Geoff Castle is the Lead Portfolio Manager, Fixed Income, having managed the Pender Corporate Bond Fund since September 2015. He also manages the Pender Bond Universe Fund and Pender Credit Opportunities Fund.
Geoff’s career as a professional investor spans two decades and includes experience in both public mutual funds and proprietary investment fund management for ultra-high net worth individuals.
His area of expertise is in fundamental business analysis and valuation which he applies to credit markets to find enhanced yield or price appreciation opportunities in situations where substantial margins of safety exist.
Geoff’s philosophy involves controlling risk through careful consideration of credit duration and fixed charge coverage, and the fair valuation of each security class on an as-liquidated basis. Geoff also has been an active proponent of the use of objective, market- and fundamentals-derived risk measurement systems, which he believes are more useful than agency credit ratings.
Geoff holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from UBC and a Master of Business Administration from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario.
"The main reason investors struggle with how to react to bad news is that they really haven't figured out why they own the stocks they own." - Bill Nygren Highlights Solid quarter caps off positive year for both relative and absolute performance. At year-end, equity exposure was approximately 58.3%, fixed income and credit at 34.3% […]
Highlights: December’s outperformance was driven by some deeply discounted and distressed lines including the preferred shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac which rallied more than 30%. We added to our position in McDermott International Ltd. at deeply discounted prices. Select off-the-run and unrated bonds remain extremely attractive where the value of the issuing companies […]
Highlights: November saw a major turn in bond market direction leading to positive returns throughout the fixed income markets. Investment grade securities staged a huge turnaround and there were some very strong returns amongst higher grade, long-duration securities. New positions include the deeply discounted notes of California-based Stem Inc., a software provider that enables renewable […]
Highlights: • Positive contributors to the Fund were Cineworld Group PLC and Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae). Detractors included Canadian rate-reset preferred shares due to negative price momentum, and Emergent BioSolutions, which we have added to on price weakness. • New positions include Nuveen Quality Municipal Income Fund (NAD US Equity), a closed-end fund […]
Highlights Within the Fund’s equity holdings, strong positive contributions came from Onex Corp. (TSX: ONEX), ARC Resources Ltd. (TSX: ARX), and Burford Capital Ltd. (NYSE: BUR). Detractors included Brookfield Corporation (TSX: BN), Texas Pacific Land Corporation (NYSE: TPL), as well as Fiera Capital Corp (TSX: FSZ). However, Brookfield and Texas Pacific Land have both contributed […]
Highlights Positive contributors included: Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to be acquired leading to a gain of more than 10% in that position; OPKO Health Inc. on the FDA’s approval of the company’s NGENLA growth hormone therapy; Carriage Services Inc. rallied over 5% on a takeover bid from a trade buyer; and Fannie Mae preferred shares also […]
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