Investment objective

The Fund seeks to provide long term capital growth by investing primarily in equity securities of companies around the world, including companies located or active in emerging markets, using a quantitative investment approach. The Fund seeks to achieve a reduced level of volatility of returns compared to the broader global equity market.

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Fund details

Series
Currency
Fund code
MER * (%)
F CAD 35245 1.05%

Portfolio analysis As of Apr 30, 2025

100% 0 %
Equity Fixed Income

Asset mix

Equity Sector Allocation
Health Care19.4%
Consumer Staples19.2%
Financials18.9%
Communication Services17.6%
Industrials8.4%
Utilities8.2%
Information Technology3.8%
Consumer Discretionary1.7%
Energy1.6%
Materials1.1%
Top 10 Holdings
% Assets
KDDI Corp 2.9%
Colgate-Palmolive Co 2.9%
Procter & Gamble Co 2.8%
Gilead Sciences Inc 2.8%
Johnson & Johnson 2.7%
Costco Wholesale Corp 2.7%
Kimberly-Clark Corp 2.6%
Merck & Co Inc 2.5%
AT&T Inc 2.3%
Kuwait Finance House KSCP 2.2%
Total % of Top 10 Holdings 26.4%

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
-4.1 -2.2 3.7 15.5 - - - 11.6 Fund

Distribution ($)/unit

YTD* 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Total distributions 0.00 1.64 0.71 0.43 --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Interest --- 0.00 0.00 0.01 --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Canadian dividends --- 0.01 0.02 0.02 --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Foreign dividends --- 0.22 0.23 0.23 --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Foreign taxes paid --- -0.03 -0.03 -0.02 --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Capital gains --- 1.44 0.49 0.19 --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
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.