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Russell Investments Global Smaller Companies Pool Series B

Global Small/Mid Cap Eq

FundGrade C Click for more information on Fundata’s FundGrade

FundGrade C

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Fundata ESG GradeE Click for more information on Fundata’s ESG Grade

Fundata ESG Grade E

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NAVPS
(05-12-2025)
$11.13
Change
$0.27 (2.46%)

As at April 30, 2025

As at March 31, 2025

As at April 30, 2025

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Russell Investments Global Smaller Companies Pool Series B

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (October 25, 2010): 4.16%

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 -4.24% -11.46% -5.43% -8.32% 2.12% 6.44% 5.60% 2.39% 10.04% 4.97% 4.36% 4.47% 6.36% 4.68%
Benchmark -3.02% -10.33% -3.31% -6.36% 6.62% 10.09% 8.26% 4.11% 10.78% 6.71% 6.40% 6.49% 8.50% 7.37%
Category Average -1.52% -7.06% -2.80% -3.82% 4.66% 7.14% 6.00% 1.47% 8.75% 5.07% 4.23% 4.35% 5.82% 4.65%
Category Rank 249 / 281 244 / 279 230 / 278 245 / 279 163 / 269 137 / 255 133 / 233 82 / 212 97 / 193 105 / 171 98 / 143 93 / 132 88 / 127 79 / 102
Quartile Ranking 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 4

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr
Fund 3.91% -1.58% 8.00% -2.21% 1.27% -1.29% 7.59% -4.12% 3.54% -3.38% -4.30% -4.24%
Benchmark 2.98% -1.02% 5.44% -1.29% 3.07% 0.86% 6.51% -3.05% 4.42% -3.55% -4.14% -3.02%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

12.79% (November 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-17.43% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund -0.68% 3.66% 11.57% -10.59% 17.04% 5.86% 19.36% -11.47% 9.37% 17.32%
Benchmark 16.61% 7.47% 15.40% -7.34% 20.09% 11.07% 15.50% -13.14% 14.59% 18.68%
Category Average 9.56% 3.48% 12.62% -10.42% 13.76% 14.53% 12.37% -15.59% 12.82% 12.04%
Quartile Ranking 4 3 3 3 2 4 1 2 3 2
Category Rank 100/ 101 70/ 127 85/ 132 98/ 142 79/ 168 135/ 174 24/ 209 105/ 231 180/ 248 77/ 266

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

19.36% (2021)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-11.47% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Cash and Equivalents 37.12
US Equity 31.44
International Equity 28.17
Canadian Equity 2.71
Income Trust Units 0.56

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Cash and Cash Equivalent 37.12
Financial Services 10.37
Technology 7.80
Industrial Goods 7.04
Healthcare 6.79
Other 30.88

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 71.29
Europe 17.26
Asia 10.15
Latin America 0.78
Africa and Middle East 0.52

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
RICL CAD CASH MGT FND SERIES O 30.71
CANADIAN DOLLAR 10.29
Resorttrust Inc 0.48
Air Lease Corp Cl A 0.37
ConvaTec Group PLC 0.36
Prosperity Bancshares Inc 0.35
Imi PLC 0.34
ADMA Biologics Inc 0.34
Kid ASA 0.33
Volution Group PLC 0.32

Equity Style

Market capitalization is medium. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

Fixed income style data not available
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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

Russell Investments Global Smaller Companies Pool Series B

Median

Other - Global Small/Mid Cap Eq

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 15.62% 14.60% 14.79%
Beta 1.00% 0.99% 1.00%
Alpha -0.02% -0.01% -0.03%
Rsquared 0.95% 0.93% 0.94%
Sharpe 0.17% 0.56% 0.27%
Sortino 0.37% 0.91% 0.26%
Treynor 0.03% 0.08% 0.04%
Tax Efficiency 79.49% 82.19% 70.79%
Volatility Volatility rating is 8 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 8 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 15.64% 15.62% 14.60% 14.79%
Beta 1.15% 1.00% 0.99% 1.00%
Alpha -0.05% -0.02% -0.01% -0.03%
Rsquared 0.93% 0.95% 0.93% 0.94%
Sharpe -0.03% 0.17% 0.56% 0.27%
Sortino 0.02% 0.37% 0.91% 0.26%
Treynor 0.00% 0.03% 0.08% 0.04%
Tax Efficiency 8.04% 79.49% 82.19% 70.79%

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 October 25, 2010
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $3

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
FRC730
FRC763
FRC764
FRC765

Investment Objectives

The Fund’s investment objective is to provide long-term capital appreciation principally through exposure to equity securities of issuers with a smaller market capitalization. The investment objective cannot be changed unless unitholders of the Fund approve the change at a meeting.

Investment Strategy

The Fund invests primarily in shares of foreign companies, using the following styles: market-oriented, value, growth, quality and small capitalization. The Fund may use derivatives to hedge against changes in the value of the Fund’s investments caused by changes to the exchange rates between the Canadian dollar and other currencies. The Fund may use various derivatives contracts for non-hedging purposes in order to obtain investment exposure on its cash position.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Russell Investments Canada Limited

Sub-Advisor

AllianceBernstein Canada Inc.

Four Seasons Asia Investments Pte. Ltd.

Liontrust Investment Partners LLP

Boston Partners Global Investors, Inc.

Calamos Advisors LLC

Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG

Copeland Capital Management, LLC

Russell Investment Management, LLC

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Russell Investments Canada Limited

Custodian

State Street Trust Company Canada

Registrar

International Financial Data Services (Canada) Ltd

Distributor

Russell Investments Canada Limited

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 100
PAC Subsequent 100
SWP Allowed No
SWP Min Balance -
SWP Min Withdrawal -

Fees

MER 2.34%
Management Fee 1.95%
Load Choice of Front or No Load
FE Max 5.00%
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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