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Desjardins Global Small Cap Equity Fund A Class

Global Small/Mid Cap Eq

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NAVPS
(05-03-2024)
$14.77
Change
$0.11 (0.72%)

As at March 31, 2024

As at March 31, 2024

As at February 29, 2024

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Desjardins Global Small Cap Equity Fund A Class

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (January 18, 2008): 4.71%

Fund Returns
Row Heading Return Annualized Return
1 Mth 3 Mth 6 Mth YTD 1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 4 Yr 5 Yr 6 Yr 7 Yr 8 Yr 9 Yr 10 Yr
Fund 1.53% 2.55% 11.48% 2.55% 5.97% -2.80% -3.08% 8.06% 2.30% 0.42% 2.10% 2.60% 2.07% 3.76%
Benchmark 3.87% 7.66% 17.91% 7.66% 17.86% 7.94% 5.21% 15.70% 8.17% 6.98% 7.65% 9.04% 7.63% 8.48%
Category Average 2.99% 15.38% 15.38% 6.16% 13.01% 5.24% 2.24% 13.64% 6.38% 4.82% 5.24% 6.22% 4.97% 5.54%
Category Rank 249 / 281 234 / 278 230 / 278 234 / 278 218 / 269 233 / 246 210 / 223 197 / 205 167 / 182 150 / 155 135 / 144 134 / 139 109 / 114 85 / 90
Quartile Ranking 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
Fund -1.33% -3.72% 3.30% 3.65% -1.71% -4.92% -5.16% 8.23% 5.90% -2.67% 3.77% 1.53%
Benchmark 0.39% -2.87% 4.01% 4.07% -0.53% -4.79% -3.18% 7.14% 5.59% -1.54% 5.26% 3.87%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

11.99% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-17.82% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Fund 14.26% 19.10% -2.57% 13.16% -15.70% 19.11% 5.39% 15.88% -22.05% 6.08%
Benchmark 9.59% 16.61% 7.47% 15.40% -7.34% 20.09% 11.07% 15.50% -13.14% 14.59%
Category Average 6.30% 9.56% 3.48% 12.62% -10.42% 13.76% 14.53% 12.37% -15.59% 12.82%
Quartile Ranking 1 2 4 3 4 2 4 2 4 4
Category Rank 17/ 89 53/ 109 131/ 139 83/ 144 153/ 154 68/ 180 146/ 186 88/ 221 198/ 246 221/ 262

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

19.11% (2019)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-22.05% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 52.28
International Equity 42.22
Canadian Equity 3.38
Cash and Equivalents 1.58
Income Trust Units 0.53
Other 0.01

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Technology 17.57
Financial Services 13.56
Consumer Services 10.90
Real Estate 10.64
Healthcare 10.37
Other 36.96

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 57.23
Europe 23.07
Asia 15.30
Latin America 3.22
Africa and Middle East 0.62
Other 0.56

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
B&M European Value Retail SA 1.74
Cash and Cash Equivalents 1.57
iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) 1.18
Haemonetics Corp 1.10
Littelfuse Inc 1.06
Fluor Corp 1.04
Encompass Health Corp 1.04
Belden Inc 1.03
Flowserve Corp 1.03
H & R Block Inc 1.02

Equity Style

Market capitalization is medium. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

Fixed income style data not available
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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

Desjardins Global Small Cap Equity Fund A Class

Median

Other - Global Small/Mid Cap Eq

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 15.69% 17.40% 14.89%
Beta 1.04% 1.03% 1.03%
Alpha -0.08% -0.06% -0.05%
Rsquared 0.95% 0.96% 0.94%
Sharpe -0.29% 0.11% 0.23%
Sortino -0.43% 0.06% 0.17%
Treynor -0.04% 0.02% 0.03%
Tax Efficiency - 85.51% 72.57%
Volatility Volatility rating is 8 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 9 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 8 on a scale of 1 to 10

Risk Rating

Rating 8 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 15.35% 15.69% 17.40% 14.89%
Beta 1.08% 1.04% 1.03% 1.03%
Alpha -0.12% -0.08% -0.06% -0.05%
Rsquared 0.96% 0.95% 0.96% 0.94%
Sharpe 0.14% -0.29% 0.11% 0.23%
Sortino 0.42% -0.43% 0.06% 0.17%
Treynor 0.02% -0.04% 0.02% 0.03%
Tax Efficiency 100.00% - 85.51% 72.57%

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

The E, S, and G scores are averaged for each security in the portfolio, to arrive at an ESG score for each security. We take the portfolio weighted average of the ESG scores for each fund and rank them against their peers to arrive at the Fundata ESG Score from 0-100.

Fundata E Score

Three scores under the Environment bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Environment Score for each fund from 0-100: (1) Pollution Prevention, (2) Environmental Transparency, (3) Resource Efficiency.

Fundata S Score

Six scores under the Social bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Social Score for each fund from 0-100. (1) Compensation and Satisfaction, (2) Diversity and Rights, (3) Education and Work Conditions, (4) Community and Charity, (5) Human Rights, (6) Sustainability Integration.

Fundata G Score

Three scores under the governance bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Governance Score for each fund from 0-100: (1) Board Effectiveness, (2) Management Ethics, (3) Disclosure and Accountability.

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Fund Details

Start Date January 18, 2008
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) -

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
DJT00075

Investment Objectives

The investment objective of the Fund is to achieve long-term capital growth by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of securities of small capitalization foreign and Canadian companies. Any modification of the fundamental investment objective must be approved by the unitholders by a majority vote at a meeting called for this purpose.

Investment Strategy

The management of the Fund is assigned to two sub-managers, who both favour a bottom-up investment strategy but with different investment styles. The first one uses a relative-value investment style. The sub-manager seeks securities of issuers which exhibit the following characteristics: a reasonable valuation based on the issuer’s discounted cash flow, sustainable competitive advantages, sound management and presence of a catalyst for price revaluation.

Portfolio Manager(s)

Name Start Date
Desjardins Global Asset Management Inc. 03-24-2011
Grandeur Peak Global Advisors LLC 01-24-2022
Wellington Management Canada ULC 03-18-2024

Management and Organization

Fund Manager Desjardins Investments Inc.
Advisor Desjardins Global Asset Management Inc.
Custodian Desjardins Trust Inc.
Registrar Desjardins Investments Inc.
Distributor Desjardins Investments Inc.
Auditor PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 25
PAC Subsequent 25
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 10,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 100

Fees

MER 2.45%
Management Fee 1.91%
Load No Load
FE Max -
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) -
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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