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Desjardins American Equity Growth Currency Neutral Fund A Class

U.S. Equity

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NAVPS
(05-03-2024)
$22.64
Change
$0.30 (1.34%)

As at March 31, 2024

As at March 31, 2024

As at February 29, 2024

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Desjardins American Equity Growth Currency Neutral Fund A Class

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (April 11, 2016): 12.34%

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 1.74% 10.49% 25.02% 10.49% 33.73% 4.73% 2.69% 15.01% 10.83% 10.94% 12.46% - - -
Benchmark 3.07% 13.26% 23.76% 13.26% 30.04% 14.00% 14.30% 19.94% 15.37% 15.05% 14.39% 15.08% 13.81% 15.28%
Category Average 2.94% 22.06% 22.06% 11.88% 26.39% 10.39% 10.21% 17.40% 12.02% 11.35% 11.08% 11.62% 10.10% 11.05%
Category Rank 1,109 / 1,374 1,029 / 1,361 363 / 1,343 1,029 / 1,361 285 / 1,288 1,131 / 1,216 1,129 / 1,158 911 / 1,095 741 / 993 578 / 887 332 / 812 - - -
Quartile Ranking 4 4 2 4 1 4 4 4 3 3 2 - - -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
Fund 0.71% 4.21% 6.32% 3.38% -1.75% -5.61% -3.52% 11.06% 5.61% 1.63% 6.86% 1.74%
Benchmark 1.90% 0.62% 3.76% 2.72% 1.05% -4.85% 0.44% 6.86% 1.80% 3.00% 6.70% 3.07%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

15.69% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-13.84% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Fund - - - 28.98% -2.54% 36.74% 32.65% 11.73% -34.63% 35.21%
Benchmark 24.19% 20.77% 8.65% 13.80% 3.98% 25.18% 16.07% 28.16% -12.52% 23.32%
Category Average 16.59% 10.40% 6.16% 13.43% -2.19% 22.72% 13.97% 23.22% -14.41% 18.85%
Quartile Ranking - - - 1 3 1 1 4 4 1
Category Rank - - - 26/ 783 609/ 875 11/ 950 82/ 1,063 1,069/ 1,139 1,162/ 1,196 146/ 1,260

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

36.74% (2019)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-34.63% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 91.46
International Equity 4.85
Canadian Equity 1.98
Cash and Equivalents 1.72
Other -0.01

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Technology 46.35
Consumer Services 14.30
Healthcare 12.30
Financial Services 6.97
Industrial Services 4.97
Other 15.11

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 95.16
Europe 4.23
Africa and Middle East 0.39
Latin America 0.20
Other 0.02

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Desjardins American Equity Growth Fund I Class 100.11
USD Currency Forward 0.12
Cash and Cash Equivalents -0.22

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

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

Desjardins American Equity Growth Currency Neutral Fund A Class

Median

Other - U.S. Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 21.58% 21.65% -
Beta 1.38% 1.39% -
Alpha -0.15% -0.09% -
Rsquared 0.85% 0.86% -
Sharpe 0.11% 0.49% -
Sortino 0.13% 0.67% -
Treynor 0.02% 0.08% -
Tax Efficiency 92.83% 96.42% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 10 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 10 on a scale of 1 to 10 -

Risk Rating

Rating 10 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 16.34% 21.58% 21.65% -
Beta 1.30% 1.38% 1.39% -
Alpha -0.05% -0.15% -0.09% -
Rsquared 0.71% 0.85% 0.86% -
Sharpe 1.58% 0.11% 0.49% -
Sortino 3.81% 0.13% 0.67% -
Treynor 0.20% 0.02% 0.08% -
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 92.83% 96.42% -

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

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Fund Details

Start Date April 11, 2016
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
DJT00162

Investment Objectives

The objective of this Fund is to achieve long-term capital appreciation. To achieve this, it invests primarily in the units of mutual funds which, in turn, invest primarily in equity and equity-related securities of companies located in the United States. The Fund also aims to keep exposure to exchange rate fluctuations of the U.S. dollar relative to the Canadian dollar at a minimum by implementing an exchange rate hedging strategy in respect of the mutual fund units that it holds.

Investment Strategy

The Fund will invest in units of American equity funds managed by the Manager that are consistent with the investment objective of the Fund. The decision to invest in an underlying fund is based on the portfolio manager’s assessment of the market outlook and the underlying fund’s ability to help the Fund meet its investment objective. Currently, the Fund invests primarily in the units of the Desjardins American Equity Growth Fund (the “Underlying Fund”).

Portfolio Manager(s)

Name Start Date
Desjardins Global Asset Management Inc. 08-06-2021
Wellington Management Canada ULC 03-31-2023

Management and Organization

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

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 25
PAC Subsequent 25
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 1,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 100

Fees

MER 2.18%
Management Fee 1.72%
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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