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Desjardins Sustainable International Equity Fund A-Class Units

International Equity

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NAVPS
(10-07-2025)
$12.00
Change
-$0.09 (-0.78%)

As at August 31, 2025

As at August 31, 2025

As at August 31, 2025

Period
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Fund Returns

Inception Return (September 05, 2018): 4.30%

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 -1.03% -0.59% -2.38% 5.00% 3.75% 8.65% 12.21% 1.60% 4.01% 4.18% - - - -
Benchmark 3.32% 6.11% 10.68% 18.41% 16.71% 17.28% 18.31% 7.77% 10.72% 9.90% 7.95% 8.12% 8.63% 7.83%
Category Average 2.24% 2.80% 5.53% 12.72% 10.92% 13.96% 15.21% 5.19% 8.23% 8.02% 6.49% 6.44% 7.01% 6.36%
Category Rank 815 / 822 733 / 810 740 / 789 665 / 785 650 / 779 649 / 744 577 / 705 639 / 687 632 / 659 596 / 610 - - - -
Quartile Ranking 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 1.62% -2.27% -1.67% 1.18% 8.53% -0.90% -4.08% 1.09% 1.27% 1.11% -0.65% -1.03%
Benchmark 1.09% -2.68% 0.03% 0.16% 5.72% 1.20% -0.76% 0.66% 4.41% 2.18% 0.51% 3.32%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

11.55% (November 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-7.62% (January 2022)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - - - 16.67% 5.99% 5.87% -17.57% 11.96% 10.87%
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 - - - - 3 3 4 4 3 3
Category Rank - - - - 346/ 587 378/ 637 558/ 667 601/ 689 526/ 719 505/ 754

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

16.67% (2019)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-17.57% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
International Equity 87.14
US Equity 5.17
Canadian Equity 4.49
Cash and Equivalents 3.20

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Technology 33.42
Consumer Goods 23.22
Healthcare 16.24
Financial Services 15.08
Industrial Services 6.93
Other 5.11

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
Europe 67.00
Asia 20.15
North America 12.86

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Sap SE 8.38
Mastercard Inc Cl A 5.17
Nintendo Co Ltd 5.14
L'Oreal SA 4.97
London Stock Exchange Group PLC 4.53
Constellation Software Inc 4.49
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufactrg Co Ltd - ADR 4.42
Amadeus IT Group SA 4.09
EssilorLuxottica SA 4.04
Wolters Kluwer NV Cl C 3.61

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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Desjardins Sustainable International Equity Fund A-Class Units

Median

Other - International Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 11.94% 13.35% -
Beta 0.94% 0.98% -
Alpha -0.04% -0.06% -
Rsquared 0.80% 0.84% -
Sharpe 0.69% 0.17% -
Sortino 1.54% 0.21% -
Treynor 0.09% 0.02% -
Tax Efficiency 93.23% 83.12% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 6 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 8 on a scale of 1 to 10 -

Risk Rating

Rating 6 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 10.77% 11.94% 13.35% -
Beta 1.00% 0.94% 0.98% -
Alpha -0.12% -0.04% -0.06% -
Rsquared 0.55% 0.80% 0.84% -
Sharpe 0.11% 0.69% 0.17% -
Sortino 0.21% 1.54% 0.21% -
Treynor 0.01% 0.09% 0.02% -
Tax Efficiency 41.53% 93.23% 83.12% -

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

Created with Highcharts 10.3.3Grade: EGrade: DGrade: CGrade: BGrade: A43.243.230.930.90%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

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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

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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 September 05, 2018
Instrument Type Mutual Fund (Responsible Investment)
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $1,025

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
DJT00170

Investment Objectives

The objective of this Fund is to provide a long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity and equity-related securities of companies located or operating outside of Canada and the United States, including emerging markets.

Investment Strategy

Following the exclusion of issuers whose activities are covered in the Desjardins Sustainable Funds’ list of exclusions, the sub-manager combines a systematic screening process with qualitative and quantitative fundamental research to seek to identify companies that, in its opinion, represent long-term investment opportunities considering the company’s quality, growth and valuation. Quality characteristics may include enduring competitive advantages, dominant market positions in stable growing i

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Desjardins Global Asset Management Inc.

Sub-Advisor

Ninety One North America, Inc

  • Elias Erickson

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Desjardins Investments Inc.

Custodian

Desjardins Trust Inc.

Registrar

Desjardins Investments Inc.

Distributor

-

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 1,000
PAC Subsequent 25
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 10,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 100

Fees

MER 2.26%
Management Fee 1.75%
Load No Load
FE Max -
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) -
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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