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Canada Life Global Equity Fund A

Global Equity

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FundGrade C

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Fundata ESG Grade B

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NAVPS
(12-12-2025)
$15.69
Change
-$0.12 (-0.73%)

As at November 30, 2025

As at September 30, 2025

As at November 30, 2025

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Canada Life Global Equity Fund A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (July 12, 2016): 6.52%

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 0.10% 5.46% 11.71% 13.89% 12.21% 18.06% 12.39% 10.14% 10.08% 8.12% 7.59% 6.99% 7.16% -
Benchmark -0.21% 7.43% 16.77% 17.66% 17.83% 23.70% 19.82% 12.53% 13.51% 13.27% 13.30% 11.82% 12.70% 11.89%
Category Average 0.01% 5.40% 12.16% 13.81% 12.32% 18.48% 14.92% 8.75% 10.15% 10.11% 10.34% 8.95% 9.78% 9.04%
Category Rank 1,160 / 2,157 1,293 / 2,126 1,321 / 2,100 1,006 / 2,066 1,082 / 2,065 1,129 / 1,954 1,404 / 1,840 652 / 1,699 890 / 1,545 1,201 / 1,437 1,213 / 1,344 987 / 1,154 896 / 1,014 -
Quartile Ranking 3 3 3 2 3 3 4 2 3 4 4 4 4 -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Fund -1.47% 4.16% 1.86% -2.52% -4.54% 3.27% 2.74% 2.24% 0.84% 4.34% 0.98% 0.10%
Benchmark 0.14% 3.94% -1.04% -4.18% -2.97% 5.37% 3.64% 2.87% 1.95% 4.75% 2.78% -0.21%

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 - - 963/ 1,015 283/ 1,161 1,297/ 1,356 1,300/ 1,438 1,134/ 1,553 109/ 1,705 1,743/ 1,840 1,057/ 1,954

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 67.27
International Equity 31.17
Cash and Equivalents 1.58
Income Trust Units 0.01

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Technology 31.85
Financial Services 15.66
Consumer Services 8.92
Consumer Goods 8.68
Healthcare 8.67
Other 26.22

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 68.84
Europe 21.04
Asia 10.13
Africa and Middle East 0.01

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Microsoft Corp 5.92
NVIDIA Corp 4.80
Apple Inc 4.26
JPMorgan Chase & Co 3.63
Amazon.com Inc 3.20
Alphabet Inc Cl A 3.06
Meta Platforms Inc Cl A 2.78
Philip Morris International Inc 2.51
Abbvie Inc 2.23
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufactrg Co Ltd - ADR 2.19

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 Equity Fund A

Median

Other - Global Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 8.55% 9.33% -
Beta 0.74% 0.72% -
Alpha -0.02% 0.00% -
Rsquared 0.72% 0.76% -
Sharpe 0.96% 0.79% -
Sortino 1.74% 1.22% -
Treynor 0.11% 0.10% -
Tax Efficiency 96.30% 97.03% -
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 9.43% 8.55% 9.33% -
Beta 0.78% 0.74% 0.72% -
Alpha -0.01% -0.02% 0.00% -
Rsquared 0.76% 0.72% 0.76% -
Sharpe 0.98% 0.96% 0.79% -
Sortino 1.55% 1.74% 1.22% -
Treynor 0.12% 0.11% 0.10% -
Tax Efficiency 89.80% 96.30% 97.03% -

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) $14

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

Mackenzie Investments

  • Katherine Owen

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 2.47%
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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