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Scotia Essentials Growth Portfolio A

Global Equity Balanced

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FundGrade D

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NAVPS
(05-27-2025)
$14.18
Change
$0.14 (0.97%)

As at April 30, 2025

As at March 31, 2025

Period
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Fund Returns

Inception Return (November 24, 2014): 5.42%

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 -2.14% -5.26% -0.16% -2.39% 8.83% 8.37% 7.00% 3.92% 7.36% 5.18% 5.03% 4.66% 5.83% 5.01%
Benchmark -2.54% -5.91% 0.78% -2.84% 11.49% 12.43% 10.67% 6.78% 9.16% 7.82% 7.95% 7.59% 8.99% 8.19%
Category Average -1.92% -5.08% 0.21% -1.93% 8.87% 9.22% 7.36% 4.70% 7.93% 5.91% 5.80% 5.41% 6.28% 5.36%
Category Rank 727 / 1,311 702 / 1,310 887 / 1,309 850 / 1,310 774 / 1,289 889 / 1,216 794 / 1,192 761 / 1,068 683 / 1,010 747 / 985 677 / 857 598 / 770 530 / 726 419 / 595
Quartile Ranking 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr
Fund 2.66% 0.73% 3.12% 0.20% 2.19% -0.18% 3.35% -1.03% 3.03% -0.65% -2.56% -2.14%
Benchmark 2.36% 2.01% 3.06% -0.02% 2.38% 0.42% 3.57% 0.16% 3.26% -0.48% -3.00% -2.54%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

7.10% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-10.72% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund 7.10% 5.41% 8.40% -5.84% 14.21% 7.82% 11.88% -12.91% 10.56% 15.91%
Benchmark 17.03% 3.66% 11.99% 0.72% 16.29% 12.17% 11.33% -12.03% 15.07% 21.57%
Category Average 4.87% 4.92% 9.31% -5.49% 15.12% 8.09% 12.42% -11.85% 11.42% 15.99%
Quartile Ranking 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Category Rank 287/ 582 268/ 671 550/ 757 568/ 830 642/ 922 608/ 1,007 623/ 1,056 769/ 1,153 770/ 1,202 799/ 1,285

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

15.91% (2024)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-12.91% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 27.33
International Equity 24.99
Canadian Equity 18.54
Canadian Corporate Bonds 5.99
Foreign Bonds - Funds 3.86
Other 19.29

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Mutual Fund 27.86
Exchange Traded Fund 19.97
Fixed Income 15.33
Financial Services 7.37
Technology 3.78
Other 25.69

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 60.92
Multi-National 23.80
Europe 11.92
Asia 2.87
Latin America 0.24
Other 0.25

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Scotia U.S. Equity Index Tracker ETF (SITU) 19.97
Scotia Wealth Fundamental Intl Equity Pool Ser I 11.24
1832AM TCT AS ALC ETF LP SER I 9.99
Scotia Canadian Dividend Fund Series A 6.69
Scotia Global Dividend Fund Series A 6.08
1832 AM GLBL COMP ETF LP SER I 4.96
1832 AM FNDMTL CDN EQ PL SER I 4.29
Scotia Canadian Income Fund Series I 3.93
1832 AM EMERG MARK EQ PL SER I 3.86
1832 AM TOTL RET BND LP SER I 3.75

Equity Style

Equity style data not available

Fixed Income Style

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

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Scotia Essentials Growth Portfolio A

Median

Other - Global Equity Balanced

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 9.99% 9.55% 9.34%
Beta 0.98% 0.98% 0.96%
Alpha -0.03% -0.01% -0.03%
Rsquared 0.97% 0.95% 0.90%
Sharpe 0.34% 0.54% 0.39%
Sortino 0.68% 0.75% 0.35%
Treynor 0.03% 0.05% 0.04%
Tax Efficiency 86.69% 89.31% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 5 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 5 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 4 on a scale of 1 to 10

Risk Rating

Rating 5 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 7.30% 9.99% 9.55% 9.34%
Beta 0.92% 0.98% 0.98% 0.96%
Alpha -0.02% -0.03% -0.01% -0.03%
Rsquared 0.93% 0.97% 0.95% 0.90%
Sharpe 0.69% 0.34% 0.54% 0.39%
Sortino 1.42% 0.68% 0.75% 0.35%
Treynor 0.05% 0.03% 0.05% 0.04%
Tax Efficiency 82.15% 86.69% 89.31% -

Fund Details

Start Date November 24, 2014
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) -

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
BNS2207

Investment Objectives

The portfolio invests primarily in a diversified mix of mutual funds, equity securities and/or fixed income securities located anywhere in the world and aims to achieve long term capital appreciation with a secondary focus on income generation using a balanced approach to investing. The majority of the portfolio's assets will be held in equity securities.

Investment Strategy

The Portfolio is an asset allocation fund that allocates your investment between two asset classes: fixed income and equities. The following outlines the target weighting for each asset class in which the Portfolio invests - Fixed Income 30%, Equities 70%. To meet the Portfolio’s objective, the portfolio adviser will focus on generating long term capital appreciation through growth oriented strategies in both fixed income and equities.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

1832 Asset Management L.P.

  • Craig Maddock
  • Yuko Girard
  • Wes Blight
  • Mark Fairbairn
  • Ian Taylor
  • Jenny Wang
Sub-Advisor

-

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

1832 Asset Management L.P.

Custodian

State Street Trust Company Canada

Registrar

1832 Asset Management L.P.

Distributor

Scotia Securities Inc.

Investment Minimums

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

Fees

MER 1.92%
Management Fee 1.60%
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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