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Desjardins Sustainable Emerging Markets Equity Fund A-Class Units

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Emerging Markets Equity

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NAVPS
(03-13-2025) 		$9.51
Change
-$0.01 (-0.08%)

As at February 28, 2025

As at February 28, 2025

As at December 31, 2024

Period
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Desjardins Sustainable Emerging Markets Equity Fund A-Class Units

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (September 05, 2018): -0.59%

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 -0.06% 2.43% 4.78% 1.29% 13.60% 5.28% 1.83% -5.90% -1.09% -1.24% - - - -
Benchmark -0.22% 3.79% 8.67% 0.83% 18.75% 13.93% 6.25% 2.58% 6.75% 5.95% 3.94% 6.35% 8.53% 5.78%
Category Average -0.16% 3.35% 5.17% 2.11% 11.99% 10.27% 3.18% -1.05% 4.66% 4.06% 1.99% 4.59% 6.55% 3.76%
Category Rank 171 / 344 297 / 344 247 / 341 274 / 344 158 / 325 288 / 309 247 / 298 251 / 266 254 / 263 239 / 244 - - - -
Quartile Ranking 2 4 3 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 - - - -

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb
Fund 2.60% 2.44% 0.17% 4.25% 0.62% -1.82% 6.91% -1.41% -2.94% 1.13% 1.35% -0.06%
Benchmark 1.24% 3.23% 0.38% 3.25% 1.30% -0.40% 7.98% -0.88% -2.18% 2.94% 1.05% -0.22%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

10.32% (November 2022)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-12.58% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - - - 9.13% 14.80% -20.70% -15.33% 1.69% 12.52%
Benchmark 2.69% 7.90% 26.42% -6.05% 15.55% 11.45% 0.08% -12.38% 7.03% 21.65%
Category Average -3.92% 6.53% 28.88% -11.86% 15.06% 17.52% -3.30% -17.32% 8.68% 12.46%
Quartile Ranking - - - - 4 3 4 2 4 3
Category Rank - - - - 223/ 243 152/ 263 259/ 266 120/ 286 277/ 308 226/ 322

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

14.80% (2020)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-20.70% (2021)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
International Equity 96.37
Canadian Equity 2.12
Cash and Equivalents 1.51

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Technology 37.03
Financial Services 23.60
Industrial Goods 7.94
Consumer Services 7.62
Basic Materials 5.37
Other 18.44

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
Asia 73.99
Latin America 8.32
Africa and Middle East 6.99
Europe 5.58
North America 3.63
Other 1.49

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufactrg Co Ltd 9.42
Tencent Holdings Ltd 6.62
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 4.83
HDFC Bank Ltd 3.12
JD.com Inc 2.97
NARI Technology Co Ltd Cl A 2.57
Richter Gedeon Vegyeszeti Gyar Nyrt 2.52
ICICI Bank Ltd 2.48
Infosys Ltd 2.36
Byd Co Ltd Cl H 2.16

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 Emerging Markets Equity Fund A-Class Units

Median

Other - Emerging Markets Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 13.70% 14.93% -
Beta 0.93% 0.99% -
Alpha -0.04% -0.07% -
Rsquared 0.79% 0.84% -
Sharpe -0.08% -0.16% -
Sortino -0.03% -0.28% -
Treynor -0.01% -0.02% -
Tax Efficiency 99.88% - -
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 9.42% 13.70% 14.93% -
Beta 0.96% 0.93% 0.99% -
Alpha -0.04% -0.04% -0.07% -
Rsquared 0.88% 0.79% 0.84% -
Sharpe 0.97% -0.08% -0.16% -
Sortino 2.45% -0.03% -0.28% -
Treynor 0.10% -0.01% -0.02% -
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 99.88% - -

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

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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) $200

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
DJT00171

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 in emerging markets.

Investment Strategy

The Fund intends to achieve this investment objective by investing in corporate securities that focus on quality and long-term growth. Following the exclusion of issuers whose activities are covered in the Desjardins SocieTerra Funds' list of exclusions, the sub-manager selects the securities of corporations with sound commercial and financial practices that are able to generate sustainable profit growth.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Desjardins Global Asset Management Inc.
Sub-Advisor

Hermes Investment Management Ltd.

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 2.41%
Management Fee 1.82%
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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