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Macquarie issues dividend warrants in Hong Kong

Macquarie Equities Asia, a division of Australia’s Macquarie Bank, has launched a new warrant product into the Hong Kong market. Called the dividend accumulator warrant, it pays investors dividends equal to the underlying share over the life of the warrant.

    • Nick Sawyer
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The warrants, which will begin trading on Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx) next Monday, are the first non-call and put warrants to be issued in Hong Kong. Five warrants will initially be launched, based on Cheung Kong Holdings, HSBC, Hong Kong Electric, Hutchison Whampoa, and a Hong Kong tracker fund.

The warrants have a 1:1 conversion ratio to the underlying stock, but are issued at around 35-40% of the price of the underlying share with a maturity of just over one year. Investors can obtain the normal gains or losses available to warrant holders, while also receiving dividend payments over that time horizon, enhancing the yield of the warrant.

“In contrast to traditional warrants, we believe the dividend accumulator warrants will be used by share investors to gain a prudent amount of medium-term leverage to potential share price appreciation while receiving full dividends equivalent to the underlying shares,” said Matthew Long, associate director of equity derivatives at Macquarie.

The warrants are based on so-called 'instalment' warrants available in the Australian market, which also pay a dividend to investors, but are structured slightly differently because of the higher tax environment in Australia. Instalment warrants made up 45% of total Australian warrants turnover in 2001.

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