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NEI Environmental Leaders Fund Series A

Global Equity

FundGrade D Click for more information on Fundata’s FundGrade

FundGrade D

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Fundata ESG Grade B

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NAVPS
(05-23-2025)
$19.22
Change
-$0.25 (-1.29%)

As at April 30, 2025

As at March 31, 2025

As at April 30, 2025

Period
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NEI Environmental Leaders Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (January 13, 2016): 7.69%

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 -3.36% -10.77% -6.04% -5.46% 0.29% 6.08% 6.99% 2.67% 9.31% 6.64% 7.07% 6.41% 8.24% -
Benchmark -2.97% -7.99% 0.02% -4.37% 12.05% 15.36% 12.95% 8.94% 12.87% 10.21% 10.09% 9.79% 11.46% 10.10%
Category Average -2.36% -7.61% -0.68% -3.44% 8.76% 11.25% 9.41% 5.89% 10.36% 7.80% 7.70% 7.48% 8.67% 7.40%
Category Rank 1,357 / 2,114 1,702 / 2,102 2,035 / 2,091 1,380 / 2,100 1,985 / 2,030 1,761 / 1,905 1,578 / 1,770 1,490 / 1,615 1,036 / 1,480 1,109 / 1,422 849 / 1,222 792 / 1,070 620 / 921 -
Quartile Ranking 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 -

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr
Fund 2.89% -0.17% 4.62% -0.88% 2.20% -1.96% 2.69% -3.21% 5.95% -2.54% -5.27% -3.36%
Benchmark 3.15% 2.29% 2.79% 0.04% 2.54% 0.69% 4.44% 0.14% 3.94% -1.04% -4.18% -2.97%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

11.76% (July 2022)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-10.94% (January 2022)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - 16.66% -8.51% 19.51% 21.18% 19.12% -18.53% 13.35% 13.31%
Benchmark 16.88% 5.18% 16.29% -1.79% 21.41% 13.15% 17.62% -12.64% 19.37% 26.84%
Category Average 8.98% 3.86% 14.23% -5.38% 19.94% 11.73% 16.21% -13.86% 15.08% 20.13%
Quartile Ranking - - 2 4 3 1 2 4 3 4
Category Rank - - 327/ 1,036 961/ 1,183 722/ 1,382 217/ 1,464 470/ 1,581 1,337/ 1,733 1,211/ 1,881 1,733/ 1,999

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

21.18% (2020)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-18.53% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 53.27
International Equity 44.80
Cash and Equivalents 1.94
Other -0.01

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Industrial Goods 27.64
Technology 27.27
Basic Materials 11.19
Industrial Services 10.95
Healthcare 6.30
Other 16.65

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 55.20
Europe 35.39
Asia 7.20
Latin America 2.21

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Microsoft Corp 5.56
Linde PLC 4.92
Waste Management Inc 4.49
L'Air Liquide SA 4.39
Agilent Technologies Inc 4.24
Schneider Electric SE 2.94
Veolia Environnement SA 2.92
NVIDIA Corp 2.82
Kerry Group PLC 2.69
Union Pacific Corp 2.63

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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NEI Environmental Leaders Fund Series A

Median

Other - Global Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 16.57% 15.89% -
Beta 1.27% 1.22% -
Alpha -0.08% -0.06% -
Rsquared 0.87% 0.83% -
Sharpe 0.25% 0.49% -
Sortino 0.51% 0.70% -
Treynor 0.03% 0.06% -
Tax Efficiency 92.50% 95.90% -
Volatility 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 12.25% 16.57% 15.89% -
Beta 1.17% 1.27% 1.22% -
Alpha -0.13% -0.08% -0.06% -
Rsquared 0.80% 0.87% 0.83% -
Sharpe -0.22% 0.25% 0.49% -
Sortino -0.24% 0.51% 0.70% -
Treynor -0.02% 0.03% 0.06% -
Tax Efficiency - 92.50% 95.90% -

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

Created with Highcharts 10.3.3Grade: EGrade: DGrade: CGrade: BGrade: A80.380.358.258.20%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%

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 January 13, 2016
Instrument Type Mutual Fund (Responsible Investment)
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $1,409

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
NWT088

Investment Objectives

The investment objective of the Fund is to achieve long-term capital growth by investing primarily in equity and equity-related securities of companies active in the growing resource optimization and environmental markets located globally. The Fund follows a responsible approach to investing, as described on pages 74 to 79 of this prospectus. Unitholder approval (by a majority of votes cast at a meeting of unitholders) is required prior to a fundamental change of investment objectives.

Investment Strategy

The Fund seeks to achieve sustainable returns over the longer term by investing globally in companies active in the growing resource optimization and environmental markets. These markets address a number of long-term macro-economic themes: growing populations, rising living standards, increasing urbanization, rising consumption, and depletion of limited natural resources.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P.

  • David Winborne
  • Hubert Aarts
  • Siddharth Jha
Sub-Advisor

Impax Asset Management Ltd.

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P.

Custodian

Desjardins Trust Inc.

Registrar

Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P.

Distributor

Aviso Financial Inc.

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 500
PAC Subsequent 25
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 5,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 100

Fees

MER 2.37%
Management Fee 1.90%
Load Back Fee Only
FE Max 5.00%
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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