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Lazard Global Compounders Fund Series A

Global Equity

FundGrade D Click for more information on Fundata’s FundGrade

FundGrade D

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NAVPS
(09-19-2025)
$23.65
Change
-$0.04 (-0.18%)

As at August 31, 2025

As at August 31, 2025

As at August 31, 2025

Period
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Lazard Global Compounders Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (May 09, 2016): 9.46%

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 -0.82% 2.02% -2.50% -2.01% -0.50% 7.63% 9.46% 1.81% 6.75% 8.40% 7.90% 8.97% 9.23% -
Benchmark 1.95% 8.70% 6.48% 9.53% 18.27% 20.41% 19.42% 10.35% 13.21% 13.28% 11.46% 12.05% 12.09% 11.60%
Category Average 1.43% 6.41% 4.66% 7.98% 13.02% 16.03% 15.31% 6.95% 10.22% 10.21% 8.75% 9.22% 9.25% 8.77%
Category Rank 2,010 / 2,136 1,922 / 2,110 1,971 / 2,084 2,029 / 2,076 2,002 / 2,042 1,859 / 1,930 1,745 / 1,829 1,561 / 1,664 1,356 / 1,499 1,162 / 1,432 924 / 1,295 657 / 1,114 555 / 1,010 -
Quartile Ranking 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 -

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
Fund 0.87% -0.89% 2.62% -1.03% 4.18% -3.53% -4.63% -3.30% 3.64% 1.28% 1.55% -0.82%
Benchmark 2.54% 0.69% 4.44% 0.14% 3.94% -1.04% -4.18% -2.97% 5.37% 3.64% 2.87% 1.95%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

9.63% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-7.96% (January 2022)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - 15.77% -3.26% 25.02% 19.55% 20.90% -17.01% 15.86% 12.60%
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 2 1 1 1 3 2 4
Category Rank - - 383/ 1,029 416/ 1,176 211/ 1,371 254/ 1,453 294/ 1,568 1,260/ 1,719 841/ 1,858 1,745/ 1,972

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

25.02% (2019)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-17.01% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 58.23
International Equity 38.04
Canadian Equity 2.82
Cash and Equivalents 0.91

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Technology 43.28
Financial Services 16.43
Healthcare 10.67
Industrial Services 9.68
Consumer Services 8.85
Other 11.09

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 61.95
Europe 21.19
Asia 14.69
Africa and Middle East 2.15
Other 0.02

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Apple Inc 5.43
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufactrg Co Ltd - ADR 4.80
Amphenol Corp Cl A 4.71
Microsoft Corp 4.31
Visa Inc Cl A 4.08
S&P Global Inc 3.74
Aon PLC Cl A 3.04
Relx PLC 2.90
Dollarama Inc 2.82
Intercontinental Exchange Inc 2.74

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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Lazard Global Compounders Fund Series A

Median

Other - Global Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 11.19% 12.48% -
Beta 0.95% 0.96% -
Alpha -0.08% -0.05% -
Rsquared 0.87% 0.85% -
Sharpe 0.51% 0.38% -
Sortino 0.99% 0.53% -
Treynor 0.06% 0.05% -
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 100.00% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 6 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 7 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 9.89% 11.19% 12.48% -
Beta 0.91% 0.95% 0.96% -
Alpha -0.16% -0.08% -0.05% -
Rsquared 0.91% 0.87% 0.85% -
Sharpe -0.31% 0.51% 0.38% -
Sortino -0.41% 0.99% 0.53% -
Treynor -0.03% 0.06% 0.05% -
Tax Efficiency - 100.00% 100.00% -

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

Created with Highcharts 10.3.3Grade: EGrade: DGrade: CGrade: BGrade: A34.134.151.051.00%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 May 09, 2016
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $116

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
BIP460

Investment Objectives

The fundamental investment objective of Lazard Global Compounders Fund is to achieve long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in the equity securities of issuers based around the globe.

Investment Strategy

The Fund seeks to generate strong relative returns over a full market cycle by investing solely in what Lazard calls “Compounders”. Lazard defines Compounders as the world’s leading companies that can generate, and sustain, the highest levels of financial productivity (i.e. return on equity, return on capital, and cash flow return on investment).

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Brandes Investment Partners & Co.

Sub-Advisor

Lazard Asset Management (Canada) Inc.

Lazard Asset Management LLC

  • Louis Florentin-Lee
  • Martin Flood
  • Barnaby Wilson
  • Jessica Kittay
  • Stephen Tong

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Brandes Investment Partners & Co.

Custodian

State Street Trust Company Canada

Registrar

International Financial Data Services (Canada) Ltd

Distributor

-

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 1,000
PAC Subsequent 100
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 10,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 100

Fees

MER 2.09%
Management Fee 1.70%
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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