Pender Liquid Alternative Funds

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 […]

Highlights The Fund initiated a position in the Twitter acquisition by Elon Musk. While this deal was a relatively bumpy ride, it’s also a great example of the contractual and legal strength of a definitive merger agreement. We believe we are now at the peak of the SPAC maturity cliff. Hundreds of SPACs, which were […]

Highlights There was a significant bounce in most asset classes, as dip buyers emerged following significant repricing from mid-August to mid-October Large macro moves have created pockets of dislocation within credit markets, especially between Investment Grade and High Yield credits We believe that a large driver of the divergence between investment grade and high yield […]

Dear Unitholders, The Pender Alternative Arbitrage Fund (PAAF) was down 1.1% in September, bringing year-to-date performance to 1.1% with one-year performance of 2.9%[1]. Download PDF M&A Market Update M&A activity stalled in Q3 with a steep 55% decline in deal activity vs. the record M&A boom of last year. After eight consecutive quarters with over […]

Highlights: September proved to be another challenging month for markets. It was the third worst month for the high-yield market since 2008. Early September presented the Fund with some good relative value trading opportunities. If there were a significant spread-widening event for large, well-capitalized Canadian banks, we expect to be buyers on weakness. It was […]

VANCOUVER, B.C. PenderFund Capital Management Ltd. (“Pender”) is pleased to announce one-year updates on our actively managed liquid alternative mutual funds, as well as the launch of the Pender Alternative Arbitrage Plus Fund. The Pender Alternative Absolute Return Fund (“PAARF”) is a flexible, high-yield-focused alternative credit strategy that aims to produce positive absolute returns at […]

The Pender Alternative Arbitrage Fund (PAAF) marked one year since its inception on September 8, 2022 with performance of 4.3% since inception. The Fund was up 1.1% in August, bringing year to date performance to 2.2%[1]. The Pender Alternative Arbitrage Fund was launched with the goal of providing investors with a low-risk, low-volatility, absolute return-focused […]

The Fund has marked one year since its inception and we are happy to now report the performance of the Fund. The Pender Alternative Absolute Return Fund finished August with a return of 1.5% bringing year to date performance to 2.9%[1]. Credit markets experienced a sharp reversal in August with a very strong tone in […]