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Sun Life Nuveen Flexible Income Fund Series A

Tactical Balanced

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NAVPS
(12-20-2024)
$6.95
Change
$0.02 (0.30%)

As at November 30, 2024

As at October 31, 2024

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Sun Life Nuveen Flexible Income Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (February 03, 2014): 2.20%

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 1.78% 2.25% 5.02% 6.20% 8.88% 5.52% -0.42% 0.31% 0.28% 2.01% 1.19% 1.98% 2.04% 1.70%
Benchmark 2.87% 5.40% 10.72% 17.28% 19.68% 13.41% 5.30% 5.73% 6.56% 7.36% 6.49% 7.10% 6.83% 7.51%
Category Average 2.97% 4.52% 8.65% 13.75% 17.28% 9.67% 4.43% 5.48% 5.29% 5.81% 4.53% 4.91% 4.78% 4.33%
Category Rank 298 / 343 304 / 343 303 / 341 303 / 338 304 / 338 306 / 336 322 / 331 293 / 314 291 / 312 263 / 290 250 / 273 231 / 254 174 / 192 139 / 144
Quartile Ranking 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Fund 2.53% 0.05% -0.08% 1.75% -2.25% 1.69% 0.42% 1.48% 0.80% 1.55% -1.07% 1.78%
Benchmark 2.05% 0.78% 3.10% 1.80% -1.57% 1.73% 1.79% 3.28% -0.07% 2.25% 0.21% 2.87%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

5.19% (July 2022)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-13.11% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Fund - -1.44% 5.48% 6.26% -6.12% 15.07% 0.04% 3.78% -14.27% 6.19%
Benchmark 12.44% 17.05% 2.39% 8.66% 2.68% 12.26% 11.12% 6.48% -11.62% 11.69%
Category Average 6.78% 0.31% 5.78% 6.18% -5.55% 12.58% 5.65% 9.53% -9.83% 8.35%
Quartile Ranking - 4 3 2 4 1 4 4 4 3
Category Rank - 140/ 145 116/ 192 123/ 254 260/ 273 69/ 291 266/ 312 283/ 314 311/ 335 249/ 336

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

15.07% (2019)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-14.27% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Foreign Corporate Bonds 70.93
US Equity 23.78
International Equity 3.37
Cash and Equivalents 1.72
Canadian Equity 0.21
Other -0.01

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Fixed Income 70.93
Financial Services 8.40
Industrial Goods 5.63
Technology 2.73
Energy 2.02
Other 10.29

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 96.64
Latin America 1.83
Europe 1.54
Other -0.01

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co 6.35% 15-Apr-2045 2.09
Columbia Pipelines Optg Co LLC 6.54% 15-May-2053 1.63
Albertsons Cos Inc 7.50% 15-Mar-2026 1.60
Vistra Corp 8.00% 31-Dec-2049 1.56
Wells Fargo & Co 7.63% 31-Dec-2049 1.36
General Motors Co 6.60% 01-Oct-2035 1.35
Wells Fargo & Co - Pfd Sr L 1.34
Emera Inc 6.75% 15-Jun-2076 1.34
Amkor Technology Inc 6.63% 15-Sep-2027 1.34
Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 7.50% 31-Dec-2049 1.34

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

Average Duration: M. Average Credit Quality: M.
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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

Sun Life Nuveen Flexible Income Fund Series A

Median

Other - Tactical Balanced

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 8.86% 9.81% 7.86%
Beta 0.87% 0.95% 0.61%
Alpha -0.05% -0.06% -0.03%
Rsquared 0.80% 0.64% 0.37%
Sharpe -0.41% -0.16% 0.05%
Sortino -0.45% -0.28% -0.16%
Treynor -0.04% -0.02% 0.01%
Tax Efficiency - - -
Volatility Volatility rating is 4 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 4 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 3 on a scale of 1 to 10

Risk Rating

Rating 4 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 4.77% 8.86% 9.81% 7.86%
Beta 0.67% 0.87% 0.95% 0.61%
Alpha -0.04% -0.05% -0.06% -0.03%
Rsquared 0.50% 0.80% 0.64% 0.37%
Sharpe 0.87% -0.41% -0.16% 0.05%
Sortino 1.98% -0.45% -0.28% -0.16%
Treynor 0.06% -0.04% -0.02% 0.01%
Tax Efficiency 76.34% - - -

Fund Details

Start Date February 03, 2014
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Monthly
Assets ($mil) -

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
SUN180
SUN280
SUN380

Investment Objectives

The Fund seeks to achieve income and capital appreciation by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of income producing securities. The investment objective of the Fund can only be changed with the approval of a majority of the unitholders at a meeting called for such purpose.

Investment Strategy

In pursuing the Fund’s investment objectives, the sub-advisor: invests in a wide range of income producing securities of issuers, including but not limited to: preferred securities, corporate debt, mortgage-backed securities, taxable municipals and government and agency debt securities; given the investment process, may invest anywhere in the world but may have a tendency to have a high geographic concentration to the U.S..

Portfolio Manager(s)

Name Start Date
SLGI Asset Management Inc. 02-03-2014
Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 06-21-2022

Management and Organization

Fund Manager SLGI Asset Management Inc.
Advisor SLGI Asset Management Inc.
Custodian RBC Investor Services Trust (Canada)
Registrar International Financial Data Services (Canada) Ltd
Distributor -
Auditor Ernst & Young LLP

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 500
PAC Subsequent 50
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 5,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 50

Fees

MER 1.64%
Management Fee 1.30%
Load Choice of Front or No Load
FE Max 5.00%
DSC Max 5.50%
Trailer Fee Max (FE) 0.50%
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) 0.25%
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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