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Canada Life Global Low Volatility Fund A

Global Equity

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FundGrade C

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NAVPS
(05-16-2025)
$14.51
Change
$0.09 (0.60%)

As at April 30, 2025

As at February 28, 2025

As at April 30, 2025

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Canada Life Global Low Volatility Fund A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (July 12, 2016): 5.25%

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 -4.54% -5.22% 1.70% -1.28% 12.84% 10.77% 8.87% 7.99% 8.18% 5.99% 5.94% 5.25% - -
Benchmark -2.97% -7.99% 0.02% -4.37% 12.05% 15.36% 12.95% 8.94% 12.87% 10.21% 10.09% 9.79% 11.46% 10.10%
Category Average -2.36% -7.61% -0.68% -3.44% 8.76% 11.25% 9.41% 5.89% 10.36% 7.80% 7.70% 7.48% 8.67% 7.40%
Category Rank 1,994 / 2,117 393 / 2,105 338 / 2,092 445 / 2,101 331 / 2,031 1,072 / 1,907 1,133 / 1,772 423 / 1,617 1,252 / 1,480 1,195 / 1,422 1,057 / 1,222 939 / 1,070 - -
Quartile Ranking 4 1 1 1 1 3 3 2 4 4 4 4 - -

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr
Fund 2.21% 0.97% 5.23% 0.53% 1.18% 0.46% 4.55% -1.47% 4.16% 1.86% -2.52% -4.54%
Benchmark 3.15% 2.29% 2.79% 0.04% 2.54% 0.69% 4.44% 0.14% 3.94% -1.04% -4.18% -2.97%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

8.38% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-8.18% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

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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 - - 982/ 1,036 294/ 1,183 1,320/ 1,382 1,325/ 1,464 1,148/ 1,583 110/ 1,735 1,787/ 1,883 1,081/ 2,000

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 67.52
International Equity 29.66
Cash and Equivalents 1.53
Canadian Equity 1.22
Income Trust Units 0.01
Other 0.06

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Technology 19.85
Financial Services 16.58
Healthcare 15.88
Consumer Services 12.66
Consumer Goods 8.27
Other 26.76

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 70.29
Europe 16.10
Asia 11.28
Africa and Middle East 2.29
Other 0.04

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Apple Inc 4.64
Microsoft Corp 3.69
NVIDIA Corp 2.02
Cash and Cash Equivalents 1.52
Gilead Sciences Inc 1.49
Bank Hapoalim BM 1.43
Abbvie Inc 1.41
Vanguard 500 Index ETF (VOO) 1.41
AT&T Inc 1.39
Visa Inc Cl A 1.36

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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Canada Life Global Low Volatility Fund A

Median

Other - Global Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 10.08% 9.51% -
Beta 0.73% 0.69% -
Alpha 0.00% -0.01% -
Rsquared 0.79% 0.75% -
Sharpe 0.51% 0.62% -
Sortino 0.95% 0.88% -
Treynor 0.07% 0.09% -
Tax Efficiency 94.49% 96.04% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 5 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 5 on a scale of 1 to 10 -

Risk Rating

Rating 5 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 10.04% 10.08% 9.51% -
Beta 0.90% 0.73% 0.69% -
Alpha 0.02% 0.00% -0.01% -
Rsquared 0.72% 0.79% 0.75% -
Sharpe 0.88% 0.51% 0.62% -
Sortino 1.66% 0.95% 0.88% -
Treynor 0.10% 0.07% 0.09% -
Tax Efficiency 89.27% 94.49% 96.04% -

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

Created with Highcharts 10.3.3Grade: EGrade: DGrade: CGrade: BGrade: A94.294.258.358.30%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 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) $12

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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