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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
(07-11-2025)
$41.66
Change
-$0.11 (-0.25%)

As at June 30, 2025

As at May 31, 2025

As at June 30, 2025

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Scotia U.S. Equity Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (January 01, 1987): 5.52%

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 3.73% 7.14% -0.41% -0.41% 10.85% 22.76% 24.33% 14.35% 16.63% 17.49% 16.60% 16.93% 16.53% 14.21%
Benchmark 4.21% 5.29% 0.70% 0.70% 14.79% 21.58% 22.01% 13.98% 16.67% 15.87% 14.97% 15.11% 15.47% 14.65%
Category Average 4.11% 5.46% 0.47% 0.47% 10.63% 16.88% 17.15% 9.34% 13.21% 11.82% 11.14% 11.32% 11.70% 10.63%
Category Rank 820 / 1,335 422 / 1,311 698 / 1,294 698 / 1,294 647 / 1,272 200 / 1,207 143 / 1,156 59 / 1,086 78 / 1,019 42 / 974 35 / 877 57 / 815 62 / 739 88 / 649
Quartile Ranking 3 2 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
Fund -0.23% 0.53% 2.19% 1.40% 6.17% 0.88% 3.79% -2.86% -7.80% -3.16% 6.66% 3.73%
Benchmark 2.12% 0.07% 2.23% 2.12% 6.59% 0.26% 3.46% -1.62% -6.04% -4.57% 5.88% 4.21%

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 174/ 631 656/ 679 263/ 756 163/ 841 270/ 913 201/ 988 9/ 1,053 915/ 1,103 125/ 1,166 180/ 1,252

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 99.73
Cash and Equivalents 0.28
Other -0.01

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Technology 52.28
Financial Services 15.38
Consumer Services 10.61
Industrial Services 7.38
Healthcare 6.71
Other 7.64

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 100.00

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
NVIDIA Corp 9.29
Microsoft Corp 9.11
Alphabet Inc Cl C 7.54
Meta Platforms Inc Cl A 6.92
Apple Inc 6.85
Progressive Corp 6.03
Intuitive Surgical Inc 5.70
Amazon.com Inc 4.96
Republic Services Inc 3.95
Costco Wholesale Corp 3.91

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 15.57% 16.90% 15.09%
Beta 1.07% 1.16% 1.07%
Alpha 0.01% -0.02% -0.01%
Rsquared 0.85% 0.85% 0.86%
Sharpe 1.23% 0.85% 0.85%
Sortino 2.30% 1.31% 1.22%
Treynor 0.18% 0.12% 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 10 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 9 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 14.28% 15.57% 16.90% 15.09%
Beta 1.03% 1.07% 1.16% 1.07%
Alpha -0.04% 0.01% -0.02% -0.01%
Rsquared 0.93% 0.85% 0.85% 0.86%
Sharpe 0.55% 1.23% 0.85% 0.85%
Sortino 0.89% 2.30% 1.31% 1.22%
Treynor 0.08% 0.18% 0.12% 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) $652

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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