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Dear Unitholders, The second quarter of 2022 was challenging for investors. Macro trends from the first quarter of the year continued and the headwinds intensified. The war in Ukraine, elevated commodity prices, and persistent and rising inflation all contributed to investor uncertainty. Central banks have moved swiftly to withdraw stimulus from the economy, raising benchmark […]

Fellow Unitholders, It has been a volatile first half of the year that has seen significant drawdowns in equity markets as valuations have reset in anticipation of weaker economic growth in the coming quarters. Investors have focused on the macro headwinds of rising interest rates as policymakers are focused on curbing demand to slow inflation. […]

Fellow unit holders, It has been a volatile first half of the year that has seen significant drawdowns in equity markets as valuations have reset in anticipation of weaker economic growth going forward. Investors have focused on the macro headwinds of rising interest rates as policy makers are intent on curbing demand to slow inflation. […]

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 […]

The Pender Corporate Bond Fund emerged from June, a volatile month, down 3.2%[1]. Although the result was hardly what we had hoped for, the month did seem to show signs of slowing inflation which may be an important potential catalyst for reversing the current market weakness. Download PDF There were not many portfolio bright spots […]

Celebrating a wonderful milestone in Pender’s history. In this special episode David Barr is joined by Felix Narhi, Maria Pacella and Geoff Castle to look back on the journey that has brought Pender to where it stands today. The group discusses the Pender way of doing things, growing the team and how processes and the […]

Fellow unit holders, Equity markets continued to be volatile in May as investors focused on the macro dynamics of rising inflation, rising interest rates and the potential impact on future economic growth. Sentiment has weakened as the prospect of a possible recession on the horizon grew. Central banks remained focused on tamping down inflation, which […]

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 […]