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Desjardins Global Small Cap Equity Fund A Class

Global Small/Mid Cap Eq

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NAVPS
(04-07-2025)
$13.70
Change
-$0.42 (-3.00%)

As at February 28, 2025

As at February 28, 2025

As at December 31, 2024

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Desjardins Global Small Cap Equity Fund A Class

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (January 18, 2008): 4.81%

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 -3.57% -2.12% 2.54% 0.25% 7.50% 3.73% -0.77% -0.50% 3.48% 2.85% 1.26% 2.73% 3.38% 2.62%
Benchmark -3.55% -2.36% 8.11% 0.71% 15.33% 13.19% 8.64% 6.99% 10.76% 8.85% 7.56% 8.21% 9.79% 8.08%
Category Average -2.60% -1.75% 2.38% 0.80% 9.56% 9.29% 5.23% 3.74% 8.51% 6.44% 4.94% 5.54% 6.65% 5.21%
Category Rank 209 / 280 170 / 278 181 / 278 187 / 280 182 / 269 195 / 255 221 / 231 188 / 211 185 / 193 165 / 170 137 / 143 127 / 132 122 / 127 97 / 102
Quartile Ranking 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb
Fund 1.53% -2.99% 3.32% -2.05% 7.18% -1.87% 0.91% -1.40% 5.28% -2.36% 3.96% -3.57%
Benchmark 3.87% -3.18% 2.98% -1.02% 5.44% -1.29% 3.07% 0.86% 6.51% -3.05% 4.42% -3.55%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

11.99% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-17.82% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund 19.10% -2.57% 13.16% -15.70% 19.11% 5.39% 15.88% -22.05% 6.08% 8.31%
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 2 4 3 4 2 4 2 4 4 3
Category Rank 46/ 101 119/ 127 76/ 132 141/ 142 61/ 168 139/ 174 78/ 209 183/ 231 213/ 248 182/ 266

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

19.11% (2019)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-22.05% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 56.91
International Equity 37.46
Canadian Equity 4.08
Income Trust Units 0.77
Cash and Equivalents 0.72
Other 0.06

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 18.43
Real Estate 13.66
Basic Materials 10.01
Technology 9.61
Consumer Services 9.40
Other 38.89

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 61.72
Europe 21.37
Asia 14.31
Latin America 2.52
Africa and Middle East 0.01
Other 0.07

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Ryder System Inc 1.77
Flowserve Corp 1.69
Stifel Financial Corp 1.63
Belden Inc 1.60
Option Care Health Inc 1.60
Idacorp Inc 1.48
Ameris Bancorp 1.46
Assured Guaranty Ltd 1.39
Rush Enterprises Inc Cl A 1.37
Enterprise Financial Services Corp 1.36

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)

Desjardins Global Small Cap Equity Fund A Class

Median

Other - Global Small/Mid Cap Eq

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 16.15% 17.47% 15.01%
Beta 1.04% 1.04% 1.03%
Alpha -0.09% -0.07% -0.05%
Rsquared 0.95% 0.96% 0.94%
Sharpe -0.20% 0.15% 0.14%
Sortino -0.23% 0.16% 0.07%
Treynor -0.03% 0.02% 0.02%
Tax Efficiency - 90.22% 65.29%
Volatility Volatility rating is 9 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 9 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 9 on a scale of 1 to 10

Risk Rating

Rating 9 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 12.39% 16.15% 17.47% 15.01%
Beta 0.93% 1.04% 1.04% 1.03%
Alpha -0.06% -0.09% -0.07% -0.05%
Rsquared 0.88% 0.95% 0.96% 0.94%
Sharpe 0.31% -0.20% 0.15% 0.14%
Sortino 0.74% -0.23% 0.16% 0.07%
Treynor 0.04% -0.03% 0.02% 0.02%
Tax Efficiency 100.00% - 90.22% 65.29%

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 January 18, 2008
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $764

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
DJT00075

Investment Objectives

The investment objective of the Fund is to achieve long-term capital growth by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of securities of small capitalization foreign and Canadian companies. Any modification of the fundamental investment objective must be approved by the unitholders by a majority vote at a meeting called for this purpose.

Investment Strategy

The management of the Fund is assigned to two sub-managers, who both favour a bottom-up investment strategy but with different investment styles. The first one uses a relative-value investment style. The sub-manager seeks securities of issuers which exhibit the following characteristics: a reasonable valuation based on the issuer’s discounted cash flow, sustainable competitive advantages, sound management and presence of a catalyst for price revaluation.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Desjardins Global Asset Management Inc.

Sub-Advisor

Grandeur Peak Global Advisors LLC

Wellington Management Canada ULC

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Desjardins Investments Inc.

Custodian

Desjardins Trust Inc.

Registrar

Desjardins Investments Inc.

Distributor

Desjardins Investments Inc.

Investment Minimums

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

Fees

MER 2.45%
Management Fee 1.88%
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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