Investment objective

To achieve long-term capital growth by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of common stocks in companies in the world's largest industrialized countries outside North America, including countries in Europe and the Far East, including Japan and Australia. This Fund is different from the Global Equity Fund because the primary focus of its investments does not include companies in the United States.

  • Fund Category International Equity Funds
  • Inception Date Jun 30, 2007
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Fund details

Series
Currency
Fund code
MER * (%)
F CAD 5410 0.99%

Portfolio analysis As of Aug 31, 2025

99% 1%
Equity Fixed Income

Asset mix

Equity Sector Allocation
Financials25.6%
Industrials20.5%
Health Care13.9%
Consumer Discretionary13.5%
Information Technology9.3%
Consumer Staples5.7%
Materials4.9%
Energy3.3%
Utilities2.3%
Communication Services1.0%
Unclassified-0.1%
Top 10 Holdings
% Assets
Safran SA 5.3%
DBS Group Holdings Ltd 4.5%
Erste Group Bank AG 4.5%
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC 4.3%
Mitsubishi Electric Corp 4.2%
Recruit Holdings Co Ltd 4.0%
Unilever PLC 3.9%
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA 3.9%
ABB Ltd 3.7%
Air Liquide SA 3.4%
Total % of Top 10 Holdings 41.7%

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
4.7 6.0 11.3 11.8 14.4 6.5 7.2 4.1 Fund

Distribution ($)/unit

YTD* 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Total distributions 0.00 0.32 0.38 0.21 0.13 0.05 0.25 0.18 0.16 0.23 0.14
Interest --- 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 --- ---
Canadian dividends --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Foreign dividends --- 0.36 0.40 0.21 0.13 0.06 0.27 0.20 0.17 0.25 0.16
Foreign taxes paid --- -0.04 -0.02 -0.01 -0.01 -0.01 -0.02 -0.02 -0.01 -0.02 -0.02
Capital gains --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
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.