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Pender Alternative Special Situations Fund Class A

Alternative Equity Focus

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FundGrade C

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NAVPS
(05-21-2025)
$23.01
Change
-$0.27 (-1.17%)

As at April 30, 2025

As at April 30, 2025

Period
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Pender Alternative Special Situations Fund Class A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (July 10, 2020): 25.10%

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 0.43% -5.58% -4.45% -6.47% -4.93% 13.46% 7.57% 9.22% - - - - - -
Benchmark -0.10% -2.00% 4.34% 1.41% 17.85% 13.20% 9.57% 10.07% 14.37% 10.31% 10.21% 9.29% 9.91% 8.27%
Category Average -0.78% -4.03% -0.82% -1.81% 6.93% 9.60% 6.30% 4.99% 8.81% 6.14% - - - -
Category Rank 58 / 230 124 / 223 167 / 209 170 / 221 165 / 185 39 / 148 56 / 135 29 / 107 - - - - - -
Quartile Ranking 2 3 4 4 4 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 -9.86% 1.11% 6.46% -3.46% 4.29% 1.85% 3.82% -1.60% -0.94% 0.35% -6.32% 0.43%
Benchmark 2.77% -1.42% 5.87% 1.22% 3.15% 0.85% 6.37% -3.27% 3.48% -0.40% -1.51% -0.10%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

15.87% (November 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-12.44% (September 2022)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - - - - - 37.10% -16.46% 23.00% 27.15%
Benchmark -8.32% 21.08% 9.10% -8.89% 22.88% 5.60% 25.09% -5.84% 11.75% 21.65%
Category Average - - - - - 5.11% 17.27% -5.96% 6.54% 16.58%
Quartile Ranking - - - - - - 1 4 1 2
Category Rank - - - - - - 3/ 101 98/ 124 21/ 142 41/ 162

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

37.10% (2021)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-16.46% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 70.62
US Equity 13.85
Income Trust Units 7.62
Foreign Corporate Bonds 4.54
International Equity 4.22
Other -0.85

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Basic Materials 19.78
Technology 15.69
Healthcare 14.93
Energy 11.46
Industrial Goods 9.54
Other 28.60

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 92.61
Europe 4.22
Latin America 3.17

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Highlander Silver Corp 8.86
dentalcorp Holdings Ltd 7.86
GH GROUP INC PFD SER C 6.40
5N Plus Inc 4.87
Burford Capital Ltd 4.22
Logan Energy Corp 3.83
Partners Value Investments LP - Units 3.44
Mercer Park Opportunities Corp - Units Cl A 3.13
MDA Ltd 3.06
Kraken Robotics Inc 2.91

Equity Style

Market capitalization is small. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

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

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Pender Alternative Special Situations Fund Class A

Median

Other - Alternative Equity Focus

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 19.29% - -
Beta 0.90% - -
Alpha 0.00% - -
Rsquared 0.40% - -
Sharpe 0.27% - -
Sortino 0.45% - -
Treynor 0.06% - -
Tax Efficiency 93.80% - -
Volatility Volatility rating is 10 on a scale of 1 to 10 - -

Risk Rating

Rating 10 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 15.87% 19.29% - -
Beta 0.62% 0.90% - -
Alpha -0.14% 0.00% - -
Rsquared 0.16% 0.40% - -
Sharpe -0.48% 0.27% - -
Sortino -0.54% 0.45% - -
Treynor -0.12% 0.06% - -
Tax Efficiency - 93.80% - -

Fund Details

Start Date July 10, 2020
Instrument Type Mutual Fund (Alternative)
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status -
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $3

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
PGF1500

Investment Objectives

The Fund’s objective is to achieve long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in Canadian and US equities with the ability to also invest in debt and other securities. The Fund seeks to identify investment opportunities that are believed to represent special situations.

Investment Strategy

The investment strategies of the Fund are as described below. The Fund aims to identify investment opportunities that it believes represents special situations, which are investments that may realize a revaluation, the potential for which has not been reflected by the market. This includes seeking to capitalize on changes in fundamentals, sentiment or momentum for companies and industries.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

PenderFund Capital Management Ltd.

  • Amar Pandya
Sub-Advisor

-

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

PenderFund Capital Management Ltd.

Custodian

The Bank of Nova Scotia

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 0.00%
Management Fee 1.95%
Load Back Fee Only
FE Max 5.00%
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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