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Pender Bond Universe Fund Class A

Global Corp Fixed Income

FundGrade B Click for more information on Fundata’s FundGrade

FundGrade B

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FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

2024, 2022

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NAVPS
(05-28-2025)
$9.80
Change
-$0.01 (-0.06%)

As at April 30, 2025

As at April 30, 2025

Period
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Pender Bond Universe Fund Class A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (January 31, 2020): 2.86%

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 -1.15% -0.04% 2.01% 0.91% 8.36% 6.10% 4.28% 2.06% 3.37% - - - - -
Benchmark -2.16% -0.59% 2.47% 0.75% 9.97% 6.36% 6.27% 2.11% 0.82% 2.13% 2.94% 2.25% 3.13% 3.44%
Category Average -0.29% 0.41% 1.86% 1.16% 7.40% 5.52% 3.81% 1.12% 2.33% 2.42% 2.61% - - -
Category Rank 145 / 200 107 / 199 57 / 199 100 / 199 46 / 166 58 / 154 53 / 139 51 / 127 50 / 118 - - - - -
Quartile Ranking 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 - - - - -

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr
Fund 1.83% 0.75% 2.09% 0.78% 1.34% -0.70% 1.35% -0.26% 0.95% 1.19% -0.07% -1.15%
Benchmark 1.05% 0.71% 3.42% -0.54% 2.07% 0.44% 1.01% 0.69% 1.35% 1.09% 0.51% -2.16%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

3.15% (December 2023)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-3.03% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - - - - - 1.49% -6.91% 6.37% 7.33%
Benchmark 15.41% 0.66% 2.08% 5.22% 5.81% 8.39% -3.78% -10.63% 6.54% 10.41%
Category Average - - - - 9.03% 6.89% 0.56% -10.54% 7.62% 5.63%
Quartile Ranking - - - - - - 2 1 3 2
Category Rank - - - - - - 56/ 122 25/ 136 98/ 153 58/ 156

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

7.33% (2024)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-6.91% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Corporate Bonds 40.68
Foreign Corporate Bonds 28.17
Cash and Equivalents 12.07
Canadian Government Bonds 9.78
Foreign Government Bonds 7.09
Other 2.21

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Fixed Income 85.81
Cash and Cash Equivalent 12.07
Exchange Traded Fund 0.45
Consumer Goods 0.41
Utilities 0.22
Other 1.04

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 96.81
Latin America 2.75
Europe 0.25
Multi-National 0.16
Other 0.03

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Pender Corporate Bond Fund Class A 21.96
McDonald's Corp 4.86% 21-Mar-2031 6.25
Waste Management Canada Corp 2.60% 23-Jul-2026 5.77
Thomson Reuters Corp 2.24% 14-May-2025 4.33
Canada Government 2.25% 01-Jun-2029 4.04
Canadian National Railway Co 3.20% 30-Apr-2028 3.51
VeriSign, Inc 4.75% 31-May-2025 3.24
Loblaw Cos Ltd 4.49% 11-Dec-2028 3.05
Cameco Corp 2.95% 21-Oct-2027 3.05
FirstEnergy Corp 2.65% 01-Dec-2029 2.91

Equity Style

Equity style data not available

Fixed Income Style

Average Duration: M. Average Credit Quality: M.
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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

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Pender Bond Universe Fund Class A

Median

Other - Global Corp Fixed Income

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 4.28% 3.96% -
Beta 0.57% 0.43% -
Alpha 0.01% 0.03% -
Rsquared 0.59% 0.49% -
Sharpe 0.09% 0.25% -
Sortino 0.51% 0.15% -
Treynor 0.01% 0.02% -
Tax Efficiency 71.30% - -
Volatility Volatility rating is 1 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 1 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 3.51% 4.28% 3.96% -
Beta 0.58% 0.57% 0.43% -
Alpha 0.03% 0.01% 0.03% -
Rsquared 0.58% 0.59% 0.49% -
Sharpe 1.25% 0.09% 0.25% -
Sortino 2.84% 0.51% 0.15% -
Treynor 0.08% 0.01% 0.02% -
Tax Efficiency 84.40% 71.30% - -

Fund Details

Start Date January 31, 2020
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Monthly
Assets ($mil) $89

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
PGF1400

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 grade fixed income securities. 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
  • 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 No
SWP Min Balance -
SWP Min Withdrawal -

Fees

MER 1.18%
Management Fee 0.60%
Load Back Fee Only
FE Max 5.00%
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) 0.35%
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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