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Purpose Canadian Financial Income Fund Series A

Financial Services Equity

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Fundata ESG Grade A

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NAVPS
(04-02-2025)
$24.97
Change
$0.30 (1.21%)

As at February 28, 2025

As at February 28, 2025

As at December 31, 2024

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Purpose Canadian Financial Income Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (October 26, 2016): 8.38%

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 -0.57% -1.16% 11.40% 0.26% 21.86% 11.27% 5.61% 9.72% 10.34% 9.01% 7.67% 7.22% - -
Benchmark 1.62% 6.03% 18.02% 7.75% 33.73% 23.47% 15.78% 15.13% 13.80% 11.84% 9.70% 10.34% 12.24% 9.78%
Category Average -0.12% 1.49% 14.29% 4.24% 28.94% 15.98% 9.02% 11.40% 12.67% 10.78% 8.70% 9.41% 11.41% 9.20%
Category Rank 37 / 78 63 / 77 50 / 76 75 / 77 60 / 76 49 / 70 36 / 59 37 / 56 36 / 51 33 / 51 28 / 46 29 / 41 - -
Quartile Ranking 2 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 - -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb
Fund 4.30% -3.90% 2.58% -2.52% 4.90% 4.03% 4.76% -0.21% 7.82% -1.42% 0.84% -0.57%
Benchmark 3.76% -1.77% 3.17% -0.07% 6.67% 1.09% 2.08% 2.26% 6.63% -1.59% 6.02% 1.62%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

13.34% (November 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-17.60% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - 9.44% -11.72% 19.57% -1.25% 28.78% -9.16% 10.12% 21.77%
Benchmark 14.20% 6.34% 15.24% -4.99% 19.43% -5.24% 22.05% -5.68% 13.41% 31.42%
Category Average 6.19% 11.10% 15.65% -8.72% 20.37% 0.17% 28.60% -10.67% 9.26% 27.44%
Quartile Ranking - - 4 4 3 3 3 1 3 3
Category Rank - - 37/ 41 38/ 45 25/ 49 35/ 51 36/ 56 13/ 56 39/ 65 56/ 75

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

28.78% (2021)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-11.72% (2018)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 100.21
Cash and Equivalents -0.21

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 100.87
Cash and Cash Equivalent -0.21
Other -0.66

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 100.00

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Royal Bank of Canada 13.12
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 13.02
Bank of Nova Scotia 12.58
National Bank of Canada 11.83
Great-West Lifeco Inc 10.05
iA Financial Corp Inc 9.13
Sun Life Financial Inc 8.19
Manulife Financial Corp 8.11
Toronto-Dominion Bank 7.96
Bank of Montreal 6.90

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)

Purpose Canadian Financial Income Fund Series A

Median

Other - Financial Services Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 15.00% 16.80% -
Beta 0.93% 0.95% -
Alpha -0.08% -0.02% -
Rsquared 0.75% 0.77% -
Sharpe 0.18% 0.53% -
Sortino 0.36% 0.73% -
Treynor 0.03% 0.09% -
Tax Efficiency 50.52% 76.04% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 8 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 8 on a scale of 1 to 10 -

Risk Rating

Rating 8 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 12.29% 15.00% 16.80% -
Beta 0.91% 0.93% 0.95% -
Alpha -0.06% -0.08% -0.02% -
Rsquared 0.56% 0.75% 0.77% -
Sharpe 1.35% 0.18% 0.53% -
Sortino 3.30% 0.36% 0.73% -
Treynor 0.18% 0.03% 0.09% -
Tax Efficiency 80.09% 50.52% 76.04% -

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 October 26, 2016
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Corporation
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Monthly
Assets ($mil) -

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
PFC2400

Investment Objectives

The fund seeks to provide shareholders with (i) long-term capital appreciation through investment in a portfolio of Canadian Banks (defined below) (up to 70% on an equal weighted basis) and Canadian Insurance Companies (defined below) (up to 30% on an equal weighted basis) and (ii) monthly distributions.

Investment Strategy

To achieve its investment objectives, the fund will invest primarily in equity securities of Canadian Banks (up to 70% on an equal weighted basis) and to a lesser extent Canadian Insurance Companies (up to 30% on an equal weighted basis). The fund will write covered call options from time to time in respect of the securities it holds to (i) enhance the fund’s total returns, (ii) enhance the dividend yield of the portfolio securities and (iii) lower the overall volatility of the fund’s portfolio.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Purpose Investments Inc.

Sub-Advisor

Neuberger Berman Breton Hill ULC

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Purpose Investments Inc.

Custodian

CIBC Mellon Trust Company

Registrar

CIBC Mellon Global Securities Services

Distributor

-

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 5,000
PAC Subsequent 100
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 15,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 100

Fees

MER 1.72%
Management Fee 1.55%
Load Back Fee Only
FE Max 5.00%
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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