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NEI Environmental Leaders Fund Series A

Global Equity

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Fundata ESG Grade C

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NAVPS
(01-17-2025)
$20.20
Change
$0.29 (1.44%)

As at December 31, 2024

As at November 30, 2024

As at December 31, 2024

Period

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NEI Environmental Leaders Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (January 13, 2016): 8.66%

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 -3.21% -2.56% 3.28% 13.31% 13.31% 13.33% 1.53% 5.66% 8.60% 10.35% 7.43% 8.54% - -
Benchmark 0.14% 5.31% 11.04% 26.84% 26.84% 23.05% 9.77% 11.68% 11.98% 13.50% 11.17% 11.80% 11.05% 11.62%
Category Average -1.30% 2.76% 7.90% 20.13% 20.13% 17.58% 5.99% 8.46% 9.10% 10.84% 8.36% 9.08% 8.49% 8.54%
Category Rank 1,988 / 2,113 1,966 / 2,095 1,949 / 2,068 1,746 / 2,012 1,746 / 2,012 1,639 / 1,895 1,634 / 1,744 1,401 / 1,589 947 / 1,469 859 / 1,387 833 / 1,187 632 / 1,040 - -
Quartile Ranking 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 - -

Monthly Return

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The chart has 1 Y axis displaying values. Data ranges from -3.2139 to 6.6424.
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Monthly Return
Return % Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Fund -0.05% 6.64% 3.31% -2.99% 2.89% -0.17% 4.62% -0.88% 2.20% -1.96% 2.69% -3.21%
Benchmark 1.41% 5.64% 2.94% -1.84% 3.15% 2.29% 2.79% 0.04% 2.54% 0.69% 4.44% 0.14%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

11.76% (July 2022)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-10.94% (January 2022)

Calendar Return (%)

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The chart has 1 Y axis displaying values. Data ranges from -18.525444 to 26.836439.
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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/ 1,040 964/ 1,187 723/ 1,387 217/ 1,469 477/ 1,589 1,347/ 1,744 1,223/ 1,895 1,746/ 2,012

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 50.17
International Equity 48.65
Cash and Equivalents 1.18

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Industrial Goods 29.60
Technology 22.00
Basic Materials 11.16
Industrial Services 10.78
Healthcare 9.89
Other 16.57

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 51.35
Europe 42.20
Asia 4.29
Latin America 2.16

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Waste Management Inc 4.23
Microsoft Corp 4.18
Linde PLC 4.05
Agilent Technologies Inc 3.96
Waters Corp 3.36
L'Air Liquide SA 3.31
Schneider Electric SE 3.04
Siemens AG Cl N 2.79
Synopsys Inc 2.76
Texas Instruments Inc 2.61

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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The chart has 1 X axis displaying Risk (Annualized Standard Deviation). Data ranges from 6.4979 to 27.1788.
The chart has 1 Y axis displaying Return. Data ranges from -19.60723 to 19.615918.
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NEI Environmental Leaders Fund Series A

Median

Other - Global Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 17.54% 16.71% -
Beta 1.28% 1.16% -
Alpha -0.10% -0.05% -
Rsquared 0.86% 0.84% -
Sharpe -0.04% 0.44% -
Sortino 0.00% 0.60% -
Treynor 0.00% 0.06% -
Tax Efficiency 70.25% 95.84% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 9 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 8 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 10.78% 17.54% 16.71% -
Beta 1.36% 1.28% 1.16% -
Alpha -0.20% -0.10% -0.05% -
Rsquared 0.81% 0.86% 0.84% -
Sharpe 0.81% -0.04% 0.44% -
Sortino 1.88% 0.00% 0.60% -
Treynor 0.06% 0.00% 0.06% -
Tax Efficiency 90.32% 70.25% 95.84% -

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

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The chart has 1 Y axis displaying values. Data ranges from 56.509654 to 66.20862.
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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 57.909141 to 78.450968.
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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 56.081116 to 80.449719.
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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 29.106808 to 54.308934.
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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) $1,518

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
NWT088
NWT188
NWT388
NWT688
NWT888

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 Manager(s)

Name Start Date
Hubert Aarts 04-01-2018
Siddharth Jha 01-01-2020
David Winborne 02-21-2020
Impax Asset Management Ltd. 08-06-2021

Management and Organization

Fund Manager Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P.
Advisor Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P.
Custodian Desjardins Trust Inc.
Registrar Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P.
Distributor Aviso Financial Inc.
Auditor Ernst & Young LLP

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 Choice of Front or No Load
FE Max 5.00%
DSC Max 6.00%
Trailer Fee Max (FE) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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