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Pender Corporate Bond Fund Class A

High Yield Fixed Income

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FundGrade A

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FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019

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NAVPS
(04-02-2025)
$13.30
Change
-$0.01 (-0.10%)

As at February 28, 2025

As at February 28, 2025

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Pender Corporate Bond Fund Class A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (June 01, 2009): 6.15%

Fund Returns
Row Heading Return Annualized Return
1 Mth 3 Mth 6 Mth YTD 1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 4 Yr 5 Yr 6 Yr 7 Yr 8 Yr 9 Yr 10 Yr
Fund 0.84% 2.85% 6.80% 2.19% 17.23% 11.35% 6.20% 5.48% 6.63% 5.91% 5.73% 5.96% 8.01% 6.10%
Benchmark 0.36% 4.44% 9.83% 2.31% 16.13% 13.40% 8.80% 5.52% 5.20% 5.67% 5.57% 5.31% 6.56% 6.01%
Category Average 0.56% 1.22% 3.26% 1.57% 8.24% 7.59% 3.19% 2.16% 3.00% 3.30% 3.05% 3.04% 4.20% 3.07%
Category Rank 28 / 283 25 / 283 31 / 283 37 / 283 12 / 281 27 / 275 37 / 269 27 / 263 18 / 252 28 / 244 25 / 221 16 / 209 7 / 200 11 / 189
Quartile Ranking 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb
Fund 2.73% -0.14% 2.39% 1.14% 2.50% 0.81% 0.67% 1.01% 2.11% 0.64% 1.34% 0.84%
Benchmark 0.83% 0.55% 0.00% 1.79% 2.95% -0.48% 2.00% 2.26% 0.82% 2.08% 1.94% 0.36%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

7.98% (July 2009)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-12.20% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund -8.71% 22.69% 7.01% 5.54% 4.74% 6.23% 9.37% -6.56% 6.62% 15.84%
Benchmark 14.93% 10.80% 2.96% 5.36% 7.98% 6.14% 0.50% -6.92% 10.36% 17.23%
Category Average -2.71% 9.58% 5.34% -2.63% 9.49% 5.35% 3.21% -10.00% 8.59% 7.12%
Quartile Ranking 4 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 4 1
Category Rank 179/ 182 4/ 199 27/ 208 6/ 219 239/ 244 83/ 252 19/ 257 51/ 266 251/ 275 22/ 281

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

22.69% (2016)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-8.71% (2015)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Foreign Corporate Bonds 52.75
Cash and Equivalents 14.53
Canadian Corporate Bonds 11.45
Foreign Government Bonds 10.44
Canadian Equity 3.82
Other 7.01

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Fixed Income 76.97
Cash and Cash Equivalent 14.54
Consumer Goods 1.91
Exchange Traded Fund 1.23
Utilities 1.03
Other 4.32

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 95.73
Latin America 3.15
Europe 0.82
Multi-National 0.30

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Energean PLC 6.50% 30-Apr-2027 2.68
Lucid Group Inc 1.25% 15-Dec-2026 2.14
Spirit IP Cayman Ltd 8.00% 20-Sep-2025 1.96
First Majestic Silver Corp 0.38% 15-Jan-2027 1.91
Esperion Therapeutics Inc 5.75% 15-Jun-2030 1.87
Fair Isaac Corp 4.00% 15-Jun-2028 1.85
VeriSign, Inc 4.75% 01-Feb-2025 1.80
United States Treasury 0.13% 15-Feb-2052 1.72
Rivian Holdings LLC 10.50% 15-Oct-2026 1.68
Trulieve Cannabis Corp - Pfd 1.64

Equity Style

Equity style data not available

Fixed Income Style

Fixed income style data not available
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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

Pender Corporate Bond Fund Class A

Median

Other - High Yield Fixed Income

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 4.69% 7.54% 6.11%
Beta 0.47% 0.72% 0.47%
Alpha 0.02% 0.03% 0.03%
Rsquared 0.41% 0.48% 0.25%
Sharpe 0.50% 0.58% 0.73%
Sortino 1.08% 0.62% 0.68%
Treynor 0.05% 0.06% 0.10%
Tax Efficiency 75.34% 73.73% 74.44%
Volatility Volatility rating is 1 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 2 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 2 on a scale of 1 to 10

Risk Rating

Rating 1 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 3.09% 4.69% 7.54% 6.11%
Beta 0.05% 0.47% 0.72% 0.47%
Alpha 0.15% 0.02% 0.03% 0.03%
Rsquared 0.00% 0.41% 0.48% 0.25%
Sharpe 3.87% 0.50% 0.58% 0.73%
Sortino - 1.08% 0.62% 0.68%
Treynor 2.27% 0.05% 0.06% 0.10%
Tax Efficiency 89.93% 75.34% 73.73% 74.44%

Fund Details

Start Date June 01, 2009
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Monthly
Assets ($mil) $2,519

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
PGF500

Investment Objectives

The objective of the Fund is to preserve capital and generate returns through current income and capital appreciation. The Fund invests primarily in investment and non-investment grade fixed income securities issued by North American corporations. This, however, does not preclude the Fund from making equity investments when the Manager deems the risk/reward trade-off to be in the investors’ favour.

Investment Strategy

The Fund employs a value-based fundamental research process. The Manager believes that private and public securities are priced inefficiently and, as a result, the price of any given security only occasionally coincides with its intrinsic value. The Manager attempts to identify and exploit these inaccuracies using internal analyses. Those businesses whose securities the Manager believes to be undervalued will be considered as investment candidates.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

PenderFund Capital Management Ltd.

  • Geoff Castle
  • Parul Garg
  • Emily Wheeler
Sub-Advisor

-

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

PenderFund Capital Management Ltd.

Custodian

CIBC Mellon Trust Company

Registrar

CIBC Mellon Trust Company

Distributor

-

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 5,000
PAC Subsequent 100
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 5,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 100

Fees

MER 2.07%
Management Fee 1.40%
Load Back Fee Only
FE Max 5.00%
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) 0.80%
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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