May 28, 2013

Great news! The Ontario Securities Commission is poised to use its awesome power for some good old-fashioned top-down social engineering:

Ontario is crafting new rules requiring public companies to set targets for the number of women in senior roles, a move with national implications that could reverse Canada’s decline in global standings for gender diversity in the corporate world.

Laurel Broten, Ontario’s minister responsible for women’s issues, revealed in an interview that the provincial government is working with the Ontario Securities Commission on ways to compel companies to set goals for boosting the number of women sitting as corporate directors, as well as in senior management.

It was a distinctly negative day for the Canadian preferred share market, with PerpetualPremiums down 9bp, FixedResets losing 15bp and DeemedRetractibles off 5bp. A distinct tilt in the Performance Highlights table towards losing FixedResets was lead by ENB issues, which are experiencing competitition from an attractive new issue. Volume was high.

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 0.8144 % 2,543.4
FixedFloater 3.92 % 3.15 % 35,120 18.76 1 -1.3821 % 4,195.7
Floater 2.74 % 2.99 % 75,415 19.70 4 0.8144 % 2,746.1
OpRet 4.82 % 0.94 % 68,236 0.10 5 0.0932 % 2,616.4
SplitShare 4.80 % 3.98 % 101,017 4.07 5 0.0550 % 2,990.0
Interest-Bearing 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.0932 % 2,392.4
Perpetual-Premium 5.19 % 3.61 % 95,040 0.75 32 -0.0903 % 2,380.6
Perpetual-Discount 4.86 % 4.92 % 195,477 15.55 4 -0.3648 % 2,679.3
FixedReset 4.88 % 2.70 % 248,056 3.10 81 -0.1536 % 2,519.5
Deemed-Retractible 4.87 % 3.45 % 132,186 0.73 44 -0.0485 % 2,463.7
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
HSE.PR.A FixedReset -1.89 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2043-05-28
Maturity Price : 23.57
Evaluated at bid price : 25.50
Bid-YTW : 3.05 %
BAM.PR.G FixedFloater -1.38 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2043-05-28
Maturity Price : 23.07
Evaluated at bid price : 24.26
Bid-YTW : 3.15 %
ENB.PR.H FixedReset -1.29 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2043-05-28
Maturity Price : 23.26
Evaluated at bid price : 25.35
Bid-YTW : 3.37 %
ENB.PR.T FixedReset -1.20 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2043-05-28
Maturity Price : 23.25
Evaluated at bid price : 25.44
Bid-YTW : 3.65 %
ENB.PR.P FixedReset -1.20 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2043-05-28
Maturity Price : 23.26
Evaluated at bid price : 25.44
Bid-YTW : 3.65 %
ENB.PR.D FixedReset -1.16 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2043-05-28
Maturity Price : 23.34
Evaluated at bid price : 25.51
Bid-YTW : 3.53 %
BAM.PF.B FixedReset -1.11 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2019-03-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.94
Bid-YTW : 3.62 %
TRI.PR.B Floater 1.06 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2043-05-28
Maturity Price : 23.48
Evaluated at bid price : 23.75
Bid-YTW : 2.20 %
MFC.PR.F FixedReset 1.59 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2025-01-31
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.50
Bid-YTW : 2.92 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
BAM.PR.O OpRet 197,490 Nesbitt crossed blocks of 91,200 and 100,000, both at 25.27.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Option Certainty
Maturity Date : 2013-06-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.27
Bid-YTW : 1.67 %
HSB.PR.E FixedReset 131,695 RBC crossed blocks of 64,300 and 50,000, both at 26.50.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2014-06-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.47
Bid-YTW : 2.10 %
RY.PR.X FixedReset 111,336 TD crossed 99,300 at 26.25.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2014-08-24
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.23
Bid-YTW : 2.28 %
ENB.PR.T FixedReset 99,570 RBC bought 12,000 from Scotia at 25.44.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2043-05-28
Maturity Price : 23.25
Evaluated at bid price : 25.44
Bid-YTW : 3.65 %
ENB.PR.B FixedReset 70,302 Nesbitt bought 10,000 from RBC at 25.40.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2017-06-01
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.51
Bid-YTW : 3.46 %
GWO.PR.Q Deemed-Retractible 69,596 Scotia sold 24,300 to National at 26.33, then crossed 35,000 at the same price.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-09-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.30
Bid-YTW : 4.54 %
There were 43 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.
Wide Spread Highlights
Issue Index Quote Data and Yield Notes
MFC.PR.G FixedReset Quote: 26.16 – 26.70
Spot Rate : 0.5400
Average : 0.4022

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2016-12-19
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.16
Bid-YTW : 2.95 %

CU.PR.E Perpetual-Premium Quote: 26.35 – 26.64
Spot Rate : 0.2900
Average : 0.1783

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2021-09-01
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.35
Bid-YTW : 4.14 %

CU.PR.C FixedReset Quote: 26.54 – 26.91
Spot Rate : 0.3700
Average : 0.2790

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2017-06-01
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.54
Bid-YTW : 2.38 %

BAM.PR.R FixedReset Quote: 26.74 – 26.97
Spot Rate : 0.2300
Average : 0.1459

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2016-06-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.74
Bid-YTW : 3.32 %

BNS.PR.K Deemed-Retractible Quote: 25.40 – 25.61
Spot Rate : 0.2100
Average : 0.1339

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2013-06-27
Maturity Price : 25.25
Evaluated at bid price : 25.40
Bid-YTW : 1.95 %

PWF.PR.E Perpetual-Premium Quote: 25.61 – 25.82
Spot Rate : 0.2100
Average : 0.1427

YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2013-06-27
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.61
Bid-YTW : -17.91 %

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