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 Absolute Return Fund finished March with a unit price of $10.01 and distributions of $0.05 per unit[1]. Download PDF March 2022 was a volatile month for markets with a dramatic pivot from “risk off” to “risk on” in the middle of the month. Risk assets were not deterred by the […]

VANCOUVER, B.C. (TSXV: PTF) Pender Growth Fund Inc. (the “Company”) today announced its financial and operational results for the year ended December 31, 2021. Financial Highlights Net income was $152,096,772 for the year ended December 31, 2021 (December 31, 2020 – $14,475,473) primarily the result of positive investment performance during the year. Shareholders’ equity per […]

The Pender Corporate Bond Fund returned -0.4%[1] in March. While we never celebrate losses, it is worth noting that the Fund’s monthly loss was less than a third of that of the high yield index for the same period and over two percentage points above the Canadian bond universe. In short, it was a volatile […]

Fellow unit holders, As investors continue to assess the financial risks related to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, stock markets ended February on a mixed note. In the US, the S&P 500 Index (CAD) was down 3.3% but its small-cap peer, the Russell 2000 Index (CAD) was up 0.8%. In Canada, the S&P/TSX Composite […]

Dear Unitholders, The Pender Alternative Absolute Return Fund finished February with a unit price of $10.01 and distributions of $0.02 per unit[1]. Download PDF February 2022 was a volatile month for markets with the high-yield market putting up its second consecutive negative month and fifth negative month out of the last six. The ICE BofA […]