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Brandes U.S. Equity Fund Series A

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NAVPS
(09-19-2025) 		$31.40
Change
-$0.10 (-0.32%)

As at August 31, 2025

As at August 31, 2025

As at August 31, 2025

Period
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Brandes U.S. Equity Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (July 02, 2002): 5.42%

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 3.90% 7.96% -1.74% 4.62% 10.88% 16.22% 15.26% 10.51% 15.61% 12.52% 10.17% 10.89% 10.73% 10.42%
Benchmark 1.28% 9.49% 3.95% 5.81% 18.04% 22.32% 21.43% 13.36% 15.95% 16.55% 14.80% 15.98% 15.44% 15.10%
Category Average 1.23% 8.30% 3.05% 4.51% 12.30% 17.71% 16.60% 8.84% 12.24% 12.48% 10.93% 11.93% 11.63% 11.14%
Category Rank 58 / 1,369 883 / 1,342 1,115 / 1,308 561 / 1,296 806 / 1,287 818 / 1,226 792 / 1,165 398 / 1,093 103 / 1,037 562 / 977 621 / 891 604 / 831 525 / 750 462 / 664
Quartile Ranking 1 3 4 2 3 3 3 2 1 3 3 3 3 3

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
Fund 0.15% 1.94% 8.05% -3.92% 5.63% 0.80% -2.50% -8.82% 2.37% 3.47% 0.43% 3.90%
Benchmark 2.23% 2.12% 6.59% 0.26% 3.46% -1.62% -6.04% -4.57% 5.88% 4.21% 3.75% 1.28%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

14.47% (March 2009)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-16.22% (September 2008)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund 11.03% 13.36% 5.47% -0.91% 16.11% 3.03% 25.75% 2.73% 7.84% 23.78%
Benchmark 20.77% 8.65% 13.80% 3.98% 25.18% 16.07% 28.16% -12.52% 23.32% 36.01%
Category Average 10.40% 6.16% 13.43% -2.19% 22.72% 13.97% 23.22% -14.41% 18.85% 26.98%
Quartile Ranking 3 1 4 3 4 4 2 1 4 3
Category Rank 448/ 633 42/ 681 747/ 758 470/ 843 874/ 915 870/ 990 332/ 1,055 41/ 1,105 1,097/ 1,168 858/ 1,254

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

25.75% (2021)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-0.91% (2018)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 87.00
International Equity 9.13
Canadian Equity 1.96
Cash and Equivalents 1.92

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 23.80
Healthcare 20.66
Technology 14.16
Consumer Goods 7.15
Energy 7.03
Other 27.20

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 90.88
Europe 5.67
Latin America 1.98
Asia 1.47

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Chevron Corp 3.11
Citigroup Inc 2.87
Bank of America Corp 2.75
Wells Fargo & Co 2.52
Textron Inc 2.49
Alphabet Inc Cl C 2.44
SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc 2.28
Cigna Corp 2.28
Amdocs Ltd 2.26
Pfizer Inc 2.26

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)

Created with Highcharts 10.3.3Risk (Annualized Standard Deviation)ReturnMedian DeviationMedian Return8101214161820222426280%5%10%15%20%25%30%35%

Brandes U.S. Equity Fund Series A

Median

Other - U.S. Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 13.95% 14.10% 13.87%
Beta 0.82% 0.79% 0.89%
Alpha -0.01% 0.03% -0.02%
Rsquared 0.55% 0.57% 0.68%
Sharpe 0.80% 0.92% 0.66%
Sortino 1.59% 1.67% 0.90%
Treynor 0.14% 0.16% 0.10%
Tax Efficiency 99.36% 99.57% 99.65%
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 15.57% 13.95% 14.10% 13.87%
Beta 0.89% 0.82% 0.79% 0.89%
Alpha -0.04% -0.01% 0.03% -0.02%
Rsquared 0.59% 0.55% 0.57% 0.68%
Sharpe 0.54% 0.80% 0.92% 0.66%
Sortino 0.82% 1.59% 1.67% 0.90%
Treynor 0.10% 0.14% 0.16% 0.10%
Tax Efficiency 98.25% 99.36% 99.57% 99.65%

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

Created with Highcharts 10.3.3Grade: EGrade: DGrade: CGrade: BGrade: A73.0​73.060.3​60.30%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%

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 July 02, 2002
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $102

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
BIP141
BIP215
BIP241

Investment Objectives

The fundamental investment objective of Brandes U.S. Equity Fund is to achieve long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in the equity securities of U.S. issuers with equity market capitalizations that exceed $1 billion at the time of purchase.

Investment Strategy

Brandes LP is a Graham & Dodd value-oriented, global investment adviser that applies fundamental analysis to bottom-up security selection. Brandes LP believes that consistently buying businesses at discounts to conservative estimates of their intrinsic value has the potential to produce competitive long-term results.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Bridgehouse Asset Managers

  • Jim Brown
  • Brent Fredberg
  • Ted Kim
  • Kenneth Little
  • Brian A. Matthews
Sub-Advisor

Brandes Investment Partners L.P.

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Bridgehouse Asset Managers
Custodian

State Street Trust Company Canada
Registrar

International Financial Data Services (Canada) Ltd
Distributor

-

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 1,000
PAC Subsequent 100
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 10,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 100

Fees

MER 2.07%
Management Fee 1.65%
Load Choice of Front or No Load
FE Max 5.00%
DSC Max 5.50%
Trailer Fee Max (FE) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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