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Counsel U.S. Growth Series A

U.S. Equity

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NAVPS
(09-19-2025)
$77.06
Change
$0.46 (0.60%)

As at August 31, 2025

As at June 30, 2025

As at August 31, 2025

Period
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Fund Returns

Inception Return (January 14, 2009): 15.17%

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 -1.51% 8.46% 3.56% 3.29% 20.76% 29.66% 27.00% 11.86% 13.25% 18.46% 15.67% 16.79% 16.54% 14.88%
Benchmark 1.28% 9.49% 3.95% 5.81% 18.04% 22.32% 21.43% 13.36% 15.95% 16.55% 14.80% 15.98% 15.44% 15.10%
Category Average 1.23% 8.30% 3.05% 4.51% 12.30% 17.71% 16.60% 8.84% 12.24% 12.48% 10.93% 11.93% 11.63% 11.14%
Category Rank 1,328 / 1,369 780 / 1,342 516 / 1,308 799 / 1,296 134 / 1,287 23 / 1,226 29 / 1,165 257 / 1,093 412 / 1,037 39 / 977 57 / 891 69 / 831 59 / 750 66 / 664
Quartile Ranking 4 3 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
Fund 3.33% 2.43% 7.69% 2.57% 5.57% -5.53% -9.10% -3.06% 8.37% 6.57% 3.33% -1.51%
Benchmark 2.23% 2.12% 6.59% 0.26% 3.46% -1.62% -6.04% -4.57% 5.88% 4.21% 3.75% 1.28%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

14.84% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-10.06% (April 2022)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund 18.33% -10.27% 24.99% 1.49% 25.52% 42.63% 18.75% -30.63% 38.64% 55.21%
Benchmark 20.77% 8.65% 13.80% 3.98% 25.18% 16.07% 28.16% -12.52% 23.32% 36.01%
Category Average 10.40% 6.16% 13.43% -2.19% 22.72% 13.97% 23.22% -14.41% 18.85% 26.98%
Quartile Ranking 2 4 1 2 2 1 4 4 1 1
Category Rank 224/ 633 673/ 681 54/ 758 365/ 843 334/ 915 39/ 990 876/ 1,055 1,043/ 1,105 83/ 1,168 4/ 1,254

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

55.21% (2024)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-30.63% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 90.91
International Equity 8.24
Cash and Equivalents 0.85

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Technology 42.14
Consumer Services 25.42
Financial Services 12.05
Industrial Goods 5.22
Healthcare 5.08
Other 10.09

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 91.76
Asia 4.99
Europe 3.24
Other 0.01

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Microsoft Corp 9.01
Meta Platforms Inc Cl A 8.37
NVIDIA Corp 7.26
Amazon.com Inc 6.46
Netflix Inc 5.42
General Electric Co 5.22
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufactrg Co Ltd - ADR 4.99
JPMorgan Chase & Co 4.38
Costco Wholesale Corp 4.28
GE Vernova Inc 4.21

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)

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Counsel U.S. Growth Series A

Median

Other - U.S. Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 16.77% 17.74% 16.53%
Beta 1.14% 1.19% 1.14%
Alpha 0.02% -0.05% -0.02%
Rsquared 0.74% 0.81% 0.78%
Sharpe 1.28% 0.65% 0.82%
Sortino 2.42% 0.98% 1.21%
Treynor 0.19% 0.10% 0.12%
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 100.00% 98.68%
Volatility Volatility rating is 10 on a scale of 1 to 10 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 18.90% 16.77% 17.74% 16.53%
Beta 1.31% 1.14% 1.19% 1.14%
Alpha -0.02% 0.02% -0.05% -0.02%
Rsquared 0.87% 0.74% 0.81% 0.78%
Sharpe 0.93% 1.28% 0.65% 0.82%
Sortino 1.52% 2.42% 0.98% 1.21%
Treynor 0.13% 0.19% 0.10% 0.12%
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 98.68%

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

Created with Highcharts 10.3.3Grade: EGrade: DGrade: CGrade: BGrade: A42.242.260.360.30%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%

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

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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

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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

Created with Highcharts 10.3.3Grade: EGrade: DGrade: CGrade: BGrade: A30.730.763.763.70%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%

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) $282

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
CGF107
CGF117
CGF127

Investment Objectives

The investment objective of Counsel U.S. Growth is to invest primarily in U.S. equity securities to seek to achieve long-term capital growth and to provide a reasonable rate of return. Counsel U.S. Growth may also invest in U.S. fixed-income securities and equity and fixed-income securities from issuers anywhere in the world, depending upon prevailing market conditions.

Investment Strategy

The sub-advisor will normally hold a core position of between 20 and 30 common stocks. The number of securities held by the Fund may occasionally be outside this range at times such as when the sub-advisor is accumulating new positions, phasing out and replacing existing positions, or responding to exceptional market conditions. The sub-advisor will invest primarily in equities of U.S. companies.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Canada Life Investment Management Ltd.

Sub-Advisor

Marsico Capital Management, LLC

  • Thomas F. Marsico
  • Peter C. Marsico
  • James D. Marsico

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Canada Life Investment Management Ltd.

Custodian

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

Registrar

Mackenzie Financial Corporation

Distributor

-

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 2.39%
Management Fee 1.90%
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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