Fixed Income Funds

Dear Investors Thank you for your continued partnership in the Pender Credit Opportunities Fund. As of December 31st, 2025, the Fund was up 13.7%1 (net of all expenses and fees) for the year. Over the same period, the benchmark returned 7.3%. In this letter, we will review the key contributors and detractors and then share […]

The class F units of the Pender Bond Universe Fund were up 1.3% over the quarter and 8.0%1 for the year, making 2025 the Fund’s best year on record since inception in 2020. In Q4, the class F units outperformed their benchmark by 1.6% for the quarter and 5.4% on a full year basis. Strength […]

The Pender Corporate Bond Fund recorded a positive result in December, returning 0.3%1. The period was characterized by positive credit returns offsetting the effect of rising benchmark interest rates. For the full year 2025, the Fund returned 13.4%, a happy outcome driven primarily by security selection as opposed to benchmark performance, which was markedly lower. […]

Re-acceleration, rotations, and macro turning points. In this annual conversation, Geoff Castle, Lead Portfolio Manager, Fixed Income sits down with Callum Thomas, Head of Research at Topdown Charts to look back on last year’s big macro calls, then look ahead to 2026. They cover the case for a global growth re-acceleration, why bonds might still […]

The Pender Corporate Bond Fund enjoyed a profitable November, returning 1.1%1. The Fund outperformed peers for the period in a credit market that offered relatively muted returns. Leading the way for the Fund were our positions in precious metals, including convertible notes of miners Equinox Gold and Sibanye Stillwater, which rallied on underlying strength in […]

The Pender Corporate Bond Fund posted a solid October, returning 2.2%1 within the context of a positive movement for high grade bonds and a neutral market for credit risk assets. The top Fund contributor in October was the successful workout of our position in Beyond Meat Inc., which is discussed in greater detail below. Other […]

Geoff Castle has been managing the Pender Corporate Bond Fund since September 2015, delivering an incredible track record over 10 years. He and his team adhere to a proven investment strategy that has weathered a series of market cycles and, with a flexible mandate, a wide investment universe and an emphasis on active credit selection, they always find pockets of opportunity to pivot […]

A Market Isn’t Always Just One Thing Forever In this episode, Laura Baker, Associate Portfolio Manager at Pender, sits down with Lead Portfolio Manager, Fixed Income Geoff Castle, Portfolio Manager Emily Wheeler and Associate Portfolio Manager Parul Garg to discuss the recent recognition of two of Pender’s fixed income funds with 2025 LSEG Lipper Fund […]

Dear Co-investors,  Thank you for your continued partnership in the Pender Credit Opportunities Fund. For the quarter the Fund returned 15.2%1, bringing the Fund’s since inception return to 6.8%. The Fund's benchmark2 returned 2.4% for the quarter and 7.1% YTD. We completed two workouts this quarter that meaningfully contributed to results. In this letter, we […]