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Purpose US Preferred Share Fund - Series A

Preferred Sh Fixed Income

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NAVPS
(09-16-2025)
$17.87
Change
$0.01 (0.05%)

As at August 31, 2025

As at August 31, 2025

Period
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Purpose US Preferred Share Fund - Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (March 08, 2017): 1.29%

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 0.15% 1.49% 1.46% 2.78% 5.04% 9.65% 4.63% -0.79% 0.71% 1.03% 1.56% 1.22% - -
Benchmark 0.22% 6.28% 8.04% 10.97% 15.39% 22.71% 9.71% 5.32% 9.02% 8.52% 5.05% 5.28% 6.29% 5.92%
Category Average 0.27% 5.72% 6.33% 8.99% 13.59% 19.59% 8.99% 4.57% 8.62% 7.98% 4.72% 4.86% 5.81% 5.79%
Category Rank 45 / 65 65 / 65 60 / 65 60 / 65 62 / 64 62 / 64 62 / 64 63 / 64 63 / 64 57 / 58 51 / 52 48 / 49 - -
Quartile Ranking 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 - -

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
Fund 1.31% 0.02% 0.73% 0.13% 0.87% 0.42% -0.47% -0.78% 1.23% 1.04% 0.30% 0.15%
Benchmark 0.48% -1.38% 2.29% 2.59% 2.25% 0.45% -0.12% -3.12% 5.05% 2.77% 3.19% 0.22%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

7.17% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-13.24% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - - -7.05% 14.65% 3.06% 1.74% -16.35% 2.96% 10.88%
Benchmark -14.95% 6.98% 13.62% -7.93% 3.48% 6.16% 19.35% -18.08% 5.90% 24.70%
Category Average -11.52% 8.78% 12.66% -8.25% 4.17% 5.25% 19.63% -16.73% 6.27% 21.47%
Quartile Ranking - - - 2 1 4 4 2 4 4
Category Rank - - - 20/ 50 5/ 54 50/ 59 63/ 64 31/ 64 59/ 64 62/ 64

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

14.65% (2019)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-16.35% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Foreign Corporate Bonds 73.23
Cash and Equivalents 11.02
Foreign Government Bonds 8.11
US Equity 7.65

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Fixed Income 81.34
Cash and Cash Equivalent 11.01
Financial Services 7.65

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 74.21
Europe 25.79

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (USD) (The) 3.40% 15-Dec-2169 4.85
US Bancorp (USD) 3.70% 15-Jan-2170 4.70
Charles Schwab Corp - Pfd 4.55
United States Dollar 4.47
M&T Bank Corporation (USD) 3.50% 31-Dec-2049 4.39
Citigroup Inc. (USD) 3.88% 18-May-2169 4.25
Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (USD) (The) 3.75% 31-Dec-2049 4.17
HSBC Holdings PLC 4.00% PERP 3.98
Barclays PLC 9.63% PERP 3.40
Bank of America Corporation (USD) 4.38% 31-Dec-2049 3.34

Equity Style

Equity style data not available

Fixed Income Style

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

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Purpose US Preferred Share Fund - Series A

Median

Other - Preferred Sh Fixed Income

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 9.09% 9.01% -
Beta 0.60% 0.56% -
Alpha -0.01% -0.04% -
Rsquared 0.56% 0.44% -
Sharpe 0.10% -0.16% -
Sortino 0.29% -0.27% -
Treynor 0.02% -0.03% -
Tax Efficiency 46.93% - -
Volatility Volatility rating is 5 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 4 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 2.26% 9.09% 9.01% -
Beta 0.21% 0.60% 0.56% -
Alpha 0.02% -0.01% -0.04% -
Rsquared 0.49% 0.56% 0.44% -
Sharpe 0.83% 0.10% -0.16% -
Sortino 1.52% 0.29% -0.27% -
Treynor 0.09% 0.02% -0.03% -
Tax Efficiency 52.95% 46.93% - -

Fund Details

Start Date March 08, 2017
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Monthly
Assets ($mil) $0

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
PFC4000

Investment Objectives

The fund seeks to provide unitholders with (i) with a regular stream of monthly distributions and (ii) opportunity for capital appreciation by investing primarily in U.S. dollar denominated investment grade preferred securities.

Investment Strategy

To achieve its investment objectives the fund will invest primarily in a portfolio of U.S. investment grade preferred securities of issuers that the investment sub-advisor or the manager believes have strong fundamentals and are priced at attractive relative valuations and will be actively managed by the investment sub-advisor. Preferred securities are primarily issued by companies in the financial sector and, to a lesser degree, by companies in other sectors, such as industrials and utilities.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC

Sub-Advisor

Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Purpose Investments Inc.

Custodian

CIBC Mellon Trust Company

Registrar

CIBC Mellon Global Securities Services Company

Distributor

-

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 1,000
PAC Subsequent 100
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 5,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 100

Fees

MER 1.80%
Management Fee 1.50%
Load Back Fee Only
FE Max 5.00%
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) 0.75%
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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