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The Pender Alternative Arbitrage Fund (PAAF) ended the month of July 2022 with a NAV of $10.30 per unit[1]. Download PDF The first seven months of 2022 saw $2.3T of deals announced globally, the fourth highest year-to-date total on record2. M&A activity was down 62% in July, totalling $200.8B of deals announced, likely driven by […]
Dear Unitholders, The Pender Alternative Absolute Return Fund finished July with a unit price of $9.81 and distributions of $0.04 per unit[1]. Download PDF July 2022 saw a strong rebound across most asset classes following a historically weak first half of 2022. The ICE BofA US High Yield Index returned 6.02%, the best monthly return […]
Dear Unitholders, The Pender Alternative Absolute Return Fund finished June with a unit price of $9.70 and distributions of $0.03 per unit[1]. Download PDF June 2022 saw significant weakness in the high yield market as the strong bounce in late May faded ahead of US CPI which came in much hotter than expected. This erased […]
Dear Unitholders, The Pender Alternative Arbitrage Fund (PAAF) ended the month of June 2022 with a NAV of $10.27 per unit[1]. Download PDF The first half of 2022 closed off with $2.2T of global M&A activity continuing the two-year streak of >$1T in quarterly deals2. While down 21% from last year’s record pace, M&A activity […]
Dear Unitholders, The Pender Alternative Arbitrage Fund (PAAF) ended the month of May 2022 with a NAV of $10.23 per unit[1]. M&A activity remains elevated with over $1.8T of deals announced globally at the end of May, a total that has only been exceeded three times in history2. A total of $377B of merger deals […]
Dear Unitholders, The Pender Alternative Absolute Return Fund finished May with a unit price of $9.86 and distributions of $0.06 per unit[1]. May 2022 brought a wild swing to markets with rates, credit and equities all selling off before rebounding sharply late in the month. The ICE BofA US High Yield Index returned 0.25%, which […]
Dear Unitholders, The Pender Alternative Arbitrage Fund (PAAF) ended the month of April 2022 with a NAV of $10.23 per unit[1]. Download PDF After a slow-down last month, M&A activity is picking back up with the value of global deals rising 23% in April[2]. Global M&A totaled $1.4T at the end of April, down from […]
Dear Unitholders, The Pender Alternative Absolute Return Fund finished April with a unit price of $10.00 and distributions of $0.05 per unit[1]. Download PDF April 2022 was a volatile month for markets as the rubber starts to meet the road with monetary policy normalization accelerating. The very sharp rebound for risk assets in late March […]
Dear Unitholders, The Pender Alternative Arbitrage Fund (PAAF) ended the month of March 2022 with a NAV of $10.28 per unit[1]. M&A activity ended Q1 with over $1 trillion of global deal activity, down 21% from last year as the impact of rising inflation and geopolitical tensions may be causing some acquirers to hit the […]
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