March 17, 2009

PrefBlog’s SEDAR-watching Department, otherwise known as Assiduous Reader MP, points out that Sun Life Financial has issued a new $5-billion shelf prospectus. Of particular interest are the Class B Preferred Shares:

The Class B Shares of each series rank on a parity with the Class B Shares of each other series with respect to the payment of dividends and the return of capital on the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of SLF. The Class B Shares are entitled to preference over the Common Shares and any other shares ranking junior to the Class B Shares with respect to the payment of dividends and the return of capital, but are subordinate to the Class A Shares and any other shares ranking senior to the Class B Shares with respect to the payment of dividends and return of capital.

However, there are no shares of this class currently outstanding (all the extant SLF preferreds are Series A) and the ability to issue Class Bs has been around for some time – see, for example, the shelf prospectus dated November 4, 2005.

Canadian equities continued their rally today and PerpetualDiscounts rose with them. SplitShares did quite well today – not surprisingly, what with asset coverage improving by leaps and bounds.

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 0.7904 % 807.3
FixedFloater 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.7904 % 1,305.5
Floater 4.90 % 6.13 % 60,322 13.73 3 0.7904 % 1,008.5
OpRet 5.29 % 4.87 % 128,758 3.89 15 0.1696 % 2,047.5
SplitShare 6.94 % 9.77 % 53,844 4.79 6 1.7565 % 1,599.9
Interest-Bearing 6.15 % 10.70 % 34,350 0.75 1 0.5149 % 1,910.1
Perpetual-Premium 0.00 % 0.00 % 0 0.00 0 0.3343 % 1,481.4
Perpetual-Discount 7.29 % 7.38 % 159,728 12.06 71 0.3343 % 1,364.4
FixedReset 6.18 % 5.84 % 621,908 13.73 30 0.5363 % 1,788.9
Performance Highlights
Issue Index Change Notes
LFE.PR.A SplitShare -2.14 % Asset coverage of 1.1-:1 as of March 13 according to the company.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2012-12-01
Maturity Price : 10.00
Evaluated at bid price : 6.85
Bid-YTW : 17.33 %
ELF.PR.G Perpetual-Discount -1.92 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-03-17
Maturity Price : 13.25
Evaluated at bid price : 13.25
Bid-YTW : 9.21 %
ENB.PR.A Perpetual-Discount -1.89 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-03-17
Maturity Price : 22.55
Evaluated at bid price : 22.81
Bid-YTW : 6.08 %
TD.PR.Q Perpetual-Discount -1.58 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-03-17
Maturity Price : 20.52
Evaluated at bid price : 20.52
Bid-YTW : 6.95 %
BAM.PR.K Floater -1.38 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-03-17
Maturity Price : 7.15
Evaluated at bid price : 7.15
Bid-YTW : 6.13 %
MFC.PR.B Perpetual-Discount -1.38 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-03-17
Maturity Price : 15.77
Evaluated at bid price : 15.77
Bid-YTW : 7.44 %
ELF.PR.F Perpetual-Discount -1.27 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-03-17
Maturity Price : 14.76
Evaluated at bid price : 14.76
Bid-YTW : 9.23 %
PWF.PR.F Perpetual-Discount -1.14 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-03-17
Maturity Price : 17.31
Evaluated at bid price : 17.31
Bid-YTW : 7.74 %
BAM.PR.J OpRet -1.08 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Soft Maturity
Maturity Date : 2018-03-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 17.41
Bid-YTW : 10.77 %
TD.PR.C FixedReset -1.04 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-03-17
Maturity Price : 23.76
Evaluated at bid price : 23.80
Bid-YTW : 5.05 %
PWF.PR.E Perpetual-Discount 1.04 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-03-17
Maturity Price : 17.53
Evaluated at bid price : 17.53
Bid-YTW : 8.01 %
RY.PR.D Perpetual-Discount 1.16 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-03-17
Maturity Price : 16.64
Evaluated at bid price : 16.64
Bid-YTW : 6.85 %
BNS.PR.O Perpetual-Discount 1.19 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-03-17
Maturity Price : 21.25
Evaluated at bid price : 21.25
Bid-YTW : 6.71 %
RY.PR.B Perpetual-Discount 1.20 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-03-17
Maturity Price : 17.72
Evaluated at bid price : 17.72
Bid-YTW : 6.72 %
SLF.PR.B Perpetual-Discount 1.22 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-03-17
Maturity Price : 14.98
Evaluated at bid price : 14.98
Bid-YTW : 8.06 %
MFC.PR.A OpRet 1.28 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Soft Maturity
Maturity Date : 2015-12-18
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 24.51
Bid-YTW : 4.46 %
RY.PR.I FixedReset 1.29 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-03-17
Maturity Price : 22.75
Evaluated at bid price : 22.79
Bid-YTW : 4.39 %
