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Desjardins Sustainable Cleantech Fund A Class

Global Small/Mid Cap Eq

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2022, 2021, 2020

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NAVPS
(10-11-2024)
$16.32
Change
$0.13 (0.78%)

As at September 30, 2024

As at September 30, 2024

As at July 31, 2024

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Desjardins Sustainable Cleantech Fund A Class

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (June 14, 2016): 8.83%

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 4.34% 8.80% 4.62% 9.03% 19.15% 11.48% -1.58% 6.36% 8.65% 7.99% 7.63% 7.85% - -
Benchmark 3.07% 7.27% 5.85% 13.96% 24.81% 19.56% 5.27% 10.95% 9.38% 7.48% 8.06% 8.64% 8.88% 9.34%
Category Average 1.94% 5.92% 5.92% 12.45% 22.21% 17.62% 2.71% 8.58% 8.20% 5.67% 5.68% 6.19% 6.16% 6.18%
Category Rank 30 / 281 47 / 280 168 / 272 200 / 269 194 / 269 225 / 251 182 / 234 160 / 209 97 / 175 52 / 149 49 / 144 55 / 134 - -
Quartile Ranking 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 2 2 2 - -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep
Fund -6.69% 9.08% 7.37% -3.55% 4.54% 3.36% -2.86% 2.72% -3.63% 6.39% -1.99% 4.34%
Benchmark -3.18% 7.14% 5.59% -1.54% 5.26% 3.87% -3.18% 2.98% -1.02% 5.44% -1.29% 3.07%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

10.19% (July 2022)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-13.56% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Fund - - - 14.93% -8.80% 26.70% 27.61% 15.80% -19.04% 5.88%
Benchmark 9.59% 16.61% 7.47% 15.40% -7.34% 20.09% 11.07% 15.50% -13.14% 14.59%
Category Average 6.30% 9.56% 3.48% 12.62% -10.42% 13.76% 14.53% 12.37% -15.59% 12.82%
Quartile Ranking - - - 2 3 1 2 2 4 4
Category Rank - - - 54/ 135 75/ 145 25/ 171 61/ 177 84/ 212 180/ 234 216/ 251

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

27.61% (2020)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-19.04% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
International Equity 50.70
US Equity 43.19
Canadian Equity 5.61
Cash and Equivalents 0.50

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Industrial Goods 28.91
Technology 16.13
Basic Materials 12.53
Utilities 10.05
Real Estate 8.24
Other 24.14

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 49.30
Europe 37.46
Asia 11.46
Latin America 1.54
Africa and Middle East 0.22
Other 0.02

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Pentair PLC 3.21
PTC Inc 2.73
DSM-Firmenich AG 2.73
American Water Works Co Inc 2.50
Brambles Ltd 2.44
Clean Harbors Inc 2.43
Rayonier Inc 2.34
Aalberts NV 2.30
Steris PLC 2.30
Trimble Inc 2.26

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)

Desjardins Sustainable Cleantech Fund A Class

Median

Other - Global Small/Mid Cap Eq

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 17.77% 17.65% -
Beta 1.13% 1.00% -
Alpha -0.07% 0.00% -
Rsquared 0.92% 0.88% -
Sharpe -0.19% 0.43% -
Sortino -0.24% 0.56% -
Treynor -0.03% 0.08% -
Tax Efficiency - 89.87% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 10 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 9 on a scale of 1 to 10 -

Risk Rating

Rating 10 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 17.73% 17.77% 17.65% -
Beta 1.33% 1.13% 1.00% -
Alpha -0.12% -0.07% 0.00% -
Rsquared 0.95% 0.92% 0.88% -
Sharpe 0.81% -0.19% 0.43% -
Sortino 1.67% -0.24% 0.56% -
Treynor 0.11% -0.03% 0.08% -
Tax Efficiency 93.64% - 89.87% -

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

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

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

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

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 June 14, 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) $466

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
DJT00168

Investment Objectives

The objective of this Fund is to provide long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity and equity-related securities of corporations that operate in the cleantech sector throughout the world, including emerging markets.

Investment Strategy

The sub-manager looks to invest globally in companies active in the growing resource efficiency 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
Impax Asset Management Ltd. 06-14-2016
Desjardins Global Asset Management Inc. 07-23-2019

Management and Organization

Fund Manager Desjardins Investments Inc.
Advisor Desjardins Global Asset Management Inc.
Custodian Desjardins Trust Inc.
Registrar Desjardins Investments Inc.
Distributor -
Auditor PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 25
PAC Subsequent 25
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 1,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 100

Fees

MER 2.62%
Management Fee 2.05%
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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