Canso Credit Income Fund – Class A

  • TSX Ticker: PBY.UN
  • Portfolio Manager: Canso Investment Counsel Ltd.
  • As of: March 31, 2025
  • Asset Class: Fixed Income
  • Category: Alternative Credit Focused
  • Benchmark: FTSE Canada All Corporate Bond Index1

Investment Focus

The Canso Credit Income Fund is a closed-end fund which seeks to maximize total returns for unit holders while reducing risk and provide unitholders with monthly cash distributions, by taking long and short positions in a portfolio of primarily corporate bonds and other income securities.

Risk Rating

Why Invest in this Fund?

Experienced Management Team • Independent Research • Attractive Yields

The Fund’s portfolio manager is Canso Investment Counsel Ltd. Canso’s bottom-up deep value investment approach is based on a foundation of researching businesses and evaluating securities across an entity’s entire capital structure. Canso’s team combines independent research expertise with security selection ability and is well regarded as a skilled credit manager. The Fund is primarily invested in an actively managed and diversified portfolio of corporate bonds and provides monthly cash distributions.

  • Canso emphasizes “bottom up” and “deep value” credit analysis.
  • Canso exploits market liquidity to the advantage of their portfolios.
  • Canso finds opportunities that others might miss.

Fund Facts

Inception Date July 16, 2010
Currency CAD
Fund Net AUM $146.1 Million
Total Long AUM $172.2 Million
Total Short AUM -$26.0 Million
NAVPU $15.65
Closing Market Price on TSX
(March 31, 2025)		 $16.00
Management Fee 0.75%
Performance Fee 20.00%
MER as of December 31, 2024 2.08%
RSP Eligible Yes

Compound Returns – Class A

1 Month 3 Months YTD 1 Year 3 Year
(Annualized)		 5 Year
(Annualized)		 10 Year
(Annualized)		 Since Inception
(Annualized)
-1.7% -1.2% -1.2% 6.6% 5.3% 15.0% 7.1% 8.0%

Calendar Year Returns – Class A

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Canso Credit Income Fund – Class A

Portfolio Characteristics

Number of Securities (Long) 112
Number of Securities (Short) 3
Number of Issuers 52
Average Term to Maturity (Years) 6.3
Average Duration (Years) 2.5
Yield to Maturity (%) 6.3%
Current Yield (%) 4.9%
Average Credit Quality (long only)2 A-
Cash Weighting 0.3%

Credit Quality Breakdown (Long only)

AAA 29.8%
AA 1.4%
A 17.9%
BBB 25.1%
BB 8.2%
B & Lower 13.0%
Not Rated 4.6%

Top 10 Holdings

Security % of Fund Rating
GOVERNMENT OF CANADA 1.500% 01-DEC-2031 SER N266 11.4% AAA
AIR CANADA 4.625% 08/15/2029 DD 08/11/21 5.8% BB+
MANULIFE FINL CORP SUB 2 ACRD 4.100% 19-MAR-2082 5.7% BBB+
PEMBINA PIPELINE CORP 4.750% 26-MAR-2048 MTN SER 11 4.7% BBB
STRAIT CROSSING DEVELOPMENT 6.170% 15-SEP-2031 144A 4.4% BBB
GOVERNMENT OF CANADA 4.250% 01-DEC-2026 REAL RTN BD 4.3% AAA
GE CAPITAL CANADA FUNDING CO 5.730% 22-OCT-2037 MTN 4.2% A-
FLINT CORP. 8% OCT 14, 2027 8.000% OCT 14,2027 3.3% Not Rated
RBC FRN 29JUN2085 (Q LIMEAN+25)(USD) VAR RT 06/29/2085 DD 06/06/86 3.3% A-
AVIS BUDGET CAR RENTAL LL 144A 4.750% 04/01/2028 DD 03/23/21 3.2% B+
Total 50.3%

Geographic Breakdown

Canada 82.1%
USA 13.6%
South America 1.5%
Europe 2.8%

Distributions

  • Distribution Frequency: Monthly
  • Most Recent Distribution per Unit: $0.0417
  • 12-Month Trailing Distribution Yield: 3.2%
  • Next Record Date: April 30, 2025
  • Next Distribution Date: May 12, 2025
Distributions ($)/Unit3 YTD* 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Total Distributions 0.0833 0.5797 0.7464 1.0578 2.1899 2.0851 0.5000 0.5000 0.5456 0.5000 3.5513
Interest – 0.3172 0.2930 0.3617 0.4034 0.3401 – 0.1139 0.5211 0.4819 –
Dividends – 0.1233 0.1152 0.1826 0.0788 0.0743 0.0248 0.0343 0.0245 – –
Capital Gains – 0.1392 0.3382 0.5135 1.7077 1.6707 – – – – 3.5513
Withholding Tax – – – – – – – – – – –
Return of Capital – – – – – – 0.4752 0.3518 – 0.0181 –
*The final tax character will be determined based on the Fund’s tax year end information.
Lysander Funds Limited
Canso Credit Income Fund – Class A

Lysander Funds Limited is the investment fund manager of Canso Credit Income Fund (the “Fund”). This document is not an invitation to invest in the Fund and does not constitute a public offering of sale. You will usually pay brokerage fees to your dealer if you purchase or sell units of the Fund on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX). If the units are purchased or sold on the TSX, investors may pay more than the current net asset value when buying units of the Fund and may receive less than the current net asset value when selling them. There are ongoing fees and expenses associated with owning units of the investment fund. An investment fund must prepare disclosure documents that contain key information about the fund. You can find more detailed information about the fund in these documents.

The indicated rates of return are based on calculated net asset values per unit, which are net of management fees, operating expenses, any applicable performance fees and applicable taxes. These returns include changes in unit value and reinvestment of all distributions and do not take into account certain fees such as redemption fees or optional charges or income taxes payable by any securityholder that would have reduced returns. Investment funds are not guaranteed, their values change frequently and past performance may not be repeated.

Performance returns for Class A and Class F units are based on the net asset values of the relevant class. Prior to June 25, 2015, the Fund used a fund-on-fund investment strategy whereby the Fund gained exposure to Canso Credit Trust through a forward agreement. On June 25, 2015, as a result of changes to the Income Tax Act (Canada), the Fund changed its investment objectives, ceased to use a fund-on-fund strategy and began investing in securities directly. In addition, prior to July 1, 2020, the Fund paid servicing fees at 0.40% per annum on Class A units. On July 1, 2020, the Fund discontinued the payment of servicing fees. These changes could have affected the performance of the Fund had these changes been in effect throughout the performance measurement period.

The Class A performance numbers shown may be different from the performance provided by sources that obtain performance information from the TSX under the symbol PBY.UN, which performance is based on the trading price of the units. Only Class A units of the Fund are listed on the TSX.

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2Fixed income securities unrated by external agencies are assigned an internal Canso rating for Average Credit Quality.

3Distributions are based on the actual number of units outstanding on the record date. Distributions are paid in cash and an investor that receives these distributions should expect that the value of their investment will decline over time. Distributions are not an indication of performance, rate of return or yield. If the Fund’s net income/capital gains is less than the amounts distributed in the tax year, the distribution will include a return of capital.

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