Emily Wheeler joined Pender in October 2019 and is a Portfolio Manager working on the Pender Corporate Bond Fund and the Pender Bond Universe Fund.
Prior to joining Pender, Emily worked for a Vancouver based investment management firm that ran mandates including value, fixed income, growth and several alternative strategies. She began her career there in 2004 and gained experience in many aspects of the firm’s business. Emily traded equities, fixed income, options and currency for the firm’s growth, value, fixed income and an alternative strategy mandate and most recently held the title of Portfolio Manager working with the firm’s value and high yield teams.
Emily holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of British Columbia. She obtained her Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation in 2010 and is a CFA charterholder and a member of CFA Society Vancouver.
Highlights The past quarter was characterized by a strong bond market reaction to the disinflationary trend. Longer dated, high grade bonds were the strongest contributors to performance. Favourable performers included Warner Brothers Discovery Inc. (2062), and US TIPS (2052). The Fund’s exposure to credit (via Pender Corporate Bond Fund) remains lower relative to historic weightings. […]
Highlights Positive contributors were shorter-dated, higher-quality lines as well as the Fund’s exposure to credit through the Pender Corporate Bond Fund. With high-yield spreads remaining at approximately 4% at quarter-end and with indicators skewed to the likelihood of recession, the Fund’s exposure to credit remains towards the lowest since the Fund’s inception. --- For the […]
Highlights For the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Fund generated a 1.9% return.[1] Several high-quality, defensive, relatively longer-dated lines, such as Loblaw Companies Ltd., Verisign Inc. and Bell Canada Enterprises Inc. bolstered performance. There are signs suggesting the hiking cycle is nearing its peak. Should the rate hikes to date slow the economy […]
For the three months ended December 31, 2022, the Pender Bond Universe Fund generated a 0.8%[1] return, outperforming its benchmark by approximately 70bp. For the full year of 2022, the Fund returned -6.4%1, realizing a respectable 5.3% of relative outperformance compared to its benchmark. The Fund’s positive return over the last six months of the […]
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 […]
In the quarter ended April 30, 2022, the Fund outperformed its benchmark. With the FTSE/TMX Canada Universe Bond Index down 7.0% over the past three months, the Pender Bond Universe Fund’s (PBUF) Class F return of negative 3.9%[1] showed relative strength over the period. Against a backdrop of rising yields along the curve in Canada […]
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