Commentaries

Highlights The Fund added to loan exposures, participating in the TransDigm Group Incorporated (NYSE: TDG) new term loan, and added a position in Maxar Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: MAXR) 2027 bond. We exited our position in Open Text Corp. (TSX: OTEX) unsecured bonds on strength. The Fund entered the commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) market, buying a […]

Highlights Positive contributors in December were Chinese property developer Country Garden Holdings Company Limited, Emergent BioSolutions Inc., and Carriage Services, Inc., while detractors included National CineMedia LLC, and rising government bond yields that drove investment grade bond prices lower. In December, we initiated a position in Bandwidth Inc., a maker of software for web applications […]

Dear Unitholders, The Pender Alternative Arbitrage Fund (PAAF) was up 0.3% in November, bringing year-to-date performance to 2.8% and one-year performance of 3.1%[1]. M&A Market Update Global M&A activity totalled $3.3 trillion through the first 11 months of 2022. This was the second highest deal total on record despite being down 36% from last year’s […]

Dear Unitholders, The Pender Alternative Absolute Return Fund finished November with a return of 0.3%[1], bringing year-to-date performance to 5.1%. November was one of the more difficult market environments for the Fund to navigate, as a market that is historically not cheap experienced sharp rallies. The high yield market was up for a second consecutive […]

HIGHLIGHTS We expect a further easing of inflation pressures as consumers and companies digest the impact of significantly higher rates. We find the prices of relatively strong corporate credits in the three to seven-year tenors to be very attractive. There are plenty of excellent issuers with credit yields of more than 6%. What could happen […]

Highlights The Fund initiated a position in the Twitter acquisition by Elon Musk. While this deal was a relatively bumpy ride, it’s also a great example of the contractual and legal strength of a definitive merger agreement. We believe we are now at the peak of the SPAC maturity cliff. Hundreds of SPACs, which were […]

Highlights There was a significant bounce in most asset classes, as dip buyers emerged following significant repricing from mid-August to mid-October Large macro moves have created pockets of dislocation within credit markets, especially between Investment Grade and High Yield credits We believe that a large driver of the divergence between investment grade and high yield […]

Highlights During October there were some bright spots and some challenges, the latter from lower prices across the investment-grade bond complex reacting to a higher yield curve. Bright spots included our positions in McDermott International, Ltd., PetSmart, Inc. The Fund’s flexible mandate opens up opportunities across a variety of security types (term loans, straight bonds, […]

Highlights Policymakers in most parts of the world have raised rates this year with the count and pace continuing to mount. The US Bond Market has had a -0.3% annualized return over the last five years, the first negative five-year return in US bond market history. Global bond markets have been even worse. Against this […]