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Desjardins Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund A Class

Emerging Markets Equity

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NAVPS
(04-04-2025)
$8.84
Change
-$0.18 (-2.03%)

As at February 28, 2025

As at February 28, 2025

As at December 31, 2024

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Desjardins Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund A Class

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (October 18, 2013): 4.01%

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 0.42% 4.22% 10.33% 1.42% 12.12% 5.48% 2.30% -2.84% 3.94% 3.38% 1.45% 4.28% 6.15% 3.87%
Benchmark -0.22% 3.79% 8.67% 0.83% 18.75% 13.93% 6.25% 2.58% 6.75% 5.95% 3.94% 6.35% 8.53% 5.78%
Category Average -0.16% 3.35% 5.17% 2.11% 11.99% 10.27% 3.18% -1.05% 4.66% 4.06% 1.99% 4.59% 6.55% 3.76%
Category Rank 85 / 343 160 / 343 37 / 340 260 / 343 210 / 324 282 / 308 224 / 298 226 / 266 185 / 263 168 / 244 133 / 200 117 / 190 108 / 159 97 / 146
Quartile Ranking 1 2 1 4 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb
Fund -0.68% 1.73% 0.69% 0.98% -0.63% -0.46% 6.11% 1.61% -1.82% 2.76% 1.00% 0.42%
Benchmark 1.24% 3.23% 0.38% 3.25% 1.30% -0.40% 7.98% -0.88% -2.18% 2.94% 1.05% -0.22%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

15.69% (November 2022)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-11.31% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund 3.51% 2.89% 31.69% -13.44% 14.00% 21.89% -2.93% -13.80% 1.25% 10.25%
Benchmark 2.69% 7.90% 26.42% -6.05% 15.55% 11.45% 0.08% -12.38% 7.03% 21.65%
Category Average -3.92% 6.53% 28.88% -11.86% 15.06% 17.52% -3.30% -17.32% 8.68% 12.46%
Quartile Ranking 2 3 1 4 3 2 3 1 4 4
Category Rank 42/ 145 101/ 156 35/ 186 160/ 199 138/ 243 92/ 263 151/ 266 70/ 286 283/ 307 279/ 321

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

31.69% (2017)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-13.80% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
International Equity 92.78
Cash and Equivalents 6.19
US Equity 1.04
Other -0.01

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Technology 28.90
Financial Services 17.43
Real Estate 9.38
Consumer Services 6.66
Industrial Goods 6.25
Other 31.38

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
Asia 72.08
Latin America 12.59
North America 7.23
Africa and Middle East 3.76
Europe 2.35
Other 1.99

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufactrg Co Ltd 6.54
Cash and Cash Equivalents 6.19
AIA Group Ltd 5.32
DiDi Global Inc - ADR Cl A 5.05
ENN Energy Holdings Ltd 4.91
Realtek Semiconductor Corp 3.65
Ke Holdings Inc - ADR Cl A 3.15
Delta Electronics Inc 2.90
Naspers Ltd Cl N 2.83
Parade Technologies Ltd 2.73

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is blend.

Fixed Income Style

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

Desjardins Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund A Class

Median

Other - Emerging Markets Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 14.38% 15.90% 14.27%
Beta 1.02% 1.07% 1.00%
Alpha -0.04% -0.03% -0.02%
Rsquared 0.87% 0.86% 0.83%
Sharpe -0.04% 0.17% 0.22%
Sortino 0.03% 0.21% 0.19%
Treynor -0.01% 0.03% 0.03%
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 71.32% 63.56%
Volatility Volatility rating is 7 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 7 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 7.09% 14.38% 15.90% 14.27%
Beta 0.65% 1.02% 1.07% 1.00%
Alpha 0.00% -0.04% -0.03% -0.02%
Rsquared 0.72% 0.87% 0.86% 0.83%
Sharpe 1.08% -0.04% 0.17% 0.22%
Sortino 3.44% 0.03% 0.21% 0.19%
Treynor 0.12% -0.01% 0.03% 0.03%
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 100.00% 71.32% 63.56%

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 18, 2013
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $236

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
DJT00149

Investment Objectives

The objective of this Fund is to achieve long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of equity securities, and the equity related securities of corporations located or operating in emerging markets. The Fund can also invest in securities of exchange-traded funds to gain an exposure to emerging markets.

Investment Strategy

The management of this Fund is assigned to a sub-manager who favours a bottom-up investment strategy that is based on a rigorous analysis of cash flows, balance sheets, life cycle and sources of a corporation's future returns and in-depth knowledge of managerial teams.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Desjardins Global Asset Management Inc.

Sub-Advisor

Wellington Management Canada ULC

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Desjardins Investments Inc.

Custodian

Desjardins Trust Inc.

Registrar

Desjardins Investments Inc.

Distributor

-

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 25
PAC Subsequent 25
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 1,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 25

Fees

MER 2.59%
Management Fee 2.05%
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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