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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

The return of the class F units of the Pender Bond Universe Fund for the three-month period ended January 31, 2022 was -0.5%[1]. For the full calendar year of 2021, the class F units were […]

Performance Attribution The return of the Class F units of the Pender Bond Universe Fund over the three-month period ended October 31, 2021 was negative 0.9%[1]. The Fund’s benchmark, the FTSE/TMX Canada Universe Bond Index, […]

Performance Attribution The Pender Bond Universe Fund’s exposure to higher yielding credit served as the main contributor to outperformance YTD in 2021. The Fund’s benchmark, the FTSE/TMX Canada Universe Bond Index comprised of Investment Grade […]