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Scotia U.S. Equity Fund Series A

U.S. Equity

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FundGrade A

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FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

2024, 2023

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NAVPS
(04-04-2025)
$34.70
Change
-$1.86 (-5.08%)

As at February 28, 2025

As at January 31, 2025

As at December 31, 2024

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Scotia U.S. Equity Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (January 01, 1987): 5.61%

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 -2.86% 1.70% 11.88% 0.82% 22.78% 33.46% 18.16% 18.60% 19.81% 19.11% 17.58% 17.50% 16.55% 14.45%
Benchmark -1.62% 2.05% 13.55% 1.79% 25.98% 28.01% 17.48% 17.23% 18.56% 17.15% 15.74% 15.38% 16.17% 14.61%
Category Average -2.55% -0.30% 8.98% 1.42% 18.49% 21.72% 12.57% 12.21% 14.32% 12.93% 11.60% 11.56% 12.43% 10.56%
Category Rank 833 / 1,336 428 / 1,327 495 / 1,318 875 / 1,328 451 / 1,292 113 / 1,210 126 / 1,141 8 / 1,086 43 / 1,023 30 / 955 30 / 868 50 / 794 75 / 701 70 / 650
Quartile Ranking 3 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb
Fund 2.21% -3.47% 5.06% 5.56% -0.23% 0.53% 2.19% 1.40% 6.17% 0.88% 3.79% -2.86%
Benchmark 3.07% -2.70% 4.13% 3.97% 2.12% 0.07% 2.23% 2.12% 6.59% 0.26% 3.46% -1.62%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

13.41% (July 1997)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-23.03% (October 1987)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund 19.13% -4.89% 17.15% 5.41% 26.59% 25.85% 34.63% -24.68% 35.52% 39.41%
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 2 1 2 1 1 4 1 1
Category Rank 178/ 645 670/ 693 267/ 770 163/ 856 270/ 928 203/ 1,004 9/ 1,069 936/ 1,124 126/ 1,187 182/ 1,283

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

39.41% (2024)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-24.68% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 97.73
Cash and Equivalents 2.27

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Technology 51.18
Financial Services 13.73
Consumer Services 11.07
Healthcare 7.14
Industrial Services 6.68
Other 10.20

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 100.00

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Alphabet Inc Cl C 8.68
NVIDIA Corp 8.08
Microsoft Corp 8.03
Apple Inc 7.87
Intuitive Surgical Inc 5.78
Amazon.com Inc 5.56
Meta Platforms Inc Cl A 5.46
Progressive Corp 5.03
Arista Networks Inc 4.48
Sherwin-Williams Co 3.67

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)

Scotia U.S. Equity Fund Series A

Median

Other - U.S. Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 16.16% 16.95% 14.72%
Beta 1.10% 1.12% 1.06%
Alpha -0.01% -0.01% -0.01%
Rsquared 0.86% 0.84% 0.86%
Sharpe 0.88% 1.02% 0.88%
Sortino 1.53% 1.65% 1.28%
Treynor 0.13% 0.15% 0.12%
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Volatility Volatility rating is 9 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 8 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 8 on a scale of 1 to 10

Risk Rating

Rating 9 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 10.67% 16.16% 16.95% 14.72%
Beta 1.11% 1.10% 1.12% 1.06%
Alpha -0.05% -0.01% -0.01% -0.01%
Rsquared 0.89% 0.86% 0.84% 0.86%
Sharpe 1.61% 0.88% 1.02% 0.88%
Sortino 3.74% 1.53% 1.65% 1.28%
Treynor 0.15% 0.13% 0.15% 0.12%
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

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 01, 1987
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $648

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
BNS353

Investment Objectives

The fund’s objective is long-term capital growth. It invests primarily in a broad range of U.S. equity securities.

Investment Strategy

The Fund emphasizes large, well-established companies that are leaders in their industry. The portfolio adviser invests primarily in publicly traded equity securities of businesses located in the United States. Investments may be eliminated when original attributes, including valuation parameters, are lost for whatever reason, in the opinion of the portfolio adviser.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

1832 Asset Management L.P.

  • Vishal Patel
Sub-Advisor

-

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

1832 Asset Management L.P.

Custodian

State Street Trust Company Canada

Registrar

1832 Asset Management L.P.

Distributor

Scotia Securities Inc.

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 25
PAC Subsequent 25
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 5,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 50

Fees

MER 2.22%
Management Fee 1.75%
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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