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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
(02-24-2025)
$23.89
Change
-$0.09 (-0.39%)

As at January 31, 2025

As at January 31, 2025

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Pender Alternative Special Situations Fund Class A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (July 10, 2020): 28.21%

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 -0.94% 1.20% 3.78% -0.94% 18.68% 18.89% 10.06% 12.92% - - - - - -
Benchmark 3.48% 6.47% 12.11% 3.48% 25.19% 14.44% 9.97% 13.55% 11.45% 12.03% 10.30% 9.84% 11.29% 8.96%
Category Average 2.32% 3.35% 5.98% 2.32% 15.39% 11.23% 6.67% 8.66% 8.07% - - - - -
Category Rank 212 / 239 145 / 228 135 / 210 212 / 239 85 / 184 41 / 156 53 / 129 29 / 101 - - - - - -
Quartile Ranking 4 3 3 4 2 2 2 2 - - - - - -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan
Fund 2.57% 7.83% 6.56% -9.86% 1.11% 6.46% -3.46% 4.29% 1.85% 3.82% -1.60% -0.94%
Benchmark 1.82% 4.14% -1.82% 2.77% -1.42% 5.87% 1.22% 3.15% 0.85% 6.37% -3.27% 3.48%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

15.87% (November 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-12.44% (September 2022)

Calendar Return (%)

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/ 101 101/ 127 25/ 153 45/ 173

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 67.37
US Equity 19.48
International Equity 7.53
Income Trust Units 5.00
Foreign Corporate Bonds 0.64
Other -0.02

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Technology 28.89
Healthcare 15.67
Energy 13.38
Financial Services 10.57
Basic Materials 8.19
Other 23.30

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 92.46
Europe 4.51
Latin America 0.01
Africa and Middle East -0.03
Asia -0.11
Other 3.16

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
dentalcorp Holdings Ltd 6.96
GH GROUP INC PFD SER C 6.41
D2L Inc 4.63
Logan Energy Corp 4.56
Burford Capital Ltd 4.52
WELL Health Technologies Corp 4.16
5N Plus Inc 4.01
Partners Value Investments LP - Units 3.82
Altius Renewable Royalties Corp 3.65
MERCER PARK OPPORTUNITIES CO 3.20

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)

Pender Alternative Special Situations Fund Class A

Median

Other - Alternative Equity Focus

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 19.28% - -
Beta 0.86% - -
Alpha 0.02% - -
Rsquared 0.39% - -
Sharpe 0.40% - -
Sortino 0.63% - -
Treynor 0.09% - -
Tax Efficiency 95.40% - -
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 17.29% 19.28% - -
Beta 0.36% 0.86% - -
Alpha 0.10% 0.02% - -
Rsquared 0.05% 0.39% - -
Sharpe 0.83% 0.40% - -
Sortino 1.42% 0.63% - -
Treynor 0.40% 0.09% - -
Tax Efficiency 99.28% 95.40% - -

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

-

Registrar

-

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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