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Actionable insights from a sea of economic and market data. Geoff Castle catches up with Callum Thomas, founder and head of research of Topdown Charts for their annual podcast. Geoff and Callum reflect on 2022 and look ahead to 2023. Geoff and Callum revisit their prior conversation and discuss how their understanding of the market has evolved over the year […]

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 We expect a further easing of inflation pressures as consumers and companies digest the impact of significantly higher rates. We find the prices of relatively strong corporate credits in the three to seven-year tenors to be very attractive. There are plenty of excellent issuers with credit yields of more than 6%. What could happen […]

VANCOUVER, B.C. (TSXV: PTF) Pender Growth Fund Inc. (the “Company”) today announced its financial and operational results for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2022. Financial Highlights (Unaudited) Net loss was $8,520,121 for the three months ended September 30, 2022 (September 30, 2021 – Net income $75,339,050) primarily the result of negative […]

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 […]

VANCOUVER, B.C. PenderFund Capital Management Ltd. (“Pender”) is pleased to announce that the Pender Small Cap Opportunities Fund (the “Fund”) has received an industry award. The Pender Small Cap Opportunities Fund has been recognized as a Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards Canada 2022 Winner and named the best Canadian Focused Small/Mid Cap Equity Fund over a […]

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 […]

Highlights During October there were some bright spots and some challenges, the latter from lower prices across the investment-grade bond complex reacting to a higher yield curve. Bright spots included our positions in McDermott International, Ltd., PetSmart, Inc. The Fund’s flexible mandate opens up opportunities across a variety of security types (term loans, straight bonds, […]