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Canada Life International Equity Fund A

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NAVPS
(05-22-2025) 		$13.69
Change
$0.03 (0.19%)

As at April 30, 2025

As at February 28, 2025

As at April 30, 2025

Period
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Canada Life International Equity Fund A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (July 14, 2017): 4.77%

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 -0.70% 1.61% 7.87% 7.68% 9.76% 8.87% 10.28% 4.50% 8.04% 5.75% 4.02% - - -
Benchmark 0.66% 1.09% 7.07% 6.87% 11.81% 11.28% 11.79% 6.83% 10.51% 7.21% 6.12% 6.46% 8.04% 6.69%
Category Average -0.04% -0.20% 5.18% 5.32% 10.73% 9.28% 10.04% 5.03% 9.11% 6.07% 5.29% 5.45% 6.84% 5.39%
Category Rank 471 / 795 154 / 792 148 / 790 155 / 790 422 / 765 417 / 730 372 / 709 464 / 687 471 / 647 410 / 610 474 / 536 - - -
Quartile Ranking 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 - - -

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr
Fund 3.04% -1.51% 2.81% 0.42% 0.71% -3.57% 0.00% 0.17% 5.98% 2.69% -0.36% -0.70%
Benchmark 2.60% -0.96% 4.08% 0.37% 1.09% -2.68% 0.03% 0.16% 5.72% 1.20% -0.76% 0.66%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

12.96% (November 2022)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-7.87% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - - -13.48% 17.28% 10.31% 8.79% -16.00% 13.19% 8.09%
Benchmark 19.41% -1.70% 18.37% -6.81% 16.27% 8.01% 8.97% -10.67% 15.74% 11.18%
Category Average 13.82% -2.56% 17.84% -8.91% 17.54% 7.87% 8.64% -12.60% 13.75% 10.76%
Quartile Ranking - - - 4 3 2 3 4 3 4
Category Rank - - - 482/ 525 325/ 592 275/ 642 355/ 672 540/ 694 435/ 724 632/ 759

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

17.28% (2019)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-16.00% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
International Equity 98.37
Cash and Equivalents 1.63

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 25.34
Consumer Goods 14.82
Industrial Goods 11.11
Healthcare 10.29
Technology 6.81
Other 31.63

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
Europe 70.32
Asia 28.03
North America 1.63
Other 0.02

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Sony Group Corp 3.40
AstraZeneca PLC 2.50
3i Group PLC 2.46
DBS Group Holdings Ltd 2.37
Sap SE 2.33
Shell PLC 2.32
Safran SA 2.32
Volvo AB Cl B 2.30
Deutsche Telekom AG Cl N 2.27
Novo Nordisk A/S Cl B 2.18

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 International Equity Fund A

Median

Other - International Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 13.14% 13.15% -
Beta 0.99% 1.01% -
Alpha -0.01% -0.02% -
Rsquared 0.92% 0.91% -
Sharpe 0.51% 0.47% -
Sortino 1.05% 0.70% -
Treynor 0.07% 0.06% -
Tax Efficiency 98.28% 97.33% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 7 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 7 on a scale of 1 to 10 -

Risk Rating

Rating 7 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 8.65% 13.14% 13.15% -
Beta 1.04% 0.99% 1.01% -
Alpha -0.02% -0.01% -0.02% -
Rsquared 0.90% 0.92% 0.91% -
Sharpe 0.69% 0.51% 0.47% -
Sortino 1.53% 1.05% 0.70% -
Treynor 0.06% 0.07% 0.06% -
Tax Efficiency 99.32% 98.28% 97.33% -

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

Created with Highcharts 10.3.3Grade: EGrade: DGrade: CGrade: BGrade: A92.1​92.173.5​73.50%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

Created with Highcharts 10.3.3Grade: EGrade: DGrade: CGrade: BGrade: A90.3​90.372.2​72.20%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%

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

Created with Highcharts 10.3.3Grade: EGrade: DGrade: CGrade: BGrade: A89.5​89.566.8​66.80%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%

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 14, 2017
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $166

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
MAX1227
MAX1327
MAX1427

Investment Objectives

The Fund seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity securities of companies in any country outside of Canada and the United States. 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 has a core investment style, seeking companies that exhibit attractive quality, growth and valuation characteristics. The Fund invests primarily in larger capitalization companies outside of North America that are viewed to potentially be strong competitors in their industry, globally. The portfolio manager uses an integrated responsible investment approach as part of its investment process.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Canada Life Investment Management Ltd.
Sub-Advisor

JPMorgan Asset Management (Canada) Inc.

  • Thomas Murray
  • Shane Duffy

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 50

Fees

MER 2.54%
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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