15 March – 19 March 2021

Summary: Trading margins display rising bias over week; margins of Peet Bonds, Aust. Unity C Bonds have largest gains.

 

Trading margins of ASX-listed notes and bonds tended to display a bias on the side of rises this week. The trading margins of Peet Bonds (ASX code: PPCHA, +37bps) and Australian Unity Series C Bonds (ASX code: AYUHC, +48bps) both rose significantly.

Crown Subordinated Notes 2 (ASX code: CWNHB) are not displayed.

The current 3-month BBSW rate is just a few basis points above zero. Add the trading margin from the above chart or from the tables to this figure for an estimate of the gross return per annum in the absence of BBSW rate changes. The gross return may contain imputation credits. BBSW typically is around 15bps (average since 1990) more than the RBA rate.

ASX-LISTED FLOATING RATE NOTES

COMPANYCODEBOND
TYPE
MATURITYISSUE
MARGIN
TRADING
MARGIN
Δ WEEKWEEK
CLOSE
RUNNING
YIELD**
CrownCWNHBSub. Note23-Jul-214.00%27.92%0.36%93.004.34%
Omni BridgewayOBLHABond31-Jan-224.20%5.21%-0.18%100.004.27%
PeetPPCHBBond5-Oct-223.65%3.29%0.37%103.004.59%
Nat. Aust. BankNABPESub. Note Tier 220-Jun-232.20%1.42%-0.20%101.892.19%
Qube HoldingsQUBHASub. Note5-Oct-233.90%2.82%-0.03%103.433.83%
Australian UnityAYUHCBond Series C15-Dec-242.00%2.58%0.48%98.402.08%
Australian UnityAYUHDBond Series D15-Dec-262.15%2.79%0.09%97.252.26%

** Clean running yield.