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 […]
The Pender Alternative Arbitrage Fund (PAAF) marked one year since its inception on September 8, 2022 with performance of 4.3% since inception. The Fund was up 1.1% in August, bringing year to date performance to 2.2%[1]. The Pender Alternative Arbitrage Fund was launched with the goal of providing investors with a low-risk, low-volatility, absolute return-focused […]
The Pender Alternative Arbitrage Fund (PAAF) ended the month of July 2022 with a NAV of $10.30 per unit[1]. Download PDF The first seven months of 2022 saw $2.3T of deals announced globally, the fourth highest year-to-date total on record2. M&A activity was down 62% in July, totalling $200.8B of deals announced, likely driven by […]
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 […]
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 […]
Dear Unitholders, The Pender Alternative Arbitrage Fund (PAAF) ended the month of April 2022 with a NAV of $10.23 per unit[1]. Download PDF After a slow-down last month, M&A activity is picking back up with the value of global deals rising 23% in April[2]. Global M&A totaled $1.4T at the end of April, down from […]
Dear Unitholders, The Pender Alternative Arbitrage Fund (PAAF) ended the month of March 2022 with a NAV of $10.28 per unit[1]. M&A activity ended Q1 with over $1 trillion of global deal activity, down 21% from last year as the impact of rising inflation and geopolitical tensions may be causing some acquirers to hit the […]
Dear Unitholders, The Pender Alternative Arbitrage Fund (PAAF) ended the month of February 2022 with a NAV of $10.18 per unit[1]. Despite equity market volatility, record inflation, rising rates and a geopolitical crisis, M&A activity shows no signs of slowing with over $740B of global deal activity in the first two months 2022, the second […]
Dear Unitholders, The Pender Alternative Arbitrage Fund (PAAF) ended the month of January 2022 with a NAV of $10.15 per unit[1]. Download PDF M&A activity is off to the races, with momentum from the record levels of global M&A activity last year continuing into 2022. Deal activity in January was the third highest on record, […]
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