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CIBC Canadian Small-Cap Fund Class A

Cdn Small/Mid Cap Equity

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NAVPS
(04-03-2025)
$42.16
Change
-$1.84 (-4.19%)

As at February 28, 2025

As at February 28, 2025

As at December 31, 2024

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CIBC Canadian Small-Cap Fund Class A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (August 15, 1991): 7.49%

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 -2.50% -4.56% 5.96% -1.86% 19.07% 12.87% 6.15% 8.54% 15.73% 11.72% 9.03% 7.14% 8.22% 5.57%
Benchmark -2.27% -4.88% 2.80% -1.63% 16.42% 8.04% 2.11% 5.00% 11.50% 7.70% 6.27% 4.87% 8.09% 5.45%
Category Average -3.08% -5.31% 1.47% -2.54% 9.70% 7.87% 3.62% 5.69% 9.41% 7.69% 6.12% 5.37% 7.05% 4.91%
Category Rank 48 / 208 66 / 208 38 / 208 69 / 208 17 / 207 17 / 203 68 / 201 64 / 192 6 / 184 27 / 180 40 / 172 60 / 163 65 / 158 84 / 137
Quartile Ranking 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 3

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb
Fund 5.75% -0.74% 4.49% -0.16% 3.77% -1.12% 3.16% 2.53% 4.97% -2.75% 0.66% -2.50%
Benchmark 7.49% 0.17% 2.65% -1.93% 5.81% -1.26% 3.80% 1.39% 2.69% -3.30% 0.65% -2.27%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

21.46% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-26.24% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund -8.29% 17.37% -1.08% -22.38% 19.17% 25.09% 21.69% -7.32% 5.85% 25.00%
Benchmark -13.31% 38.48% 2.75% -18.17% 15.84% 12.87% 20.27% -9.29% 4.79% 18.83%
Category Average -6.13% 18.01% 3.43% -15.15% 16.59% 11.91% 22.35% -11.32% 6.49% 16.84%
Quartile Ranking 4 3 4 4 3 1 3 2 3 1
Category Rank 107/ 136 107/ 158 143/ 163 167/ 172 93/ 179 15/ 184 118/ 192 63/ 201 126/ 203 20/ 204

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

25.09% (2020)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-22.38% (2018)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 90.32
Income Trust Units 5.13
International Equity 2.51
Cash and Equivalents 1.28
US Equity 0.76

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Basic Materials 27.62
Energy 14.65
Financial Services 14.54
Technology 10.10
Real Estate 7.29
Other 25.80

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 96.38
Asia 2.06
Latin America 1.11
Africa and Middle East 0.44
Other 0.01

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd 3.09
iA Financial Corp Inc 2.97
Chartwell Retirement Residences - Units 2.89
Celestica Inc 2.58
ARC Resources Ltd 2.47
Descartes Systems Group Inc 2.44
Alamos Gold Inc Cl A 2.11
OceanaGold Corp 2.06
Pan American Silver Corp 1.95
Atkinsrealis Group Inc 1.94

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)

CIBC Canadian Small-Cap Fund Class A

Median

Other - Cdn Small/Mid Cap Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 14.21% 21.49% 17.47%
Beta 0.83% 0.85% 0.83%
Alpha 0.04% 0.05% 0.01%
Rsquared 0.92% 0.92% 0.90%
Sharpe 0.22% 0.68% 0.31%
Sortino 0.39% 0.97% 0.33%
Treynor 0.04% 0.17% 0.06%
Tax Efficiency 82.13% 89.77% 83.34%
Volatility Volatility rating is 7 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 10 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 10 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 10.30% 14.21% 21.49% 17.47%
Beta 0.81% 0.83% 0.85% 0.83%
Alpha 0.05% 0.04% 0.05% 0.01%
Rsquared 0.82% 0.92% 0.92% 0.90%
Sharpe 1.36% 0.22% 0.68% 0.31%
Sortino 3.40% 0.39% 0.97% 0.33%
Treynor 0.17% 0.04% 0.17% 0.06%
Tax Efficiency 93.47% 82.13% 89.77% 83.34%

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 August 15, 1991
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $134

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
CIB485

Investment Objectives

To provide long-term growth through capital appreciation by investing primarily in small and medium-sized Canadian companies judged to be undervalued or that have above-average growth potential.

Investment Strategy

To achieve its investment objectives, the Fund: invests in equity securities of small- to medium-sized Canadian and foreign issuers. The Fund aims to add value through prudent security selection, based on fundamental, bottom-up analysis; in addition to equity securities (primarily common shares), may also buy securities that are convertible into common shares; may invest a portion of its assets in illiquid investments, including, but not limited to, restricted securities.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

CIBC Asset Management Inc.

Sub-Advisor

Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

Custodian

CIBC Mellon Trust Company

Registrar

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

Distributor

CIBC Securities Inc.

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 500
PAC Subsequent 25
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 10,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 100

Fees

MER 2.09%
Management Fee 1.70%
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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