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IA Clarington Canadian Small Cap Fund Series A

Cdn Small/Mid Cap Equity

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NAVPS
(03-17-2025)
$77.91
Change
$0.41 (0.53%)

As at February 28, 2025

As at January 31, 2025

As at December 31, 2024

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IA Clarington Canadian Small Cap Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (March 20, 1997): 9.02%

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 -3.17% -4.32% -0.02% -2.30% 8.23% 8.83% 7.15% 9.67% 10.22% 8.62% 7.21% 6.36% 7.61% 6.14%
Benchmark -2.27% -4.88% 2.80% -1.63% 16.42% 8.04% 2.11% 5.00% 11.50% 7.70% 6.27% 4.87% 8.09% 5.45%
Category Average -3.08% -5.31% 1.47% -2.54% 9.70% 7.87% 3.62% 5.69% 9.41% 7.69% 6.12% 5.37% 7.05% 4.91%
Category Rank 89 / 208 58 / 208 145 / 208 100 / 208 132 / 204 93 / 200 56 / 198 39 / 190 72 / 182 83 / 180 78 / 172 81 / 163 91 / 158 68 / 137
Quartile Ranking 2 2 3 2 3 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 2

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb
Fund 1.39% -1.84% -1.49% 4.89% 5.55% -0.26% 1.63% 0.57% 2.23% -2.06% 0.90% -3.17%
Benchmark 7.49% 0.17% 2.65% -1.93% 5.81% -1.26% 3.80% 1.39% 2.69% -3.30% 0.65% -2.27%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

14.31% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-25.95% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund -6.82% 22.29% 1.94% -12.31% 15.26% 0.41% 24.26% 0.78% 10.50% 13.60%
Benchmark -13.31% 38.48% 2.75% -18.17% 15.84% 12.87% 20.27% -9.29% 4.79% 18.83%
Category Average -6.13% 18.01% 3.43% -15.15% 16.59% 11.91% 22.35% -11.32% 6.49% 16.84%
Quartile Ranking 3 2 3 2 4 4 2 1 2 4
Category Rank 99/ 136 50/ 158 100/ 163 53/ 172 147/ 179 171/ 182 78/ 190 20/ 198 59/ 200 173/ 201

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

24.26% (2021)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-12.31% (2018)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 96.18
Cash and Equivalents 2.05
Income Trust Units 1.26
US Equity 0.51

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Energy 17.27
Financial Services 16.67
Industrial Services 12.01
Basic Materials 10.25
Consumer Services 9.66
Other 34.14

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 100.00

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
AltaGas Ltd 4.62
Winpak Ltd 4.48
iA Financial Corp Inc 4.31
Mullen Group Ltd 4.22
Parkland Fuel Corp 4.17
Aritzia Inc 3.99
Definity Financial Corp 3.89
Secure Energy Services Inc 3.88
Lassonde Industries Inc Cl A 3.82
E-L Financial Corp Ltd 3.81

Equity Style

Market capitalization is small. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

Fixed income style data not available
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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

IA Clarington Canadian Small Cap Fund Series A

Median

Other - Cdn Small/Mid Cap Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 10.93% 17.60% 13.99%
Beta 0.54% 0.65% 0.61%
Alpha 0.06% 0.02% 0.03%
Rsquared 0.64% 0.81% 0.74%
Sharpe 0.34% 0.51% 0.38%
Sortino 0.67% 0.64% 0.38%
Treynor 0.07% 0.14% 0.09%
Tax Efficiency 93.41% 94.12% 92.61%
Volatility Volatility rating is 5 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 9 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 8 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 9.32% 10.93% 17.60% 13.99%
Beta 0.38% 0.54% 0.65% 0.61%
Alpha 0.02% 0.06% 0.02% 0.03%
Rsquared 0.22% 0.64% 0.81% 0.74%
Sharpe 0.46% 0.34% 0.51% 0.38%
Sortino 1.07% 0.67% 0.64% 0.38%
Treynor 0.11% 0.07% 0.14% 0.09%
Tax Efficiency 97.10% 93.41% 94.12% 92.61%

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 March 20, 1997
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $846

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
CCM520
CCM521
CCM975

Investment Objectives

The Fund’s objective is to maximize long-term growth of capital by investing primarily in equity securities of small capitalization Canadian companies. The fundamental investment objective may only be changed with the approval of a majority of Securityholders at a meeting called for that purpose.

Investment Strategy

The sub-advisor: uses a fundamental, bottom-up approach to identify companies with attractive valuations, proven track records and sustainable business models. The Fund: invests primarily in equities of Canadian smaller capitalization companies. For the Fund’s investment purposes, companies with a market capitalization of less than $3 billion are considered to be smaller capitalization companies; may invest in foreign securities.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

iA Global Asset Management Inc.

Sub-Advisor

QV Investors Inc.

  • Leigh Pullen
  • Joe Jugovic
  • Ian Cooke

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

IA Clarington Investments Inc.

Custodian

CIBC Mellon Trust Company

Registrar

IA Clarington Investments Inc.

Distributor

-

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 500
PAC Subsequent 50
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 5,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 100

Fees

MER 2.59%
Management Fee 2.10%
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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