TXPR Rebalancing: July 2010

Standard & Poor’s has announced a massive revision to the S&P/TSX Preferred Share Index, reflecting their new methodology:

These changes will be effective at the open on Monday, July 19, 2010

TXPR Revision 2010/7
Additions
Ticker HIMIPref™
SubIndex
DBRS
Rating
Last
Index
Action
BMO.PR.N FixedReset Pfd-1(low)  
BMO.PR.O FixedReset Pfd-1(low)  
BMO.PR.K Perpetual-Discount Pfd-1(low)  
BMO.PR.L Perpetual-Discount Pfd-1(low)  
BNS.PR.J Perpetual-Discount Pfd-1(low)  
BNS.PR.K Perpetual-Discount Pfd-1(low)  
BNS.PR.L Perpetual-Discount Pfd-1(low)  
BNS.PR.M Perpetual-Discount Pfd-1(low)  
BNS.PR.O Perpetual-Discount Pfd-1(low)  
BNS.PR.R FixedReset Pfd-1(low)  
BNS.PR.T FixedReset Pfd-1(low)  
BNS.PR.X FixedReset Pfd-1(low)  
BNS.PR.Y FixedReset Pfd-1(low)  
BAM.PR.M Perpetual-Discount Pfd-2(low)  
BAM.PR.N Perpetual-Discount Pfd-2(low)  
BAM.PR.R FixedReset Pfd-2(low)  
BPO.PR.L Scraps
(FixedReset)
Pfd-3(high)  
BPO.PR.N Scraps
(FixedReset)
Pfd-3(high)  
BRF.PR.A Scraps
(FixedReset)
Pfd-3(high)  
CM.PR.P Perpetual-Discount Pfd-1(low)  
CM.PR.D Perpetual-Discount Pfd-1(low)  
CM.PR.E Perpetual-Discount Pfd-1(low)  
CM.PR.G Perpetual-Discount Pfd-1(low)  
CM.PR.J Perpetual-Discount Pfd-1(low)  
CM.PR.K FixedReset Pfd-1(low)  
CM.PR.L FixedReset Pfd-1(low)  
CM.PR.M FixedReset Pfd-1(low)  
EMA.PR.A Scraps
(FixedReset)
Pfd-3(high)  
FFH.PR.E Scraps
(FixedReset)
Pfd-3(low)  
GWO.PR.I Perpetual-Discount Pfd-1(low)  
GWO.PR.L Perpetual-Discount Pfd-1(low)  
AER.PR.A Scraps
(FixedReset)
Pfd-3  
MFC.PR.B Perpetual-Discount Pfd-1(low)  
MFC.PR.C Perpetual-Discount Pfd-1(low)  
PWF.PR.P FixedReset Pfd-1(low)  
PWF.PR.M FixedReset Pfd-1(low)  
PWF.PR.D OpRet Pfd-1(low)  
RY.PR.D Perpetual-Discount Pfd-1(low)  
RY.PR.G Perpetual-Discount Pfd-1(low)  
RY.PR.H Perpetual-Discount Pfd-1(low)  
RY.PR.L FixedReset Pfd-1(low)  
RY.PR.N FixedReset Pfd-1(low)  
RY.PR.P FixedReset Pfd-1(low)  
RY.PR.Y FixedReset Pfd-1(low)  
RY.PR.A Perpetual-Discount Pfd-1(low)  
RY.PR.B Perpetual-Discount Pfd-1(low)  
RY.PR.C Perpetual-Discount Pfd-1(low)  
RY.PR.E Perpetual-Discount Pfd-1(low)  
RY.PR.W Perpetual-Discount Pfd-1(low)  
SLF.PR.E Perpetual-Discount Pfd-1(low)  
SLF.PR.F FixedReset Pfd-1(low)  
SLF.PR.G FixedReset Pfd-1(low)  
SLF.PR.C Perpetual-Discount Pfd-1(low)  
TD.PR.S FixedReset Pfd-1(low)  
TD.PR.P Perpetual-Discount Pfd-1(low)  
TD.PR.R Perpetual-Discount Pfd-1(low)  
TD.PR.A FixedReset Pfd-1(low)  
TD.PR.E FixedReset Pfd-1(low)  
TD.PR.I FixedReset Pfd-1(low)  
TD.PR.K FixedReset Pfd-1(low)  
TD.PR.C FixedReset Pfd-1(low)  
TRP.PR.B FixedReset Pfd-2(low)  
TRP.PR.C FixedReset Pfd-2(low)  

TXPR Revision 2010/7
Deletions
Ticker HIMIPref™
SubIndex
DBRS
Rating
Last
Index
Action
BAM.PR.J OpRet Pfd-2(low) &nsbp;
CCS.PR.D Scraps
(FixedReset)
Pfd-3  
CZP.PR.B Scraps
(FixedReset)
Pfd-3  
DC.PR.A Scraps
(OpRet)
Pfd-3  
DW.PR.A Scraps
(OpRet)
Pfd-3
FTS.PR.E Scraps
(FixedReset)
Pfd-3(high)  
FTS.PR.G Scraps
(FixedReset)
Pfd-3(high)  
IAG.PR.E Perpetual-Discount Pfd-2(high)  
IAG.PR.C FixedReset Pfd-2(high)  

The net effect of these changes (counting solely by issue count, not by the undisclosed index weight; and counting HIMIPref™ "Scraps" issues according to their bracketted ‘would be’ subindex) are:

TXPR
Net Changes by Issue
July 2010
Category Adds Deletions Net
Class
FixedReset      
OpRet      
PerpDis      
PerpPrem      
Credit
Pfd-1(low)      
Pfd-2(high)      
Pfd-2      
Pfd-2(low)      
Pfd-3(high)      
Pfd-3      
Pfd-3(low)      

I regret that I do not have time at the moment to fill in all of the empty boxes or to make any comments – but I will!

Well – maybe a quick comment … looks like credit quality will improve significantly … but it depends on the weighting factors they use.

6 Responses to “TXPR Rebalancing: July 2010”

  1. […] both are relegated to the Scraps index on credit concerns. The latter issue has just been dropped from TXPR after being added in July 2009. Love that […]

  2. […] Dropped from TXPR as of the opening Monday 19th, which means selling pressure from CPD, from other indexers & closet-indexers, and possibly speculators. We shall see how the three-month rebalancing period unfolds! Nesbitt crossed blocks of 50,000 and 122,200, both at 25.75. YTW SCENARIO Maturity Type : Soft Maturity Maturity Date : 2018-03-30 Maturity Price : 25.00 Evaluated at bid price : 25.90 Bid-YTW : 4.90 % […]

  3. […] notable fact regarding BMO.PR.N is that it has just been added to TXPR which may be exerting a little upwards pressure on the […]

  4. […] deleted from TXPR. Now with a pre-tax bid-YTW of 4.82% based on a bid of 26.08 and a softMaturity […]

  5. […] Unofficial data for TXPR indicates a total return of +1.70% for July, indicating a rather large tracking error of 55bp for CPD on the month, probably due to the semi-annual July rebalancing. […]

  6. […] There was another month of significant tracking error for CPD, as it implemented the July 2010 TXPR Rebalancing. […]

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