Highlights Positive contributors in December were Chinese property developer Country Garden Holdings Company Limited, Emergent BioSolutions Inc., and Carriage Services, Inc., while detractors included National CineMedia LLC, and rising government bond yields that drove investment grade bond prices lower. In December, we initiated a position in Bandwidth Inc., a maker of software for web applications […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
The Pender Corporate Bond Fund continued its rebound from the summer’s lows, returning 0.4[1] in August. Download PDF The Fund’s return was bolstered by strong line-item performance in some high conviction credits including Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ICPT) 2% convertible notes of 2026, which rallied more than 10% due to a substantial reduction in the […]
“…don’t underestimate how smart the market is.” In this episode of Profiles in Credit, Geoff Castle reconnects with Dave Thomas, Principal and Co-Head of Training at The Marquee Group, one of Canada’s leading training organizations for financial analysts and investment bankers. Former classmates at Ivey Business School, Geoff and Dave discuss the art and science of […]
For the three months ending July 31, the Fund generated a small but positive return of 0.1%[1], breaking the string of negative quarters that have resulted from the aggressive rate hiking cycle the Fed and other central banks have embarked upon to control inflation. While this outcome was somewhat less than benchmark returns, the key […]
The Pender Corporate Bond Fund emerged from July with a positive return of 1.9%[1]. The compressed spring of lower bond prices unwound a bit in the month as a potential slowdown in inflation provided the occasion for a celebratory rally. That inflation slowdown also had positive implications for our sister Fund, the Pender Bond Universe […]
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