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Counsel Canadian Growth Series A

Canadian Equity

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NAVPS
(02-13-2025)
$26.42
Change
$0.13 (0.51%)

As at January 31, 2025

As at November 30, 2024

As at December 31, 2024

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Counsel Canadian Growth Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (January 14, 2009): 8.59%

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 2.56% 4.96% 9.01% 2.56% 22.98% 14.18% 9.57% 12.67% 11.64% 12.44% 10.05% 9.50% 10.72% 8.22%
Benchmark 3.48% 6.47% 12.11% 3.48% 25.19% 14.44% 9.97% 13.55% 11.45% 12.03% 10.30% 9.84% 11.29% 8.96%
Category Average 2.79% 5.04% 8.75% 2.79% 20.16% 11.99% 8.17% 12.06% 9.76% 10.28% 8.44% 8.09% 9.20% 7.40%
Category Rank 501 / 750 512 / 750 419 / 734 501 / 750 225 / 724 169 / 702 201 / 669 301 / 598 117 / 557 79 / 540 130 / 487 134 / 458 139 / 420 181 / 389
Quartile Ranking 3 3 3 3 2 1 2 3 1 1 2 2 2 2

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan
Fund 2.70% 3.72% -2.01% 2.75% 0.19% 4.98% 0.80% 2.42% 0.59% 5.58% -3.07% 2.56%
Benchmark 1.82% 4.14% -1.82% 2.77% -1.42% 5.87% 1.22% 3.15% 0.85% 6.37% -3.27% 3.48%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

12.73% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-18.95% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund -9.91% 16.09% 7.47% -10.84% 22.45% 12.20% 22.08% -6.19% 10.17% 22.61%
Benchmark -8.32% 21.08% 9.10% -8.89% 22.88% 5.60% 25.09% -5.84% 11.75% 21.65%
Category Average -6.15% 16.46% 6.89% -9.47% 19.21% 3.42% 23.26% -4.82% 9.85% 17.87%
Quartile Ranking 4 3 2 3 2 1 3 3 3 1
Category Rank 363/ 388 235/ 416 216/ 458 347/ 484 134/ 530 34/ 556 424/ 591 458/ 659 358/ 698 73/ 724

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

22.61% (2024)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-10.84% (2018)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 92.26
Cash and Equivalents 2.47
US Equity 2.42
Income Trust Units 2.38
International Equity 0.44
Other 0.03

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 29.49
Energy 15.13
Technology 12.20
Industrial Services 10.38
Basic Materials 10.12
Other 22.68

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 98.00
Latin America 1.53
Asia 0.44
Other 0.03

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Royal Bank of Canada 6.61
Shopify Inc Cl A 4.63
Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd 4.39
Toronto-Dominion Bank 4.35
Enbridge Inc 3.51
Waste Connections Inc 3.20
Constellation Software Inc 2.94
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 2.72
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd 2.69
Suncor Energy Inc 2.67

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 Growth Series A

Median

Other - Canadian Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 12.77% 16.32% 13.24%
Beta 0.90% 1.00% 0.99%
Alpha 0.01% 0.00% -0.01%
Rsquared 0.97% 0.96% 0.93%
Sharpe 0.49% 0.62% 0.54%
Sortino 0.84% 0.83% 0.63%
Treynor 0.07% 0.10% 0.07%
Tax Efficiency 96.06% 96.11% 95.84%
Volatility Volatility rating is 7 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 8 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 7 on a scale of 1 to 10

Risk Rating

Rating 7 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 8.99% 12.77% 16.32% 13.24%
Beta 0.84% 0.90% 1.00% 0.99%
Alpha 0.02% 0.01% 0.00% -0.01%
Rsquared 0.95% 0.97% 0.96% 0.93%
Sharpe 1.89% 0.49% 0.62% 0.54%
Sortino 4.54% 0.84% 0.83% 0.63%
Treynor 0.20% 0.07% 0.10% 0.07%
Tax Efficiency 95.79% 96.06% 96.11% 95.84%

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) $166

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
CGF102
CGF112
CGF122

Investment Objectives

The investment objective of Counsel Canadian Growth is to invest primarily in Canadian equity securities to seek to achieve long-term capital growth and to provide a reasonable rate of return. Counsel Canadian Growth 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 companies that are changing for the better and whose underlying fundamentals are improving more rapidly than the overall stock market. The sub-advisor seeks to be rewarded by significant upward movements in stock prices that occur over shorter time periods. Since change is the catalyst, this style tends to generate relatively high portfolio turnover.

Portfolio Manager(s)

Name Start Date
Picton Mahoney Asset Management 01-07-2009
Canada Life Investment Management Ltd. 01-07-2009

Management and Organization

Fund Manager Canada Life Investment Management Ltd.
Advisor Canada Life Investment Management Ltd.
Custodian CIBC Mellon Trust Company
Registrar Mackenzie Financial Corporation
Distributor IPC Investment Corporation
Auditor KPMG LLP

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 2.25%
Management Fee 1.75%
Load Choice of Front or No Load
FE Max 5.00%
DSC Max 3.50%
Trailer Fee Max (FE) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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