The Pender Corporate Bond Fund gained 0.5%[1] in April, a modest advance within the context of a positive high yield credit market and a neutral period for investment grade issues. Leading the way for the […]

The Pender Corporate Bond Fund earned 0.9% in March, a period in which high yield credit performed well but investment grade bonds continued to suffer from rising risk-free rates. Download pdf Strong credits for us […]

The Pender Corporate Bond Fund emerged from February with a gain of 1.5%[1], which was ahead of benchmark measures. Driving the difference was the Fund’s avoidance of losses in long duration instruments, which were impacted […]

The Pender Corporate Bond Fund enjoyed a strong January, gaining 2.8%[1], significantly ahead of benchmark measures. Driving the difference was a robust bid within the deeper value segments of the credit market, as well as […]

The Pender Corporate Bond Fund capped off the year with a strong December, gaining 2.6%[1]. Despite a rather tumultuous period early in the pandemic, the full year turned out fairly well, ending with a total […]

The Pender Corporate Bond Fund enjoyed a very strong November, gaining 4.6%[1] on the happy confluence of some important tailwinds. A number of important vaccine breakthroughs, combined with a resolution of U.S. election uncertainty, were […]

The Pender Corporate Bond Fund experienced a modest loss of -0.3% in October, ending a series of strong months that saw the Fund substantially recover from its March drawdown. The decline occurred within the context […]

The Pender Corporate Bond Fund gained 0.5%[1] in September, continuing the positive trend that the Fund began after March 2020. The Fund’s performance came amidst an environment of modestly declining risk-free interest rates and a more challenging high yield market that […]

The Pender Corporate Bond Fund gained 1.5%[1] in August, continuing the positive trend that the Fund began at the March 2020 lows. The Fund’s performance came amidst an environment of modestly rising risk-free interest rates […]

The Pender Corporate Bond Fund gained 2.4%[1] in July, continuing the positive trend that the Fund began after the March 2020 lows. The positive performance was within the context of improving overall credit market conditions […]

The Pender Corporate Bond Fund (PCBF) continued its rebound in June, gaining 2.9%[1] in the month. The PCBF’s sister Fund, the Pender Bond Universe Fund, returned 1.6%1 in June, closing at a new high for […]

The Pender Corporate Bond Fund gained 3.6%[1] in May, continuing to rebound from the COVID-related drawdown. North American credit markets continued to be well bid as both the Bank of Canada and the US Federal […]

In April, the Pender Corporate Bond Fund continued a rebound of unit values that began in the latter part of March. We have a lot of work left to do to recover from the drawdown […]

While managing the portfolio is our main focus, we want to start by saying that we hope you and your families are staying healthy in the crisis we find ourselves in. The Pender Corporate Bond […]