Investment objective

To provide long-term capital growth by investing primarily in equity securities of U.S. companies whose businesses relate to life sciences and technology and are expected to benefit from scientific and technological advances.

  • Fund Category U.S. Equity Funds
  • Inception Date Aug 13, 2001
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Fund details

Series
Currency
Fund code
MER * (%)
F CAD 35070 0.94%

Portfolio analysis As of Aug 31, 2025

98% 2%
Equity Fixed Income

Asset mix

Equity Sector Allocation
Information Technology59.3%
Communication Services19.0%
Health Care17.6%
Industrials1.4%
Financials1.3%
Consumer Discretionary1.0%
Real Estate0.3%
Top 10 Holdings
% Assets
NVIDIA Corp 10.7%
Microsoft Corp 10.5%
Apple Inc 8.0%
Alphabet Inc - Class A Shares 7.9%
Meta Platforms Inc - Class A Shares 6.3%
Broadcom Inc 5.0%
Netflix Inc 2.2%
Eli Lilly & Co 2.2%
Johnson & Johnson 1.8%
AbbVie Inc 1.8%
Total % of Top 10 Holdings 56.4%

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
7.2 12.8 24.1 23.0 31.1 17.9 18.1 8.9 Fund

Distribution ($)/unit

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* 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.