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“…the pandemic showed people and organizations that we are capable of rapid change when the situation calls for it”. Maria Pacella answers three questions in her opinion piece for Research Money: “Can we harness the current social environment to move the needle? Can we action the right ideas to turn women’s increasing wealth into a […]

VANCOUVER, B.C. PenderFund Capital Management Ltd. (“Pender”), is a shareholder of The Leaf Group (“Leaf” or the “Company”). Pender’s response to Leaf’s announcement that Graham Holdings is going to buy it for $8.50 per share, is that, while Pender generally supports a sale of Leaf, it believes that the offer of $8.50 materially undervalues the […]

VANCOUVER, B.C. (TSXV: PTF) Pender Growth Fund Inc. (the “Company”) today announced its financial and operational results for the year ended December 31, 2020. Financial Highlights Net income was $14,475,473 for the year ended December 31, 2020 (December 31, 2019 – $2,062,881) as a result of investment performance in the year. Net income per Share […]

The Planet MicroCap Podcast featured David Barr in it's 163rd episode. Bobby Kraft and David picked up on David's keynote presentation at the SNN Virtual Finance Event in January 2021, and dove into a bit more detail on how Pender identifies multi-baggers. Listen here (47:03)

David Barr joins a panel of hosts on This Week in Intelligent Investing, the podcast channel of MOI Global. The group discusses finding value in growing businesses. They talk about private vs public investing and also how value investing has evolved as an investment approach.  Listen here (1:12:47)

VANCOUVER, B.C. (TSXV: PTF) Pender Growth Fund Inc. (the “Company”) announces that it has provided the TSX Venture Exchange (the "TSXV") with its Notice of Intention to make a Normal Course Issuer Bid (the "NCIB") through the facilities of the TSXV, subject to TSXV acceptance. The Company is proposing to put a new NCIB in […]

"In the tech industry where I work, inequality is nothing new. It’s no secret that women, compared with men, are underpaid, underrepresented as a proportion of the population and, as founders, significantly underfunded by investors."   In this op-ed Maria Pacella provides insight into the inequalities that plague Venture Capital.   Click to read

David Barr sat down with Mark Bunting from Uncommon Sense Investor and talked about his investment process and how knowing more about a company helps paint a better picture.  Click here to watch

David Barr sat down with Mark Bunting from Uncommon Sense Investor and talked about the "Coffee Can Portfolio" strategy and how it can reward patient investors with 100-baggers. Click to watch