BNA.PR.A SplitShare 1.33 % Asset coverage of 1.7-:1 as of February 28 according to the company.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2010-09-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 22.80
Bid-YTW : 12.95 %
CM.PR.K FixedReset 1.40 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-03-17
Maturity Price : 21.48
Evaluated at bid price : 21.80
Bid-YTW : 5.01 %
PWF.PR.G Perpetual-Discount 1.41 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-03-17
Maturity Price : 18.76
Evaluated at bid price : 18.76
Bid-YTW : 8.03 %
PWF.PR.M FixedReset 1.42 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-03-17
Maturity Price : 24.95
Evaluated at bid price : 25.00
Bid-YTW : 5.35 %
IGM.PR.A OpRet 1.46 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2009-07-30
Maturity Price : 26.00
Evaluated at bid price : 26.48
Bid-YTW : -0.07 %
POW.PR.C Perpetual-Discount 1.49 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-03-17
Maturity Price : 19.05
Evaluated at bid price : 19.05
Bid-YTW : 7.80 %
IAG.PR.A Perpetual-Discount 1.64 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-03-17
Maturity Price : 14.84
Evaluated at bid price : 14.84
Bid-YTW : 7.80 %
TD.PR.O Perpetual-Discount 1.85 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-03-17
Maturity Price : 18.17
Evaluated at bid price : 18.17
Bid-YTW : 6.80 %
PWF.PR.A Floater 2.04 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-03-17
Maturity Price : 12.50
Evaluated at bid price : 12.50
Bid-YTW : 3.53 %
NA.PR.L Perpetual-Discount 2.11 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-03-17
Maturity Price : 16.96
Evaluated at bid price : 16.96
Bid-YTW : 7.26 %
W.PR.J Perpetual-Discount 2.16 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-03-17
Maturity Price : 19.41
Evaluated at bid price : 19.41
Bid-YTW : 7.38 %
BNS.PR.Q FixedReset 2.39 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-03-17
Maturity Price : 20.60
Evaluated at bid price : 20.60
Bid-YTW : 4.66 %
TD.PR.S FixedReset 2.52 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-03-17
Maturity Price : 20.71
Evaluated at bid price : 20.71
Bid-YTW : 4.51 %
SLF.PR.D Perpetual-Discount 2.60 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-03-17
Maturity Price : 14.21
Evaluated at bid price : 14.21
Bid-YTW : 7.88 %
HSB.PR.C Perpetual-Discount 2.62 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-03-17
Maturity Price : 17.61
Evaluated at bid price : 17.61
Bid-YTW : 7.28 %
CM.PR.P Perpetual-Discount 2.71 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-03-17
Maturity Price : 18.95
Evaluated at bid price : 18.95
Bid-YTW : 7.40 %
SBN.PR.A SplitShare 2.73 % Asset coverage of 1.6-:1 as of March 12 according to the company.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2014-12-01
Maturity Price : 10.00
Evaluated at bid price : 8.27
Bid-YTW : 9.27 %
PWF.PR.K Perpetual-Discount 2.75 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-03-17
Maturity Price : 14.95
Evaluated at bid price : 14.95
Bid-YTW : 8.46 %
BNA.PR.B SplitShare 3.42 % Asset coverage of 1.7-:1 as of February 28 according to the company.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2016-03-25
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 20.85
Bid-YTW : 8.18 %
DFN.PR.A SplitShare 3.58 % Asset coverage of 1.5-:1 as of March 13 according to the company.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Hard Maturity
Maturity Date : 2014-12-01
Maturity Price : 10.00
Evaluated at bid price : 8.11
Bid-YTW : 9.77 %
GWO.PR.J FixedReset 3.79 % YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-03-17
Maturity Price : 23.21
Evaluated at bid price : 23.25
Bid-YTW : 5.49 %
Volume Highlights
Issue Index Shares
Traded
Notes
RY.PR.T FixedReset 287,644 Recent new issue.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-03-17
Maturity Price : 23.16
Evaluated at bid price : 25.08
Bid-YTW : 5.84 %
TD.PR.I FixedReset 89,637 Recent new issue.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-03-17
Maturity Price : 23.15
Evaluated at bid price : 25.06
Bid-YTW : 5.92 %
MFC.PR.D FixedReset 48,541 Recent new issue.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-03-17
Maturity Price : 23.94
Evaluated at bid price : 23.98
Bid-YTW : 6.70 %
RY.PR.R FixedReset 32,937 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2014-03-26
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.66
Bid-YTW : 5.86 %
TD.PR.G FixedReset 28,248 YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Call
Maturity Date : 2014-05-30
Maturity Price : 25.00
Evaluated at bid price : 25.50
Bid-YTW : 6.01 %
CM.PR.M FixedReset 26,723 Recent new issue.
YTW SCENARIO
Maturity Type : Limit Maturity
Maturity Date : 2039-03-17
Maturity Price : 23.06
Evaluated at bid price : 24.78
Bid-YTW : 6.20 %
There were 18 other index-included issues trading in excess of 10,000 shares.

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