| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
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| 2025 Q2 | Jul 30, 2025 | Greystone Capital | 14.8% | 6.3% | APG, DR.TO, KITS.TO, NRP, SYZ.TO | Coal, E-Commerce, healthcare, Quality, small caps, software, value | Small caps remain in prolonged underperformance relative to large caps, with capital flowing to emerging markets instead. Despite conditions for outperformance being in place for years including resilient economy, cheap valuations, and decade-plus underperformance, the return profile shows fits and starts pattern. Manager believes environment will eventually shift and small caps will get their moment in the sun. | DR.TO KITS.TO SYZ.TO APG NRP DR CN KITS CN SYZ CN APG NRP |
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| 2024 Q2 | Jul 29, 2024 | Pender Small Cap Opportunities Fund | 4.3% | - | AVNW, CHW.TO, CPLF.TO, DND.TO, DTOL.TO, SYZ.TO, TVK.TO | Canada, Education, growth, M&A, small caps, technology, value | Fund outperformed with 4.3% returns versus -0.5% for TSX Composite. Small cap flows showing strength with $1.9 billion into Russell 2000 ETF while large caps saw $2.1 billion outflows. Significant divergence between small and large cap performance may be reversing. | DTOL.TO |
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| 2023 Q2 | Jul 13, 2023 | Pender Small Cap Opportunities Fund | -1.1% | 1.8% | CPLF.TO, MAGT.TO, PAR, SYZ.TO | AI, small caps, technology, valuation, value | Small caps are trading at historically wide discounts to large caps, with the S&P 600 at 15.2x forward earnings versus S&P 500 at 20.1x. The manager sees parallels to the early 2000s tech bubble aftermath when small caps outperformed for six consecutive years. Most investors are under-allocated to small caps after a decade of large cap outperformance. | SYZ.TO CPLF.TO IPAR |
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| 2025 Q1 | May 12, 2025 | Langdon Canadian Smaller Companies | -7.2% | - | AND.TO, ATS.TO, ATZ.TO, BYD.TO, DND.TO, EQB.TO, GCG.TO, GRGD.TO, RCH.TO, SVI.TO, SYZ.TO, TVK.TO | Acquisition, Canada, healthcare, Logistics, small caps, Trade Policy, value | Andlauer Healthcare Group represents a critical logistics provider transporting 85% of pharmaceutical products used in Canada and serving 35% of the Canadian healthcare industry. The company demonstrates best-in-class operating ratios, sticky customer base, and defensible market position with value-add logistics driving outsized margins. UPS acquired Andlauer at a 30% premium, validating the investment thesis. | AND.TO |
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| 2023 Q1 | Apr 19, 2023 | Pender Small Cap Opportunities Fund | 2.9% | 2.9% | CPLF.TO, MAGT.TO, SYZ.TO | Banking, Canada, M&A, small caps, technology, value | Small-cap stocks are trading at a significant discount to large caps, with the S&P 600 at 14.5x NTM P/E versus 19x for the S&P 500. This represents a 4.5x discount when historically small caps traded at a premium due to higher growth potential. The manager sees this valuation divergence as creating wonderful opportunities. | View | |
| 2026 Q1 | Apr 15, 2026 | Pender Small Cap Opportunities Fund | 4.0% | 4.0% | CVO.TO, PAR, SOIL.TO, SYZ.TO, VNP.TO | AI, Canada, energy, small caps, software, technology, valuation | PAR CVO.TO VNP.TO SOIL.TO |
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| 2024 Q4 | Jan 27, 2025 | Pender Small Cap Opportunities Fund | 14.8% | - | DTOL.TO, GLASF, LSPD.TO, MDA.TO, NFI.TO, PNG.V, SIS.TO, SYZ.TO, WISH.V | Canada, contrarian, Hedging, small caps, technology, value | The fund focuses exclusively on small cap opportunities, noting that small caps have once again underperformed large caps both in Canada and the US. The managers see pockets of risk-taking emerging in the small cap market, though it is not broad-based as evidenced by overall small cap index performance. | LSPD.TO MDA.TO |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 13, 2026 | Pender Small Cap Opportunities Fund | 0.0% | 5.7% | DND.TO, FDY.TO, GRID.TO, NGEX.TO, PAR, PNG.TO, SYZ.TO, TCS.TO, VNP.TO | Canada, Defense Spending, Energy Transition, Quality, small caps, value | Kraken Robotics is positioned to benefit from heightened geopolitical tensions and increased global defense spending, particularly in undersea and autonomous systems. The company designs and manufactures advanced subsea robotics, sonar systems, and batteries used in autonomous underwater vehicles for defense applications. Multiple portfolio companies are aligned with the energy transition theme. 5N Plus develops specialty semiconductor and performance materials critical to solar and advanced electronics. Tantalus Systems operates in grid optimization and modernization, providing smart meters and data analytics software that help utilities modernize infrastructure and support the energy transition through improved grid efficiency. After several years of small-cap underperformance relative to large caps in Canada, the slope now appears to be leveling out. This has created a more attractive opportunity set for both small-cap quality and value heading into 2026, with many high-quality Canadian businesses trading at compelling valuations despite being overlooked. | GRID CN VNP CN |
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| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
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| Apr 28, 2026 | Fund Letters | Pender Small Cap Opportunities Fund | Sylogist Inc. | Information Technology | Application Software | Bull | TSX | Activist Investment, board representation, Enterprise software, growth inflection, Non-Profit Software, organic growth, SaaS | View Pitch |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Greystone Capital | Sylogist | Information Technology | Application Software | Bull | TSX | ARR growth, Canada, Counter-cyclical, ERP software, Government, Mission-Critical, Non-profit, recurring revenue, SaaS, turnaround | View Pitch |
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