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In a feature interview, David covers his approach to managing the Pender Small Cap Opportunities Fund, the takeouts in the Fund in 2021, \"The majority of the nine acquisitions were in the technology space and \u201cwere taken out at a premium,\u201d Barr said. \u201cIt\u2019s been a nice tailwind for the portfolio\u201d that has driven \u201ca large percentage of the returns.\u201d\"<\/p>\n<p>He also highlights portfolio holdings ProntoForms Corp. and Sangoma Technologies Corp.. The interview includes the Methodology that Investment Executive employed in its decision.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe take a private equity approach to public markets. What that means is really understanding the underlying economics of the business we\u2019re investing in,\u201d said Barr, who described himself as a \u201cbottom-up investor all the way.\u201d Later in the article he added, \u201cNever measure your success in short periods,\u201d Barr said. \u201cFocusing longer term is a much healthier measure and more indicative of what\u2019s actually going on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investmentexecutive.com\/newspaper_\/news-newspaper\/a-private-equity-approach-to-public-markets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the article<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"fund-type":[],"news-type":[],"class_list":["post-35704","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Investment Executive: David Barr named Mutual Fund Manager of the Year - PenderFund Capital Management<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/penderfund.com\/fr\/news\/investment-executive-david-barr-is-investment-executives-mutual-fund-manager-of-the-year\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_CA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Investment Executive: David Barr named Mutual Fund Manager of the Year\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A private equity approach to public markets David Barr is\u00a0Investment Executive\u2019s Mutual Fund Manager of the Year Pender CEO and Portfolio Manager David Barr has been named as &quot;a natural choice&quot; for Mutual Fund Manager of the Year by Investment Executive. 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