Highlights We reduced the Fund’s weight in several, shorter-dated, high-quality corporate issuers and government bonds and re-allocated proceeds to longer-dated holdings, including Warner Brothers Discover 5.391% ’62. The Fund’s position in Inflation-Linked Bonds was slightly higher at quarter end. Exposure to credit via Corporate Bond Fund holdings remains lower relative to historic weightings. Over the […]
VANCOUVER, B.C., September 21, 2023 - Pender Ventures is pleased to announce that Co-operators, a leading Canadian financial services co-operative, has made a strategic investment in Pender Ventures’ second fund, the Pender Technology Inflection Fund II (“PTIF II” or the “Fund”). Co-operators’ investment advances PTIF II closer to its target size of $100 million and […]
Highlights The Fund initiated positions in 20 new or previously announced mergers, while nine merger deals held within the Fund closed during the month. Performance was impacted by a regulatory challenge to a merger deal held by the Fund and the widening of spreads in certain other deals driven by regulatory approval delays and extensions […]
Creating liquidity through exits. Moderated by David Dufresne, Partner, CMD Capital chats with Maria Pacella, Managing Partner of Pender Ventures, Anne Phan, VP, Corporate Development at Wealthsimple and Brent Holliday, Founder & CEO of Garibaldi Capital Advisors. They discuss the final phase of the venture cycle.
Highlights • The Fund benefited from volatility in credit markets with a bias to protecting capital. • The Fund’s exposure to event-driven positions was significantly reduced. The Pender Alternative Absolute Return Fund finished August with a return of 1.2%, bringing year-to-date returns to 5.2% . Following two months of decreasing risk premiums and volatility, both […]
“A rolling loan gathers no loss”. Geoff Castle hosts Winnie Cisar, Global Head of Strategy for CreditSights for a follow up to their May 2022 chat. Geoff and Winnie jump right into discussing how to navigate credit markets in the current climate. There’s a lot to cover as they touch on the latest remarks from […]
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