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StoneCastle Income Growth Fund Series A

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Cdn Small/Mid Cap Equity

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Fundata ESG GradeD Click for more information on Fundata’s ESG Grade

Fundata ESG Grade D

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NAVPS
(05-16-2025) 		$6.39
Change
$0.02 (0.26%)

As at April 30, 2025

As at April 30, 2025

As at April 30, 2025

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StoneCastle Income Growth Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (March 29, 2011): 3.27%

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 2.33% 3.52% -4.83% 0.85% 3.94% -1.89% -5.67% -2.52% 3.82% -0.89% -0.50% 0.75% 2.16% 1.01%
Benchmark -1.83% -1.60% -1.65% -0.96% 8.86% 9.27% 3.32% 4.16% 14.42% 8.07% 5.82% 5.10% 5.93% 5.45%
Category Average 0.02% -4.65% -2.83% -4.12% 7.31% 7.74% 4.73% 3.47% 11.71% 7.04% 5.67% 5.05% 5.71% 4.57%
Category Rank 15 / 199 2 / 199 181 / 199 3 / 199 173 / 199 193 / 195 191 / 193 179 / 186 175 / 177 173 / 175 163 / 165 155 / 157 149 / 154 127 / 130
Quartile Ranking 1 1 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr
Fund 2.98% -1.35% 3.07% -0.11% 4.15% 0.25% 3.65% -8.95% -2.57% 1.63% -0.46% 2.33%
Benchmark 2.65% -1.93% 5.81% -1.26% 3.80% 1.39% 2.69% -3.30% 0.65% -2.27% 2.56% -1.83%

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% 16.84%
Quartile Ranking 3 4 1 3 4 4 4 2 4 4
Category Rank 90/ 129 116/ 151 7/ 156 103/ 165 164/ 172 177/ 177 178/ 185 87/ 193 192/ 195 196/ 196

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 69.45
Cash and Equivalents 27.85
Income Trust Units 2.68
Canadian Corporate Bonds 0.03
Other -0.01

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Cash and Cash Equivalent 27.85
Financial Services 24.04
Utilities 21.52
Healthcare 11.23
Basic Materials 6.92
Other 8.44

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 100.01
Other -0.01

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Cash and Cash Equivalents 19.31
Extendicare Inc 5.36
Fortis Inc 5.26
Power Corp of Canada 5.18
Chorus Aviation Inc - Pfd 5.06
TMX Group Ltd 4.42
Atco Ltd Cl B 4.37
Nutrien Ltd 4.22
AltaGas Ltd 4.11
1933 INDUSTRIES INC. CONV. 12/25 10.00% 31-Dec-2025 4.10

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. 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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StoneCastle Income Growth Fund Series A

Median

Other - Cdn Small/Mid Cap Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 11.91% 11.76% 13.65%
Beta 0.55% 0.55% 0.51%
Alpha -0.08% -0.04% -0.02%
Rsquared 0.53% 0.63% 0.54%
Sharpe -0.76% 0.17% 0.02%
Sortino -0.80% 0.17% -0.10%
Treynor -0.16% 0.04% 0.01%
Tax Efficiency - 31.10% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 6 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 6 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 12.53% 11.91% 11.76% 13.65%
Beta 0.78% 0.55% 0.55% 0.51%
Alpha -0.02% -0.08% -0.04% -0.02%
Rsquared 0.38% 0.53% 0.63% 0.54%
Sharpe 0.07% -0.76% 0.17% 0.02%
Sortino 0.17% -0.80% 0.17% -0.10%
Treynor 0.01% -0.16% 0.04% 0.01%
Tax Efficiency 14.42% - 31.10% -

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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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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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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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 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 3.54%
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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