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NEI Emerging Markets Fund Series A

Emerging Markets Equity

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FundGrade D

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FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

2021

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NAVPS
(08-12-2025)
$8.36
Change
$0.03 (0.41%)

As at July 31, 2025

As at April 30, 2025

Period
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NEI Emerging Markets Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (May 06, 2013): 3.78%

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 1.61% 11.16% 4.69% 8.04% 14.33% 10.84% 9.62% -3.78% 0.63% 3.17% 2.55% 3.03% 4.47% 3.79%
Benchmark 3.12% 11.33% 7.82% 8.95% 16.95% 14.89% 13.80% 5.68% 6.90% 6.92% 6.00% 6.48% 7.76% 6.93%
Category Average 2.07% 12.67% 10.89% 13.41% 15.99% 12.05% 12.26% 2.57% 5.26% 5.58% 4.55% 4.71% 5.98% 5.34%
Category Rank 251 / 330 240 / 329 301 / 326 298 / 326 205 / 323 233 / 305 250 / 291 254 / 272 238 / 255 212 / 241 177 / 211 148 / 189 138 / 173 115 / 140
Quartile Ranking 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul
Fund -0.57% 4.79% 0.14% -2.17% 3.67% 3.20% -1.15% -2.46% -2.33% 4.24% 4.95% 1.61%
Benchmark -0.40% 7.98% -0.88% -2.18% 2.94% 1.05% -0.22% 0.19% -3.13% 3.89% 3.91% 3.12%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

10.63% (January 2015)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-15.37% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund 2.91% -0.31% 34.32% -15.72% 21.87% 32.14% -9.39% -30.05% 5.81% 15.59%
Benchmark 2.69% 7.90% 26.42% -6.05% 15.55% 11.45% 0.08% -12.38% 7.03% 21.65%
Category Average -3.92% 6.53% 28.88% -11.86% 15.06% 17.52% -3.30% -17.32% 8.68% 12.46%
Quartile Ranking 2 4 1 4 1 1 4 4 4 2
Category Rank 45/ 138 138/ 149 12/ 178 177/ 191 14/ 233 23/ 253 234/ 256 274/ 274 220/ 293 107/ 307

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

34.32% (2017)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-30.05% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
International Equity 98.75
Cash and Equivalents 1.25

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Technology 44.87
Financial Services 20.76
Consumer Services 9.45
Consumer Goods 6.00
Real Estate 5.63
Other 13.29

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
Asia 76.06
Latin America 9.43
Europe 8.77
Africa and Middle East 4.57
North America 1.17

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufactrg Co Ltd 8.53
Tencent Holdings Ltd 7.74
ICICI Bank Ltd - ADR 4.25
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 3.83
Eurobank Ergasias Services Hldgs SA Cl R 3.66
Mercadolibre Inc 3.52
Xiaomi Corp 2.98
Byd Co Ltd Cl H 2.70
MediaTek Inc 2.60
Powszechna Kasa Oszczdnsci Bk Plski SA 2.37

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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NEI Emerging Markets Fund Series A

Median

Other - Emerging Markets Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 13.32% 14.70% 15.15%
Beta 0.95% 1.11% 1.07%
Alpha -0.03% -0.07% -0.03%
Rsquared 0.84% 0.82% 0.85%
Sharpe 0.46% -0.06% 0.21%
Sortino 0.92% -0.13% 0.17%
Treynor 0.06% -0.01% 0.03%
Tax Efficiency 99.69% 97.54% 98.76%
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 9 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 10.09% 13.32% 14.70% 15.15%
Beta 0.81% 0.95% 1.11% 1.07%
Alpha 0.01% -0.03% -0.07% -0.03%
Rsquared 0.74% 0.84% 0.82% 0.85%
Sharpe 1.06% 0.46% -0.06% 0.21%
Sortino 2.31% 0.92% -0.13% 0.17%
Treynor 0.13% 0.06% -0.01% 0.03%
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 99.69% 97.54% 98.76%

Fund Details

Start Date May 06, 2013
Instrument Type Mutual Fund (Responsible Investment)
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $160

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
NWT130

Investment Objectives

The Fund aims to achieve long-term capital appreciation by investing its assets primarily in equity securities of emerging market companies. The Fund will be able to invest in any sector and in both large and small capitalization companies. The Fund follows a responsible approach to investing, as described on pages 74 to 79 of this prospectus. Unitholder approval (by a majority of votes cast at a meeting of unitholders) is required prior to a fundamental change of investment objectives.

Investment Strategy

The Portfolio Sub-Advisor’s investment philosophy is based on the core belief that evaluating stocks with a combination of fundamental and quantitative methods is superior to any single approach because it yields a more comprehensive understanding of factors that drive performance. The Portfolio Sub-Advisor follows a disciplined investment process that combines top-down and bottom-up fundamental research with quantitative tools.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P.

  • John Bai
Sub-Advisor

Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC

  • Dara White

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P.

Custodian

Desjardins Trust Inc.

Registrar

Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P.

Distributor

Aviso Financial Inc.

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 500
PAC Subsequent 25
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 5,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 100

Fees

MER 2.53%
Management Fee 1.95%
Load Back Fee Only
FE Max 5.00%
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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