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Desjardins Global Balanced Strategic Income Fund Class A

Tactical Balanced

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NAVPS
(01-26-2026)
$11.94
Change
$0.05 (0.45%)

As at December 31, 2025

As at December 31, 2025

As at December 31, 2025

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Desjardins Global Balanced Strategic Income Fund Class A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (June 14, 2016): 5.54%

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 -0.27% 1.15% 5.72% 9.51% 9.51% 10.43% 9.74% 4.42% 5.41% 5.53% 6.27% 5.11% 5.54% -
Benchmark -1.26% 0.21% 6.84% 10.42% 10.42% 13.90% 13.16% 6.38% 6.40% 7.17% 7.88% 7.22% 7.38% 6.87%
Category Average -0.45% 1.12% 6.11% 10.14% 10.14% 10.93% 10.06% 4.71% 5.66% 5.66% 6.62% 5.02% 5.15% 5.21%
Category Rank 60 / 304 135 / 303 141 / 302 143 / 299 143 / 299 184 / 296 157 / 294 175 / 293 184 / 279 163 / 277 157 / 258 154 / 242 124 / 228 -
Quartile Ranking 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Fund 3.21% 0.66% -2.20% -2.14% 2.53% 1.60% 0.64% 1.27% 2.54% 0.98% 0.44% -0.27%
Benchmark 2.72% -0.03% -2.06% -2.19% 2.47% 2.53% 1.48% 1.44% 3.57% 1.71% -0.22% -1.26%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

5.95% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-7.95% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Fund - 9.11% -2.70% 10.84% 6.13% 9.44% -10.03% 8.38% 11.35% 9.51%
Benchmark 2.39% 8.66% 2.68% 12.26% 11.12% 6.48% -11.62% 11.69% 17.48% 10.42%
Category Average 5.78% 6.18% -5.55% 12.58% 5.65% 9.53% -9.83% 8.35% 11.73% 10.14%
Quartile Ranking - 1 2 4 2 3 3 3 3 2
Category Rank - 32/ 228 84/ 242 205/ 258 110/ 277 191/ 279 187/ 293 155/ 294 184/ 296 143/ 299

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

11.35% (2024)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-10.03% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 39.42
Foreign Corporate Bonds 34.32
International Equity 20.59
Cash and Equivalents 2.37
Foreign Government Bonds 2.33
Other 0.97

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Fixed Income 36.65
Technology 15.83
Healthcare 8.95
Financial Services 8.28
Consumer Services 4.80
Other 25.49

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 78.42
Europe 13.03
Asia 7.57
Latin America 0.68
Africa and Middle East 0.25
Other 0.05

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Cash and Cash Equivalents 1.91
Apple Inc 1.65
Microsoft Corp 1.63
Alphabet Inc Cl A 1.54
Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK) 1.00
Visa Inc Cl A 0.99
ASML Holding NV 0.98
S&P Global Inc 0.86
TJX Cos Inc 0.84
Broadcom Inc 0.82

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

Average Duration: M. Average Credit Quality: M.
Period: 

Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

Desjardins Global Balanced Strategic Income Fund Class A

Median

Other - Tactical Balanced

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 6.66% 7.86% -
Beta 0.91% 0.91% -
Alpha -0.02% 0.00% -
Rsquared 0.82% 0.84% -
Sharpe 0.85% 0.36% -
Sortino 1.69% 0.49% -
Treynor 0.06% 0.03% -
Tax Efficiency 66.93% 58.18% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 3 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 4 on a scale of 1 to 10 -

Risk Rating

Rating 3 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 5.88% 6.66% 7.86% -
Beta 0.81% 0.91% 0.91% -
Alpha 0.01% -0.02% 0.00% -
Rsquared 0.88% 0.82% 0.84% -
Sharpe 1.13% 0.85% 0.36% -
Sortino 1.81% 1.69% 0.49% -
Treynor 0.08% 0.06% 0.03% -
Tax Efficiency 39.16% 66.93% 58.18% -

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

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Fundata E Score

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Fundata S Score

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Fundata G Score

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Fund Details

Start Date June 14, 2016
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Monthly
Assets ($mil) $81

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
DJT00160

Investment Objectives

The objective of this Fund is to provide regular income and long-term capital appreciation while remaining vigilant to the risk of capital loss during periods of market stress. The Fund invests in a diversified portfolio consisting primarily of equity securities, equity-related securities and fixed-income securities of issuers located throughout the world, including emerging markets.

Investment Strategy

The Fund's target asset allocation is 40% fixed-income securities and 60% equity securities. The sub-manager may change the Fund's exposure to fixed-income and equity securities by up to ± 20% of the target allocation in order to adapt the Fund's portfolio to market and income conditions.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Desjardins Global Asset Management Inc.

Sub-Advisor

Wellington Management Canada ULC

  • Stephen Gorman

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Desjardins Investments Inc.

Custodian

Desjardins Trust Inc.

Registrar

Desjardins Investments Inc.

Distributor

-

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 2.30%
Management Fee 1.80%
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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