Fixed Income Funds

The Pender Corporate Bond Fund returned -3.0%[1] in April, a sobering result within the context of a turbulent market. Credit spreads reset significantly wider and yield curves steepened during the month. Performance Discussion Our single largest impact was in the Spirit Aviation Holdings, Inc. capital structure. Spirit’s bonds and reorganized equity fell approximately 10% and […]

Dear Co-investors, We sincerely thank you for partnering with us in the Pender Credit Opportunities Fund. We are truly grateful for the trust you have placed in us by allocating your capital to this strategy. The Fund is focused on identifying and investing in securities of financially challenged businesses that are trading below our assessment […]

The Class F units of the Pender Bond Universe Fund were up 2.2%[1] in the first quarter of 2025. The Fund outperformed its benchmark, FTSE/TMX Canada Universe Bond Index, by 0.2% over the period. Almost all of the Fund’s holdings contributed positively in Q1 as the environment for both rates and line-item credit positions was […]

The Pender Corporate Bond Fund returned -0.4% in March, which was a modest loss in the context of the credit market of that specific period. However, subsequent events, in particular the impact of the April 2 US tariff announcement, render a detailed discussion of March results somewhat insignificant in comparison to addressing developments in recent […]

The Pender Corporate Bond Fund returned 0.9%[1] in February, which was a positive month for the bond market overall. Top contributors to the month’s return included a few distressed lines, including the bonds of Spirit Airlines, Inc. which rallied on a bid for the restructuring airline from competitor Frontier Airlines. Also performing were some key […]

Highlights Top contributors included Spirit Airlines 8% notes, the convertible notes of Equinox Gold and Sibanye Stillwater, and Canadian Real Return bonds. Detractors included Jervois Global bonds due the announcement of a Chapter 11 earlier in the month. New positions in the Fund include newly issued convertible bonds from B2Gold Corporation and additions to our […]

Dear Investor Since its inception, the Fund has achieved a net return of 29.6%, outperforming our benchmark[1] return of 14.8%. As of the end of 2024, the Fund's net IRR stands at 20.6%. The investment period concluded in July 2024. On October 1, 2024, we distributed 26% of committed capital to investors, followed by an […]

Highlights Positive contributors to the Fund included TXNM Energy 5.75% ’54 convertible bonds via the combination of price appreciation and a competitive coupon, and OPKO Health Inc. 3.75% ’29 convertible bonds. The Fund added Duke Energy’s 4.125% ’26 convertible bonds. With US High Yield spreads significantly below average, we took a cautious disposition toward lower […]

Highlights Strong performance in December; top contributors included the preferred shares issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac which tripled in value during 2024, a term loan in American Tire Distributors Inc, and the convertible bonds of Revance Therapeutics Inc. Detractors this month were rate sensitive holdings including longer duration TIPS, Cardlytics Inc, and MP […]