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Canada Life Global Low Volatility Fund A

Global Equity

FundGrade C Click for more information on Fundata’s FundGrade

FundGrade C

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Fundata ESG Grade A

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NAVPS
(03-13-2025)
$14.32
Change
-$0.08 (-0.57%)

As at February 28, 2025

As at November 30, 2024

As at December 31, 2024

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Canada Life Global Low Volatility Fund A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (July 12, 2016): 6.24%

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 1.86% 4.53% 11.08% 6.09% 20.81% 16.70% 11.37% 11.08% 9.64% 7.69% 7.03% 6.56% - -
Benchmark -1.04% 3.01% 11.07% 2.86% 21.78% 21.94% 13.60% 11.95% 14.22% 12.74% 11.11% 11.57% 12.53% 10.67%
Category Average -1.29% 1.82% 7.98% 3.17% 16.33% 17.02% 9.99% 8.89% 11.22% 9.93% 8.61% 8.99% 9.78% 7.96%
Category Rank 175 / 2,116 243 / 2,112 449 / 2,078 170 / 2,112 424 / 2,036 1,103 / 1,895 630 / 1,767 463 / 1,598 1,212 / 1,470 1,244 / 1,414 1,015 / 1,205 930 / 1,045 - -
Quartile Ranking 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 4 4 4 4 - -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb
Fund 3.20% -3.46% 2.21% 0.97% 5.23% 0.53% 1.18% 0.46% 4.55% -1.47% 4.16% 1.86%
Benchmark 2.94% -1.84% 3.15% 2.29% 2.79% 0.04% 2.54% 0.69% 4.44% 0.14% 3.94% -1.04%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

8.38% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-8.18% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - 5.25% -0.85% 10.20% -0.97% 14.10% -4.01% 6.79% 20.49%
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 - - 4 1 4 4 3 1 4 3
Category Rank - - 985/ 1,039 294/ 1,186 1,324/ 1,386 1,329/ 1,468 1,153/ 1,588 110/ 1,742 1,797/ 1,893 1,091/ 2,010

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

20.49% (2024)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-4.01% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 67.95
International Equity 28.59
Cash and Equivalents 2.00
Canadian Equity 1.38
Income Trust Units 0.02
Other 0.06

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Technology 20.26
Financial Services 15.57
Healthcare 14.25
Consumer Services 12.71
Real Estate 7.62
Other 29.59

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 71.34
Europe 15.44
Asia 11.18
Africa and Middle East 1.97
Other 0.07

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Apple Inc 4.50
Microsoft Corp 3.88
Vanguard 500 Index ETF (VOO) 2.93
NVIDIA Corp 2.21
Cash and Cash Equivalents 2.00
Vanguard Developed Markets Index ETF (VEA) 1.96
Amazon.com Inc 1.26
Deere & Co 1.24
Abbvie Inc 1.22
Home Depot Inc 1.21

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)

Canada Life Global Low Volatility Fund A

Median

Other - Global Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 9.58% 10.52% -
Beta 0.69% 0.73% -
Alpha 0.02% -0.01% -
Rsquared 0.77% 0.79% -
Sharpe 0.78% 0.71% -
Sortino 1.45% 1.02% -
Treynor 0.11% 0.10% -
Tax Efficiency 95.78% 96.73% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 4 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 4 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 8.71% 9.58% 10.52% -
Beta 1.00% 0.69% 0.73% -
Alpha -0.01% 0.02% -0.01% -
Rsquared 0.65% 0.77% 0.79% -
Sharpe 1.76% 0.78% 0.71% -
Sortino 4.01% 1.45% 1.02% -
Treynor 0.15% 0.11% 0.10% -
Tax Efficiency 93.29% 95.78% 96.73% -

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 July 12, 2016
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $13

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
MAX1241
MAX1341
MAX1441

Investment Objectives

The Fund aims to provide long-term capital growth by investing in equity securities of companies anywhere in the world, while seeking to provide lower volatility. The Fund may obtain this exposure by investing directly in securities, by investing in securities of other investment funds, or by a combination of these means. Any proposed change to

Investment Strategy

The Fund seeks to provide lower volatility than the broad global equity market over a full market cycle (generally three years or more). To achieve its objective, the Fund invests primarily in equity securities of companies around the world with a focus on those companies and/or sectors that are believed to likely have lower sensitivity to broader market movements. To further reduce portfolio volatility the Fund may also use derivatives.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Canada Life Investment Management Ltd.

Sub-Advisor

Irish Life Investment Managers Limited

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Canada Life Investment Management Ltd.

Custodian

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

Registrar

Mackenzie Financial Corporation

Distributor

Quadrus Investment Services Limited

IPC Investment Corporation

IPC Securities Corporation

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 25
PAC Subsequent 25
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 5,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 100

Fees

MER 2.46%
Management Fee 2.00%
Load Choice of Front or No Load
FE Max 5.00%
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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