Investment objective

To provide long-term capital growth by investing primarily in equity securities of U.S. companies using a quantitative investment approach. The fund seeks to achieve a reduced level of volatility of returns as compared to the broader U.S. equity market.

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Fund details

Series
Currency
Fund code
MER * (%)
F CAD 35059 0.76%

Portfolio analysis As of Mar 31, 2025

100% 0 %
Equity Fixed Income

Asset mix

Equity Sector Allocation
Health Care19.8%
Consumer Staples19.5%
Industrials11.3%
Financials11.0%
Utilities11.0%
Communication Services10.2%
Energy5.1%
Information Technology5.1%
Consumer Discretionary3.6%
Materials3.5%
Top 10 Holdings
% Assets
Southern Co 3.0%
Duke Energy Corp 3.0%
Automatic Data Processing Inc 3.0%
Kimberly-Clark Corp 2.9%
Colgate-Palmolive Co 2.9%
Mastercard Inc - Class A Shares 2.9%
Johnson & Johnson 2.9%
Verizon Communications Inc 2.9%
Procter & Gamble Co 2.8%
Gilead Sciences Inc 2.8%
Total % of Top 10 Holdings 29.1%

Geographic allocation

Region

Performance analysis

Growth of $10,000 since inception

Calendar returns

Trailing return

1 Mth 3 Mth 6 Mth 1 year 3 years 5 years 10 years Since Inception
-6.1 -3.0 1.8 15.4 11.5 11.6 11.6 14.2 Fund

Distribution ($)/unit

YTD* 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Total distributions 0.00 2.34 1.59 0.83 2.93 0.36 1.38 1.40 1.26 0.75 0.19
Interest --- 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 --- --- ---
Canadian dividends --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Foreign dividends --- 0.38 0.40 0.49 0.30 0.42 0.30 0.28 0.40 0.32 0.15
Foreign taxes paid --- -0.06 -0.06 -0.06 -0.05 -0.07 -0.05 -0.05 -0.08 -0.06 -0.03
Capital gains --- 2.02 1.26 0.40 2.67 --- 1.12 1.17 0.93 0.49 0.07
Return of capital --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---

* MER (%) is based on actual expenses for the preceding calendar year or most recent half-year period ended June 30 expressed on an annualized basis, depending on availability of date at the time of publication.