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StoneCastle Income Growth Fund Series A

Cdn Small/Mid Cap Equity

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NAVPS
(03-18-2025)
$6.22
Change
-$0.01 (-0.18%)

As at February 28, 2025

As at February 28, 2025

As at December 31, 2024

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StoneCastle Income Growth Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (March 29, 2011): 3.17%

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 1.63% -9.85% -2.44% -0.98% -0.85% -4.59% -6.48% -2.28% -0.50% -1.28% -0.77% 0.73% 2.19% 1.12%
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 2 / 208 204 / 208 195 / 208 29 / 208 202 / 204 198 / 200 196 / 198 188 / 190 180 / 182 178 / 180 170 / 172 161 / 163 157 / 158 134 / 137
Quartile Ranking 1 4 4 1 4 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 1.42% -4.21% 2.98% -1.35% 3.07% -0.11% 4.15% 0.25% 3.65% -8.95% -2.57% 1.63%
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

14.67% (December 2017)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-22.53% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

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% 16.84%
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 86.93
Cash and Equivalents 9.64
Income Trust Units 3.45
Other -0.02

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 38.12
Utilities 15.48
Healthcare 14.30
Cash and Cash Equivalent 9.63
Basic Materials 9.00
Other 13.47

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 100.00

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Extendicare Inc 6.12
Manulife Financial Corp 5.78
Power Corp of Canada 5.68
Fortis Inc 5.43
Cash and Cash Equivalents 5.30
Nutrien Ltd 5.14
Atco Ltd Cl B 5.05
Capital Power Corp 5.00
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 4.99
IGM Financial Inc 4.96

Equity Style

Market capitalization is medium. Equity style is blend.

Fixed Income Style

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

StoneCastle Income Growth Fund Series A

Median

Other - Cdn Small/Mid Cap Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 12.03% 15.81% 13.65%
Beta 0.56% 0.56% 0.51%
Alpha -0.08% -0.07% -0.02%
Rsquared 0.58% 0.74% 0.54%
Sharpe -0.81% -0.10% 0.03%
Sortino -0.86% -0.17% -0.09%
Treynor -0.17% -0.03% 0.01%
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 8 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 13.21% 12.03% 15.81% 13.65%
Beta 0.73% 0.56% 0.56% 0.51%
Alpha -0.12% -0.08% -0.07% -0.02%
Rsquared 0.40% 0.58% 0.74% 0.54%
Sharpe -0.31% -0.81% -0.10% 0.03%
Sortino -0.28% -0.86% -0.17% -0.09%
Treynor -0.06% -0.17% -0.03% 0.01%
Tax Efficiency - - - -

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

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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 Management

Portfolio Manager

StoneCastle Investment Management Ltd.

Sub-Advisor

-

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Purpose Investments Inc.

Custodian

CIBC Mellon Trust Company

Registrar

CIBC Mellon Global Securities Services Company

Distributor

-

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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