Highlights Policymakers in most parts of the world have raised rates this year with the count and pace continuing to mount. The US Bond Market has had a -0.3% annualized return over the last five years, the first negative five-year return in US bond market history. Global bond markets have been even worse. Against this […]

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 […]

Fellow unit holders, The Pender Small Cap Opportunities Fund returned -12.5% in September, bringing returns so far this year to -34.8%[1]. This was a challenging period for the Fund, which was up against a difficult market environment, particularly for the small/micro-cap and technology companies that we own in the Fund. In Canada, the broad-based S&P/TSX […]

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 […]

Highlights: The Fund has thus far held above the summer lows, all the while seeing much improved forward-looking returns available in credit markets. The four factors to identify good entry points are: price, positioning, flows and sentiment…we believe those factors are looking very positive, especially for the higher quality strata of the bond market. We […]

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 […]