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Pender Corporate Bond Fund Class A

Multi-Sector 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
(07-08-2025)
$13.03
Change
-$0.01 (-0.08%)

As at May 31, 2025

As at May 31, 2025

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Pender Corporate Bond Fund Class A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (June 01, 2009): 5.78%

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 -0.49% -4.01% -1.27% -1.90% 7.13% 9.47% 5.78% 3.84% 7.27% 5.01% 4.75% 5.11% 6.39% 5.65%
Benchmark -0.45% -1.96% 1.11% 0.44% 8.99% 6.42% 5.63% 1.70% -0.01% 1.20% 2.20% 1.61% 2.20% 2.86%
Category Average 0.50% -0.16% 0.70% 1.56% 5.28% 5.01% - - - - - - - -
Category Rank 300 / 319 304 / 319 296 / 314 301 / 314 59 / 299 11 / 290 42 / 280 32 / 270 9 / 251 17 / 235 19 / 217 10 / 194 7 / 166 7 / 126
Quartile Ranking 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May
Fund 1.14% 2.50% 0.81% 0.67% 1.01% 2.11% 0.64% 1.34% 0.84% -0.43% -3.12% -0.49%
Benchmark 1.11% 3.56% -0.33% 1.97% 0.33% 0.96% 0.67% 1.41% 1.02% 0.37% -1.88% -0.45%

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 16.14% 1.29% 1.23% 6.50% 4.01% 7.35% -4.31% -10.27% 5.25% 9.76%
Category Average - - - - - - - - - 3.89%
Quartile Ranking 4 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 3 1
Category Rank 116/ 116 4/ 134 14/ 181 19/ 207 186/ 228 65/ 250 24/ 263 63/ 272 163/ 290 12/ 299

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 50.30
Cash and Equivalents 13.50
Canadian Corporate Bonds 12.85
Foreign Government Bonds 9.51
US Equity 4.02
Other 9.82

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Fixed Income 76.00
Cash and Cash Equivalent 13.51
Exchange Traded Fund 2.18
Consumer Goods 1.83
Real Estate 1.39
Other 5.09

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 93.70
Latin America 3.74
Europe 1.72
Multi-National 0.84

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
First Majestic Silver Corp 0.38% 15-Jan-2027 2.02
Waste Management Canada Corp 2.60% 23-Jul-2026 1.91
Fair Isaac Corp 4.00% 15-Jun-2028 1.86
United States Treasury 4.63% 15-Feb-2035 1.85
VeriSign, Inc 4.75% 29-Jun-2025 1.79
Aberdeen Standard Physical Platinum ETF (PPLT) 1.76
Esperion Therapeutics Inc 5.75% 15-Jun-2030 1.64
Rivian Holdings LLC 10.15% 15-Oct-2026 1.61
Trulieve Cannabis Corp - Pfd 1.58
Tenaz Energy Corp 12.00% 14-Nov-2029 1.56

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 - Multi-Sector Fixed Income

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 4.96% 4.94% 6.22%
Beta 0.51% 0.30% 0.05%
Alpha 0.03% 0.07% 0.06%
Rsquared 0.33% 0.14% 0.00%
Sharpe 0.36% 0.95% 0.64%
Sortino 0.83% 1.46% 0.57%
Treynor 0.04% 0.16% 0.73%
Tax Efficiency 72.44% 75.23% 72.32%
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 5.02% 4.96% 4.94% 6.22%
Beta 0.88% 0.51% 0.30% 0.05%
Alpha -0.01% 0.03% 0.07% 0.06%
Rsquared 0.67% 0.33% 0.14% 0.00%
Sharpe 0.70% 0.36% 0.95% 0.64%
Sortino 1.15% 0.83% 1.46% 0.57%
Treynor 0.04% 0.04% 0.16% 0.73%
Tax Efficiency 76.14% 72.44% 75.23% 72.32%

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) $2,524

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 -
PAC Subsequent -
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance -
SWP Min Withdrawal -

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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