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Scotia Canadian Growth Fund - Series A

Canadian Focused Equity

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NAVPS
(04-03-2025)
$126.92
Change
-$6.18 (-4.64%)

As at February 28, 2025

As at January 31, 2025

As at December 31, 2024

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Scotia Canadian Growth Fund - Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (January 31, 1973): 7.92%

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 -3.16% -3.87% 5.58% -2.59% 17.48% 23.92% 14.53% 15.98% 16.26% 14.63% 11.78% 10.13% 10.33% 7.88%
Benchmark -0.67% 0.74% 10.33% 2.92% 21.53% 17.09% 10.36% 11.45% 12.58% 11.16% 10.15% 9.68% 10.93% 8.55%
Category Average -0.98% 0.14% 8.18% 2.54% 16.18% 14.81% 9.43% 10.60% 11.73% 10.20% 8.91% 8.38% 9.45% 7.18%
Category Rank 470 / 576 571 / 576 510 / 576 566 / 576 278 / 570 29 / 564 49 / 555 11 / 543 64 / 531 65 / 523 107 / 482 160 / 441 209 / 410 217 / 376
Quartile Ranking 4 4 4 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb
Fund 3.29% -3.05% 5.57% 3.20% 3.02% -1.01% 2.00% 1.88% 5.69% -1.31% 0.59% -3.16%
Benchmark 3.64% -1.88% 2.82% -0.17% 4.75% 0.75% 2.88% 0.77% 5.65% -2.12% 3.61% -0.67%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

15.22% (January 1975)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-19.31% (August 1998)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund 5.12% 0.56% 2.46% -15.83% 21.54% 16.08% 28.82% -15.22% 22.97% 36.09%
Benchmark -0.77% 14.44% 10.80% -7.14% 21.45% 7.58% 21.76% -8.87% 13.60% 22.75%
Category Average -2.47% 11.42% 8.06% -8.78% 18.54% 7.73% 22.26% -9.42% 13.34% 19.16%
Quartile Ranking 1 4 4 4 2 1 1 4 1 1
Category Rank 57/ 376 409/ 409 376/ 432 482/ 482 193/ 517 95/ 531 48/ 539 416/ 552 76/ 563 16/ 570

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

36.09% (2024)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-15.83% (2018)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 53.06
US Equity 46.41
Cash and Equivalents 0.54
Other -0.01

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Technology 31.18
Financial Services 23.69
Consumer Services 16.13
Industrial Services 12.13
Basic Materials 6.45
Other 10.42

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 100.00

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
NVIDIA Corp 8.73
Alphabet Inc Cl C 7.37
National Bank of Canada 6.33
Microsoft Corp 5.93
Apple Inc 5.49
Intact Financial Corp 5.49
Dollarama Inc 4.92
TFI International Inc 4.91
Brookfield Corp Cl A 3.99
Amazon.com Inc 3.96

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 Canadian Growth Fund - Series A

Median

Other - Canadian Focused Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 14.05% 15.18% 13.38%
Beta 0.93% 0.93% 0.98%
Alpha 0.05% 0.04% 0.00%
Rsquared 0.75% 0.77% 0.76%
Sharpe 0.77% 0.92% 0.51%
Sortino 1.34% 1.40% 0.61%
Treynor 0.12% 0.15% 0.07%
Tax Efficiency 98.05% 98.78% 97.32%
Volatility Volatility rating is 7 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 7 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 10.46% 14.05% 15.18% 13.38%
Beta 0.89% 0.93% 0.93% 0.98%
Alpha -0.01% 0.05% 0.04% 0.00%
Rsquared 0.57% 0.75% 0.77% 0.76%
Sharpe 1.21% 0.77% 0.92% 0.51%
Sortino 2.66% 1.34% 1.40% 0.61%
Treynor 0.14% 0.12% 0.15% 0.07%
Tax Efficiency 99.38% 98.05% 98.78% 97.32%

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 31, 1973
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $462

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
BNS372

Investment Objectives

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

Investment Strategy

The Fund represents a portfolio of equity securities chosen according to a growth investment approach. The portfolio adviser utilizes an approach that seeks to identify companies demonstrating better than average current or prospective earnings growth relative to overall market and relative to their peer group. When deciding to buy or sell an investment, the portfolio adviser also considers whether it is a good value relative to its current price.

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 2.09%
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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