Commentaries

Highlights Most of the holdings of the Pender Corporate Bond Fund rose as lower benchmark yields coincided with narrowing spreads for corporate bonds. Significant performers included positions in discounted convertible bonds as holdings in Eventbrite Inc., Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc. and Esperion Therapeutics Inc. each gained in excess of 10%. New positions included recycling an […]

Highlights Our equity exposure to energy companies led the way with Spartan Delta Corp. (TSX: SDE), ARC Resources Ltd. (TSX: ARX), and Texas Pacific Land Corporation (NYSE: TPL) among the top five contributors. Defense contractor Northrup Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) was also among the top contributors. CCL Industries Inc. (TSX: CCL.B) was a detractor however […]

Highlights The Fund had a nice recovery in the fourth quarter with a return of 9.7%. Maxar Technologies Inc. (TSX: MAXR) was a top contributor to the portfolio after private equity firm Advent International made a bid to acquire the company at a large premium. Maxar was a long-term holding in the portfolio, and we […]

Highlights The Fund’s positive performance was driven by proceeds from several SPAC liquidations and redemptions, tightening of some wide-spread merger arbitrage deals, and the closing of several merger deals. The Fund had its highest positioning in SPACs since inception to benefit from a wave of early liquidations or redemptions with much of that capital redeployed […]

For the three months ended December 31, 2022, the Pender Bond Universe Fund generated a 0.8%[1] return, outperforming its benchmark by approximately 70bp. For the full year of 2022, the Fund returned -6.4%1, realizing a respectable 5.3% of relative outperformance compared to its benchmark. The Fund’s positive return over the last six months of the […]

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 […]