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Counsel Canadian Value Series A

Canadian Focused Equity

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NAVPS
(11-17-2025)
$21.71
Change
-$0.16 (-0.75%)

As at October 31, 2025

As at August 31, 2025

As at October 31, 2025

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Counsel Canadian Value Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (January 14, 2009): 6.98%

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 0.26% 4.59% 11.08% 9.81% 13.36% 16.12% 9.54% 6.84% 12.18% 7.28% 6.97% 5.31% 6.06% 6.54%
Benchmark 1.57% 10.88% 23.01% 21.97% 26.13% 28.83% 19.84% 12.15% 16.24% 13.34% 13.19% 11.09% 11.33% 11.12%
Category Average 0.70% 6.38% 16.58% 14.45% 17.83% 22.47% 15.90% 9.37% 14.10% 11.49% 11.01% 9.12% 9.39% 8.95%
Category Rank 433 / 602 432 / 599 488 / 593 451 / 574 451 / 574 505 / 568 544 / 561 443 / 550 426 / 537 525 / 527 505 / 509 477 / 480 410 / 416 402 / 407
Quartile Ranking 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct
Fund 5.84% -2.46% 1.97% -0.18% -2.38% -0.51% 4.53% 1.61% -0.01% 3.61% 0.68% 0.26%
Benchmark 5.65% -2.12% 3.61% -0.67% -2.52% -1.16% 5.40% 3.11% 2.07% 3.86% 5.11% 1.57%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

14.02% (November 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-18.84% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund -9.40% 22.29% 7.68% -11.73% 15.36% -4.88% 20.57% -1.34% 6.10% 11.80%
Benchmark -0.77% 14.44% 10.80% -7.14% 21.45% 7.58% 21.76% -8.87% 13.60% 22.75%
Category Average -2.47% 11.42% 8.06% -8.78% 18.54% 7.73% 22.26% -9.42% 13.34% 19.16%
Quartile Ranking 4 1 3 4 4 4 4 1 4 4
Category Rank 361/ 375 21/ 408 218/ 431 384/ 481 431/ 513 503/ 529 440/ 537 76/ 550 515/ 561 539/ 568

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

22.29% (2016)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-11.73% (2018)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 54.78
US Equity 33.56
International Equity 8.47
Cash and Equivalents 3.20

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 20.87
Consumer Services 15.61
Telecommunications 12.20
Healthcare 11.18
Basic Materials 9.03
Other 31.11

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 91.53
Europe 8.46
Other 0.01

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Toronto-Dominion Bank 5.83
CCL Industries Inc Cl B 4.96
Colliers International Group Inc 4.79
CGI Inc Cl A 4.77
Rogers Communications Inc Cl B 4.71
Medtronic PLC 4.65
Kimberly-Clark Corp 4.50
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc 4.46
Comcast Corp Cl A 4.23
Boyd Group Services Inc 4.07

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)

Counsel Canadian Value Series A

Median

Other - Canadian Focused Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 10.39% 12.17% 12.50%
Beta 0.87% 0.91% 0.96%
Alpha -0.07% -0.02% -0.04%
Rsquared 0.83% 0.80% 0.83%
Sharpe 0.55% 0.79% 0.43%
Sortino 1.11% 1.44% 0.47%
Treynor 0.07% 0.11% 0.06%
Tax Efficiency 90.92% 87.99% 84.13%
Volatility Volatility rating is 6 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 7 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 7 on a scale of 1 to 10

Risk Rating

Rating 6 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 8.90% 10.39% 12.17% 12.50%
Beta 0.76% 0.87% 0.91% 0.96%
Alpha -0.05% -0.07% -0.02% -0.04%
Rsquared 0.77% 0.83% 0.80% 0.83%
Sharpe 1.14% 0.55% 0.79% 0.43%
Sortino 2.57% 1.11% 1.44% 0.47%
Treynor 0.13% 0.07% 0.11% 0.06%
Tax Efficiency 99.96% 90.92% 87.99% 84.13%

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 14, 2009
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Monthly
Assets ($mil) $298

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
CGF101
CGF111
CGF121

Investment Objectives

The investment objective of Counsel Canadian Value is to seek long-term growth of capital, while maintaining a commitment to protection of its capital by investing primarily in Canadian equity securities. Counsel Canadian Value may also invest in Canadian fixed-income securities and equity and fixed-income securities of issuers anywhere in the world, depending upon prevailing market conditions.

Investment Strategy

The sub-advisor invests primarily in equity securities of larger Canadian issuers and seeks to diversify the Fund by investing in a variety of industry sectors. Generally stocks of Canadian companies that are financially strong and have a measurable worth are bought when the stock is selling at a price below its estimated worth or its intrinsic value.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Canada Life Investment Management Ltd.

Sub-Advisor

Beutel Goodman & Company Ltd.

  • Glenn Fortin
  • Vim Thasan

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Canada Life Investment Management Ltd.

Custodian

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

Registrar

Mackenzie Financial Corporation

Distributor

IPC Investment Corporation

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 50
PAC Subsequent 50
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 5,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 0

Fees

MER 2.21%
Management Fee 1.75%
Load Choice of Front or No Load
FE Max 5.00%
DSC Max 4.00%
Trailer Fee Max (FE) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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