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Counsel Canadian Growth Series A

Canadian Equity

FundGrade A Click for more information on Fundata’s FundGrade

FundGrade A

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Fundata ESG GradeC Click for more information on Fundata’s ESG Grade

Fundata ESG Grade C

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NAVPS
(07-31-2025)
$27.90
Change
-$0.11 (-0.41%)

As at June 30, 2025

As at April 30, 2025

As at June 30, 2025

Period
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Fund Returns

Inception Return (January 14, 2009): 8.69%

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 2.20% 7.95% 7.70% 7.70% 20.17% 17.35% 15.47% 9.26% 14.57% 11.95% 10.05% 10.06% 9.71% 8.71%
Benchmark 2.91% 8.53% 10.17% 10.17% 26.37% 19.03% 16.09% 10.74% 15.02% 11.96% 10.77% 10.72% 10.76% 9.61%
Category Average 2.57% 8.38% 9.10% 9.10% 21.89% 15.99% 13.69% 9.49% 13.72% 10.29% 9.01% 8.80% 8.93% 7.96%
Category Rank 523 / 750 506 / 745 595 / 740 595 / 740 553 / 725 283 / 702 215 / 681 381 / 602 259 / 571 130 / 540 192 / 492 158 / 463 192 / 431 187 / 388
Quartile Ranking 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 3 2 1 2 2 2 2

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
Fund 4.98% 0.80% 2.42% 0.59% 5.58% -3.07% 2.56% -0.37% -2.36% 0.02% 5.62% 2.20%
Benchmark 5.87% 1.22% 3.15% 0.85% 6.37% -3.27% 3.48% -0.40% -1.51% -0.10% 5.56% 2.91%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

12.73% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-18.95% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

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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 354/ 379 226/ 407 207/ 450 339/ 476 135/ 522 34/ 548 416/ 583 450/ 651 353/ 688 73/ 715

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 88.95
Cash and Equivalents 6.06
US Equity 2.40
Income Trust Units 2.10
International Equity 0.49

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 26.71
Energy 14.27
Technology 10.97
Basic Materials 10.34
Industrial Services 9.84
Other 27.87

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 98.22
Latin America 1.29
Europe 0.49

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Royal Bank of Canada 6.36
Canadian Dollars 6.06
Toronto-Dominion Bank 5.21
Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd 4.08
Shopify Inc Cl A 3.66
Enbridge Inc 3.53
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd 3.28
Constellation Software Inc 3.15
Waste Connections Inc 3.01
AltaGas Ltd 2.59

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 Canadian Growth Series A

Median

Other - Canadian Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 11.38% 12.31% 13.25%
Beta 0.89% 0.94% 0.99%
Alpha 0.01% 0.00% -0.01%
Rsquared 0.96% 0.95% 0.93%
Sharpe 0.98% 0.97% 0.57%
Sortino 1.98% 1.63% 0.69%
Treynor 0.12% 0.13% 0.08%
Tax Efficiency 97.43% 96.82% 96.16%
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 9.96% 11.38% 12.31% 13.25%
Beta 0.93% 0.89% 0.94% 0.99%
Alpha -0.03% 0.01% 0.00% -0.01%
Rsquared 0.98% 0.96% 0.95% 0.93%
Sharpe 1.57% 0.98% 0.97% 0.57%
Sortino 3.73% 1.98% 1.63% 0.69%
Treynor 0.17% 0.12% 0.13% 0.08%
Tax Efficiency 95.51% 97.43% 96.82% 96.16%

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

Created with Highcharts 10.3.3Grade: EGrade: DGrade: CGrade: BGrade: A44.844.841.441.40%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

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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) $201

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 Management

Portfolio Manager

Canada Life Investment Management Ltd.

Sub-Advisor

Picton Mahoney Asset Management

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Canada Life Investment Management Ltd.

Custodian

CIBC Mellon Trust Company

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 2.25%
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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