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Pender Bond Universe Fund Class A

Global Corp Fixed Income

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FundGrade B

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FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

2024, 2022

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NAVPS
(07-22-2025)
$9.89
Change
$0.02 (0.20%)

As at June 30, 2025

As at June 30, 2025

Period
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Pender Bond Universe Fund Class A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (January 31, 2020): 2.90%

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% -0.50% 1.57% 1.57% 6.30% 6.96% 5.21% 2.02% 2.90% - - - - -
Benchmark 1.53% -0.94% 2.01% 2.01% 9.40% 8.97% 7.47% 1.95% 0.74% 2.26% 2.93% 2.79% 2.77% 3.48%
Category Average 0.91% 1.07% 2.53% 2.53% 6.67% 6.55% 5.23% 1.13% 1.94% 2.32% 2.82% - - -
Category Rank 109 / 217 186 / 204 169 / 203 169 / 203 110 / 199 60 / 149 59 / 142 53 / 127 49 / 114 - - - - -
Quartile Ranking 3 4 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 - - - - -

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
Fund 2.09% 0.78% 1.34% -0.70% 1.35% -0.26% 0.95% 1.19% -0.07% -1.15% -0.18% 0.84%
Benchmark 3.42% -0.54% 2.07% 0.44% 1.01% 0.69% 1.35% 1.09% 0.51% -2.16% -0.29% 1.53%

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 - - - - - - 55/ 118 22/ 132 95/ 149 58/ 151

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 44.23
Foreign Corporate Bonds 29.39
Canadian Government Bonds 9.08
Cash and Equivalents 7.38
Foreign Government Bonds 6.71
Other 3.21

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Fixed Income 89.51
Cash and Cash Equivalent 7.38
Exchange Traded Fund 0.54
Consumer Goods 0.37
Real Estate 0.26
Other 1.94

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 96.42
Latin America 2.61
Europe 0.83
Multi-National 0.19

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Pender Corporate Bond Fund Class A 21.73
Waste Management Canada Corp 2.60% 23-Jul-2026 6.93
McDonald's Corp 4.86% 21-Mar-2031 6.29
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd 4.70% 16-Sep-2026 4.24
Canadian Pacific Railway Co 3.15% 13-Dec-2028 4.08
Loblaw Cos Ltd 4.49% 11-Dec-2028 3.59
Canada Government 2.25% 01-Jun-2029 3.41
Canadian National Railway Co 3.20% 30-Apr-2028 3.02
VeriSign, Inc 4.75% 29-Jun-2025 2.75
Cameco Corp 2.95% 21-Oct-2027 2.62

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 4.10% 3.90% -
Beta 0.55% 0.42% -
Alpha 0.01% 0.03% -
Rsquared 0.57% 0.50% -
Sharpe 0.29% 0.11% -
Sortino 0.96% -0.03% -
Treynor 0.02% 0.01% -
Tax Efficiency 76.73% - -
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 3.36% 4.10% 3.90% -
Beta 0.56% 0.55% 0.42% -
Alpha 0.01% 0.01% 0.03% -
Rsquared 0.65% 0.57% 0.50% -
Sharpe 0.84% 0.29% 0.11% -
Sortino 1.72% 0.96% -0.03% -
Treynor 0.05% 0.02% 0.01% -
Tax Efficiency 80.21% 76.73% - -

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) $103

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 0
PAC Subsequent 0
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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