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StoneCastle Income Growth Fund Series A

Cdn Small/Mid Cap Equity

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NAVPS
(01-17-2025)
$6.41
Change
$0.02 (0.23%)

As at December 31, 2024

As at December 31, 2024

As at December 31, 2024

Period

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StoneCastle Income Growth Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (March 29, 2011): 3.28%

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 -8.95% -5.39% 1.44% -0.47% -0.47% -2.47% -5.48% -0.88% -1.37% 0.63% -2.00% 1.19% 2.48% 1.55%
Benchmark -3.30% 0.69% 9.19% 18.83% 18.83% 11.59% 4.15% 7.96% 8.93% 10.05% 5.49% 5.14% 8.41% 6.01%
Category Average -2.84% 1.81% 8.75% 16.86% 16.86% 11.55% 3.34% 7.79% 8.60% 9.90% 5.91% 5.60% 6.91% 5.53%
Category Rank 208 / 208 208 / 208 207 / 207 201 / 201 201 / 201 198 / 200 196 / 198 188 / 190 180 / 182 177 / 179 170 / 172 161 / 163 157 / 158 133 / 136
Quartile Ranking 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Fund 0.53% -1.13% 1.42% -4.21% 2.98% -1.35% 3.07% -0.11% 4.15% 0.25% 3.65% -8.95%
Benchmark -0.37% 0.77% 7.49% 0.17% 2.65% -1.93% 5.81% -1.26% 3.80% 1.39% 2.69% -3.30%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

14.67% (December 2017)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-22.53% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund -6.45% 13.40% 26.64% -16.45% 11.27% -3.28% 14.28% -11.22% -4.43% -0.47%
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% 16.86%
Quartile Ranking 3 4 1 3 4 4 4 2 4 4
Category Rank 97/ 136 120/ 158 7/ 163 110/ 172 171/ 179 182/ 182 183/ 190 87/ 198 198/ 200 201/ 201

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

26.64% (2017)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-16.45% (2018)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 70.62
Cash and Equivalents 22.90
Income Trust Units 6.48

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 28.69
Cash and Cash Equivalent 22.90
Utilities 15.03
Real Estate 11.21
Healthcare 9.71
Other 12.46

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 100.00

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Cash and Cash Equivalents 19.10
Capital Power Corp 5.97
Bank of Nova Scotia 5.37
Aecon Group Inc 5.28
Manulife Financial Corp 5.07
Topaz Energy Corp 4.83
Power Corp of Canada 4.71
Extendicare Inc 4.70
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 4.69
Fortis Inc 4.54

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)

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The chart has 1 X axis displaying Risk (Annualized Standard Deviation). Data ranges from 10.6695 to 31.3877.
The chart has 1 Y axis displaying Return. Data ranges from -21.9059 to 20.808549.
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StoneCastle Income Growth Fund Series A

Median

Other - Cdn Small/Mid Cap Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 11.98% 15.89% 13.67%
Beta 0.56% 0.56% 0.51%
Alpha -0.08% -0.07% -0.02%
Rsquared 0.61% 0.75% 0.55%
Sharpe -0.71% -0.15% 0.06%
Sortino -0.77% -0.23% -0.05%
Treynor -0.15% -0.04% 0.02%
Tax Efficiency - - -
Volatility Volatility rating is 6 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 8 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 7 on a scale of 1 to 10

Risk Rating

Rating 6 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 12.88% 11.98% 15.89% 13.67%
Beta 0.83% 0.56% 0.56% 0.51%
Alpha -0.15% -0.08% -0.07% -0.02%
Rsquared 0.51% 0.61% 0.75% 0.55%
Sharpe -0.32% -0.71% -0.15% 0.06%
Sortino -0.26% -0.77% -0.23% -0.05%
Treynor -0.05% -0.15% -0.04% 0.02%
Tax Efficiency - - - -

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

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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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The chart has 1 Y axis displaying values. Data ranges from 5.658142 to 23.485322.
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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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The chart has 1 Y axis displaying values. Data ranges from 4.609941 to 43.191755.
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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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The chart has 1 Y axis displaying values. Data ranges from 30.75044 to 96.189881.
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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 March 29, 2011
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status -
Sales Status Capped
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Monthly
Assets ($mil) -

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
PFC5300

Investment Objectives

The fund seeks to achieve income and long term capital growth by investing in primarily income oriented equities, income trusts, Canadian convertible and fixed income securities and other Canadian income producing securities.

Investment Strategy

The investment advisor uses a top-down approach to set asset allocation and a bottom-up approach to set individual security selection. The fund has the ability to invest primarily in money market instruments, equities, fixed income securities, convertible securities, mutual funds, ETFs and cash. The investment advisor will seek to identify and select for the fund the best risk return opportunities it finds available across the capitalization spectrum.

Portfolio Manager(s)

Name Start Date
StoneCastle Investment Management Ltd. 07-29-2021

Management and Organization

Fund Manager Purpose Investments Inc.
Advisor StoneCastle Investment Management Ltd.
Custodian CIBC Mellon Trust Company
Registrar CIBC Mellon Global Securities Services Company
Distributor -
Auditor Ernst & Young LLP

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed No
PAC Initial Investment -
PAC Subsequent -
SWP Allowed No
SWP Min Balance -
SWP Min Withdrawal -

Fees

MER 3.29%
Management Fee 2.25%
Load Back Fee Only
FE Max 4.00%
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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