Solid information on companies operating in Canada's capital markets is gathered in this one outstanding resource from the Financial Post that guides sound investment strategies.
FP Equities: Preferred & Derivatives 2025 presents a wealth of information sorted and rated for easy access in the following sections:
- Introductory Material includes excerpts from the Bank of Canada content on the current state of financial markets in Canada.
- Preferred Shares lists outstanding publicly and privately held preferred shares with detailed descriptions of their features.
- Ratings rank these shares and Income Trusts with ratings supplied by Dominion Bond Rating Service Limited (DBRS).
Derivatives provide a wealth of information in 4 distinct areas:
- Preferred Securities, also called hybrid securities as they contain features of both debt and preferred shares, presented in a tabular format and also with detailed descriptions of their features.
- Structured Products, such as trusts created to hold a portfolio of a single or group of similar companies are presented with detailed descriptions of their features.
- Income Trusts are presented in a tabular format with each entity listed alphabetically within their area of operations, such as oil and gas, real estate, etc. Details include the trading symbol, description of the assets held, number of units outstanding, and a recent closing price.
- Warrants, which are publicly traded and outstanding, are listed by expiry date. A second table presents warrants alphabetically, by company. Subscription basis, exercise price, expiry date, stock exchange listings and trading symbol are all provided for each listed warrant.
Table of Contents
MARKET PARTICIPANTS SURVEY - FIRST QUARTER OF 2024
INTRODUCTION
PREFERRED SHARES DESCRIPTION
COMPANIES REFERENCED
PREFERRED SHARES DETAILS
PENDING REDEMPTIONS
CONVERTIBLE ISSUES TABLE, BY ISSUER
RETRACTABLE ISSUES TABLE, BY ISSUER
EXCHANGEABLE ISSUES TABLE, BY ISSUER
DBRS PREFERRED SHARE/SECURITIES RATINGS TABLE, BY ISSUER
DBRS PREFERRED SHARE/SECURITIES RATINGS TABLE, BY RATING
PREFERRED SECURITIES DESCRIPTION
PREFERRED SECURITIES TABLE, BY ISSUER
PREFERRED SECURITIES DETAILS
STRUCTURED PRODUCTS DESCRIPTION
STRUCTURED PRODUCTS DETAILS
INCOME TRUSTS DESCRIPTION
INCOME TRUSTS TABLE, BY ISSUER
WARRANTS DESCRIPTION
WARRANTS TABLE, BY EXPIRY DATE
WARRANTS TABLE, BY ISSUER