PenderFund

In this episode David Barr, President, CEO and Portfolio Manager, chats with Kenndal McArdle, Principal, Pender Ventures. They discuss their private equity approach to public markets, and in particular, how this approach relates to Pender Growth Fund. They also discuss Kenndal's career path from public small cap to venture capital; mergers and acquisitions; how they analyze a business both from the public and the private side and their views on Canadian companies to going public.

In this episode Geoff Castle, Fixed Income Portfolio Manager, chats with Callum Thomas, founder and head of research of Topdown Charts. They discuss Callum's background and early career, the path to launching Topdown Charts and what it offers, Callum's approach to credit cycles and their perspective on potential interest rates over the next few years as we enter the recovery.

In this episode Maria Pacella, Managing Partner of Pender Ventures, is joined by Jacqueline Ovens, Alison Nankivell and Heather Conradi. Gathered to mark International Women's Day, the guests discuss how they invest in women fund managers and entrepreneurs, how gender diversity plays a role in returns, how they measure diversity within their organizations and how we need to continue to close the gender gap in the investing world.

In this episode David Barr, President, CEO and Portfolio Manager, chats with Andrew Wilkinson, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Tiny Capital. They discuss Andrew's early entrepreneurial background and his transition to investor, his experience in the tech sector, value investing and taking his company, WeCommerce, from private to public.

In this episode Maria Pacella, Managing Partner of Pender Ventures, is joined by David Smith, CEO of Teradici. They discuss the acceleration of the work-from-home movement caused by COVID-19 and how Teradici was well-equipped to support existing and new clients in this digital shift. They also cover Teradici's engineering Emmy win for their work in media and entertainment, and their recent update to support Mac OS in virtualized environments.

In this episode Sarah Wildman, Director of Institutional & Family Office Wealth Services, is joined by Geoff Castle, Portfolio Manager of the Pender Corporate Bond Fund, and Emily Wheeler, Associate Portfolio Manager who manages the Pender Bond Universe Fund with Geoff. They take a short look back on 2020 with the benefit of hindsight, but are mainly focused on the potential headwinds and tailwinds they are seeing for fixed income and the Funds in 2021.

In this episode Sarah Wildman, Director of Institutional & Family Office Wealth Services, is joined by David Barr, President, CEO and Portfolio Manager of the Pender Small Cap Opportunities Fund and Felix Narhi, Pender’s Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager, who manages the Pender US All Cap Equity Fund. Together, they co-manage the Pender Value Fund. They look back on 2020 as a whole, with a focus on the resurgence of equities, and in particular small-caps. They also look towards 2021, how they are positioning the funds for the coming year, with a detailed dive into cryptocurrency.

In this episode David Barr, President, CEO and Portfolio Manager, chats with Ian Cassel, the founder of MicroCapClub, CIO of Intelligent Fanatics Capital Management and co-founder of intelligentfanatics.com. As two avid microcap investors, there was a lot of ground to cover. The benefit of years of micro and small cap investing wisdom is packed in this one-hour podcast.

In this episode Geoff Castle, Fixed Income Portfolio Manager, chats with Ben Rabidoux, President of North Cove Advisors. They discuss Ben's background and his role at North Cove Advisors, how to navigate the Canadian real estate sector as well as the broader Canadian economy.

Additional Resources: Canadian Credit Trends – October 2020

In this episode Maria Pacella is joined by Kenndal McArdle, Principal of Pender Ventures, and their new team member, Kristina Bergman, Partner at Pender Ventures. Maria chats with Kristina to learn more about her background and experiences working as a tech product marketer and manager, an entrepreneur and an investor. Then Kristina turns the tables and interviews Kenndal about what makes Pender Ventures stand out from the competition.