bid YTW<\/td>\n<td>3.55%<\/td>\n<td>3.37%<\/td>\n<td>3.54%<\/td>\n<td>3.19%<\/td>\n<td>3.58%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Pre-Tax Bid YTW<\/td>\n<td>4.47%<\/td>\n<td>4.24%<\/td>\n<td>4.46%<\/td>\n<td>4.01%<\/td>\n<td>4.50%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tax has been included in the calculation of the elements of the above table in accordance with the Ontario Highest Marginal Rate.<\/p>\n<p>This issue has been added to the HIMIPref&trade; database on a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#preIssue\">preIssue<\/a> basis with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prefshares.com\/glossary.html#securityCode\">securityCode<\/a> P75000.\n<\/p>\n<p><!--7716c68949fd2a35c60cfdafc687b39f--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Royal Bank has announced a new issue of 4.5% Perpetuals &#8211; I am advised that the redemption schedule commences 2012-2-24 at $26.00, but have not yet confirmed this. 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