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Russell Investments Global Smaller Companies Class Series B

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Global Small/Mid Cap Eq

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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
(05-23-2025) 		$12.66
Change
-$0.09 (-0.69%)

As at April 30, 2025

As at March 31, 2025

As at April 30, 2025

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Russell Investments Global Smaller Companies Class Series B

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (October 29, 2010): 3.51%

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 -4.34% -12.12% -6.48% -9.15% 0.09% 4.50% 3.89% 0.89% 8.40% 3.47% 2.99% 3.16% 5.15% 3.60%
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 260 / 281 249 / 279 235 / 278 251 / 279 197 / 269 167 / 255 162 / 233 112 / 212 132 / 193 132 / 171 116 / 143 108 / 132 112 / 127 91 / 102
Quartile Ranking 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr
Fund 3.67% -1.70% 7.60% -2.25% 1.19% -1.33% 7.34% -4.09% 3.37% -3.67% -4.63% -4.34%
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

12.46% (November 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-18.02% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund -0.74% 3.46% 10.89% -11.25% 15.44% 5.20% 17.11% -12.19% 7.42% 15.63%
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 4 3 4 2 2 4 2
Category Rank 101/ 101 71/ 127 90/ 132 107/ 142 89/ 168 141/ 174 53/ 209 107/ 231 203/ 248 99/ 266

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

17.11% (2021)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-12.19% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Cash and Equivalents 37.25
US Equity 31.38
International Equity 28.11
Canadian Equity 2.70
Income Trust Units 0.56

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Cash and Cash Equivalent 37.25
Financial Services 10.36
Technology 7.78
Industrial Goods 7.03
Healthcare 6.78
Other 30.80

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 71.35
Europe 17.25
Asia 10.13
Latin America 0.78
Africa and Middle East 0.52
Other -0.03

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Russell Investments Global Smaller Comp Pool O 99.80
RICL CAD CASH MGT FND SERIES O 0.15
US DOLLAR 0.05

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)

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Russell Investments Global Smaller Companies Class Series B

Median

Other - Global Small/Mid Cap Eq

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 15.17% 14.25% 14.64%
Beta 0.97% 0.97% 0.99%
Alpha -0.04% -0.02% -0.03%
Rsquared 0.94% 0.93% 0.94%
Sharpe 0.07% 0.47% 0.20%
Sortino 0.20% 0.71% 0.15%
Treynor 0.01% 0.07% 0.03%
Tax Efficiency 95.94% 88.06% 78.06%
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 15.42% 15.17% 14.25% 14.64%
Beta 1.14% 0.97% 0.97% 0.99%
Alpha -0.07% -0.04% -0.02% -0.03%
Rsquared 0.94% 0.94% 0.93% 0.94%
Sharpe -0.17% 0.07% 0.47% 0.20%
Sortino -0.19% 0.20% 0.71% 0.15%
Treynor -0.02% 0.01% 0.07% 0.03%
Tax Efficiency - 95.94% 88.06% 78.06%

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

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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

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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

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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

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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 29, 2010
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Corporation
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $0

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
FRC2760
FRC2761
FRC2762
FRC2766

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 shareholders of the Fund approve the change at a meeting.

Investment Strategy

To achieve its objective, the Fund invests in Russell Investments Global Smaller Companies Pool. The Fund may use derivatives from time to time for hedging and non-hedging purposes. 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.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Russell Investments Canada Limited
Sub-Advisor

-

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 No
PAC Initial Investment -
PAC Subsequent -
SWP Allowed No
SWP Min Balance -
SWP Min Withdrawal -

Fees

MER 3.19%
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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