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NEI Emerging Markets Fund Series A

Emerging Markets Equity

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FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

2021

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NAVPS
(04-16-2026)
$10.98
Change
$0.12 (1.09%)

As at March 31, 2026

As at February 28, 2026

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NEI Emerging Markets Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (May 06, 2013): 4.82%

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 -10.65% 2.57% 5.32% 2.57% 26.46% 17.88% 14.52% 7.01% -0.42% 8.08% 5.19% 3.21% 5.43% 6.34%
Benchmark -8.17% -1.11% -1.01% -1.11% 16.14% 16.83% 14.13% 9.81% 5.74% 10.63% 6.89% 5.68% 7.15% 8.45%
Category Average -9.51% 3.14% 6.73% 3.14% 28.76% 19.20% 15.47% 10.19% 4.76% 11.19% 6.99% 5.20% 6.69% 7.84%
Category Rank 262 / 329 228 / 329 230 / 324 228 / 329 239 / 322 225 / 303 220 / 289 251 / 283 237 / 259 218 / 249 191 / 232 158 / 189 132 / 179 116 / 148
Quartile Ranking 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
Fund -2.33% 4.24% 4.95% 1.61% 2.38% 8.02% 4.36% -2.58% 1.00% 6.99% 7.29% -10.65%
Benchmark -3.13% 3.89% 3.91% 3.12% 1.69% 6.98% 2.46% -1.96% -0.34% 4.52% 3.03% -8.17%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

10.63% (January 2015)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-15.37% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Fund -0.31% 34.32% -15.72% 21.87% 32.14% -9.39% -30.05% 5.81% 15.59% 22.69%
Benchmark 7.90% 26.42% -6.05% 15.55% 11.45% 0.08% -12.38% 7.03% 21.65% 18.65%
Category Average 6.53% 28.88% -11.86% 15.06% 17.52% -3.30% -17.32% 8.68% 12.46% 28.25%
Quartile Ranking 4 1 4 1 1 4 4 4 2 4
Category Rank 134/ 145 12/ 175 173/ 188 15/ 229 24/ 249 230/ 253 272/ 272 216/ 287 106/ 300 271/ 320

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 97.71
Cash and Equivalents 1.65
US Equity 0.64

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Technology 39.93
Financial Services 21.99
Consumer Goods 6.10
Industrial Goods 5.83
Basic Materials 5.18
Other 20.97

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
Asia 81.51
Latin America 8.55
Africa and Middle East 6.21
Europe 2.03
North America 1.67
Other 0.03

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufactrg Co Ltd 9.48
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 6.59
SK Hynix Inc 3.29
Tencent Holdings Ltd 2.80
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 1.82
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 1.41
Delta Electronics Inc 1.40
China Construction Bank Corp Cl H 1.38
Vale SA - ADR 1.16
Gold Fields Ltd - ADR 1.08

Equity Style

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Fixed Income Style

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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

NEI Emerging Markets Fund Series A

Median

Other - Emerging Markets Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 13.94% 15.68% 15.49%
Beta 1.10% 1.13% 1.12%
Alpha -0.01% -0.06% -0.03%
Rsquared 0.80% 0.83% 0.86%
Sharpe 0.78% -0.13% 0.35%
Sortino 1.39% -0.20% 0.41%
Treynor 0.10% -0.02% 0.05%
Tax Efficiency 99.81% - 99.28%
Volatility Volatility rating is 8 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 9 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 9 on a scale of 1 to 10

Risk Rating

Rating 8 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 18.37% 13.94% 15.68% 15.49%
Beta 1.24% 1.10% 1.13% 1.12%
Alpha 0.06% -0.01% -0.06% -0.03%
Rsquared 0.92% 0.80% 0.83% 0.86%
Sharpe 1.25% 0.78% -0.13% 0.35%
Sortino 1.93% 1.39% -0.20% 0.41%
Treynor 0.19% 0.10% -0.02% 0.05%
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 99.81% - 99.28%

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) $169

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 77 to 82 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 follows a disciplined, evidence-based quantitative investment approach focused on bottom-up stock selection in primarily liquid equity securities of Emerging Market companies. The strategy integrates multiple factors such as value, momentum, quality, analyst revisions, and short- term signals to generate stable alpha, carefully balancing responsible investing considerations alongside risk and return considerations. The Fund will exclude all companies with any direct rev

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P.

  • John Bai
Sub-Advisor

Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.

  • Jan Sytze Mosselaar
  • Han van der Boon

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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