Dear Unitholders, The Pender Alternative Absolute Return Fund returned 0.3%[1] in July, bringing year-to-date returns to 1.0%. Credit markets saw tighter spreads in July and positive absolute returns, but by late in the month there were signs of exhaustion as historically expensive spread levels were met with mixed earnings from cyclical market segments and significant […]
Dear Unitholders, The Pender Alternative Absolute Return Fund returned -0.3%[1] in June, bringing year to date returns to 0.8%. Markets continued to rally in June as seemingly any positive macro news event continued to drive asset prices higher despite some negative economic data points, concerns about fiscal stability in several developed economies and ongoing trade […]
Dear Unitholders, The Pender Alternative Absolute Return Fund returned -0.3%[1] in May, bringing year-to-date returns to 1.1%. Following on from the strong rebound in the second half of April, risk assets performed quite well in May with the S&P 500 generating its best monthly return in a year and a half. High yield credit spreads […]
Dear Unitholders, The Pender Alternative Absolute Return Fund returned -0.6% in April, bringing year to date returns to 1.4%[1]. Wild swings in risk assets and market tone induced by US President Trump’s “Liberation Day” announcement created opportunities for the Fund to both add on weakness and sell into strength. The ICE BofA US High Yield […]
Dear Unitholders, The Pender Alternative Absolute Return Fund finished March with a return of 1.2%, bringing year to date returns to 2.0%[1]. Risk assets performed poorly in March as euphoria surrounding Donald Trump’s inauguration was replaced by concern about the potential impact of tariffs on the global economy. The ICE BofA US High Yield Index […]
Dear Unitholders, The Pender Alternative Absolute Return Fund finished February with a return of 0.9%, bringing year to date return to 0.7%[1]. Credit markets produced positive returns in February as lower government bond yields offset widening credit spreads. The ICE BofA US High Yield Index returned 0.65% in February as spreads finished the month at […]
Dear Unitholders, The Pender Alternative Absolute Return Fund finished January with a return of -0.1% [1]. Markets rebounded in January following a soft end to 2024. High yield spreads tightened 24bp in January to finish the month at 268bp Govt OAS, after hitting a multi-decade low of 259bp on January 22. The HFRI Credit Index, […]
Highlights The Fund generated a positive December and found opportunities in the new issue markets in both Canada and the US that included Wolf Midstream Canada LP (private) and Diebold Nixdorf Incorporated (NYSE: DBD). Our position in Neiman Marcus Group’s bond was called in late December which generated an IRR of more than 10% since […]
Highlights The riskiest segments of the high yield market performed the best in November, continuing a trend that started in July. We added to our holdings in Wolf Midstream Canada LP (private) in early December. At this time, we prefer the bonds of larger, higher quality issuers like Hilton (NYSE: HLT) with a much larger […]
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