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Desjardins Global Balanced Strategic Income Fund Series A

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Tactical Balanced

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NAVPS
(12-24-2024) 		$11.97
Change
$0.05 (0.39%)

As at November 30, 2024

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Desjardins Global Balanced Strategic Income Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (June 14, 2016): 5.37%

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 2.76% 3.53% 7.77% 13.43% 16.49% 10.31% 4.53% 5.20% 5.17% 5.73% 4.65% 5.38% - -
Benchmark 2.87% 5.40% 10.72% 17.28% 19.68% 13.41% 5.30% 5.73% 6.56% 7.36% 6.49% 7.10% 6.83% 7.51%
Category Average 2.97% 4.52% 8.65% 13.75% 17.28% 9.67% 4.43% 5.48% 5.29% 5.81% 4.53% 4.91% 4.78% 4.33%
Category Rank 226 / 343 259 / 343 245 / 341 208 / 338 213 / 338 157 / 336 179 / 331 204 / 314 174 / 312 168 / 290 169 / 273 139 / 254 - -
Quartile Ranking 3 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 - -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Fund 2.69% 1.47% 1.97% 1.96% -2.41% 2.23% -0.08% 2.82% 1.32% 1.71% -0.94% 2.76%
Benchmark 2.05% 0.78% 3.10% 1.80% -1.57% 1.73% 1.79% 3.28% -0.07% 2.25% 0.21% 2.87%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

5.95% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-7.95% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Fund - - - 9.11% -2.70% 10.84% 6.13% 9.44% -10.03% 8.38%
Benchmark 12.44% 17.05% 2.39% 8.66% 2.68% 12.26% 11.12% 6.48% -11.62% 11.69%
Category Average 6.78% 0.31% 5.78% 6.18% -5.55% 12.58% 5.65% 9.53% -9.83% 8.35%
Quartile Ranking - - - 1 2 4 2 3 3 3
Category Rank - - - 32/ 254 95/ 273 228/ 291 128/ 312 207/ 314 198/ 335 175/ 336

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

10.84% (2019)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-10.03% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 40.23
Foreign Corporate Bonds 30.73
International Equity 23.51
Cash and Equivalents 3.07
Foreign Government Bonds 1.28
Other 1.18

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Fixed Income 32.01
Technology 14.11
Healthcare 11.33
Financial Services 8.29
Consumer Goods 6.74
Other 27.52

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 76.40
Europe 14.11
Asia 8.58
Latin America 0.53
Africa and Middle East 0.40
Other -0.02

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK) 3.38
iShares MSCI Japan ETF (EWJ) 2.96
Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF) 2.03
Cash and Cash Equivalents 1.88
Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLV) 1.31
Apple Inc 1.13
Microsoft Corp 1.00
Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLI) 0.93
Consumer Discretionary Select Sectr SPDR ETF (XLY) 0.91
Visa Inc Cl A 0.91

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 Series A

Median

Other - Tactical Balanced

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 9.16% 9.25% -
Beta 0.95% 1.03% -
Alpha 0.00% -0.01% -
Rsquared 0.88% 0.84% -
Sharpe 0.14% 0.34% -
Sortino 0.30% 0.38% -
Treynor 0.01% 0.03% -
Tax Efficiency 79.84% 74.17% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 4 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 3 on a scale of 1 to 10 -

Risk Rating

Rating 4 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 5.62% 9.16% 9.25% -
Beta 0.92% 0.95% 1.03% -
Alpha -0.01% 0.00% -0.01% -
Rsquared 0.67% 0.88% 0.84% -
Sharpe 1.96% 0.14% 0.34% -
Sortino 4.27% 0.30% 0.38% -
Treynor 0.12% 0.01% 0.03% -
Tax Efficiency 95.20% 79.84% 74.17% -

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
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Monthly
Assets ($mil) $134

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 Manager(s)

Name Start Date
Wellington Management Canada ULC 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 2.30%
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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