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Desjardins Sustainable Emerging Markets Equity Fund A-Class Units

Emerging Markets Equity

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NAVPS
(07-23-2025)
$10.16
Change
$0.12 (1.18%)

As at June 30, 2025

As at June 30, 2025

Period
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Fund Returns

Inception Return (September 05, 2018): -0.09%

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 3.19% 5.09% 4.55% 4.55% 6.84% 7.13% 8.20% -3.83% -0.33% -0.78% - - - -
Benchmark 3.91% 4.58% 5.65% 5.65% 14.88% 16.26% 12.22% 3.36% 7.61% 6.34% 5.78% 6.33% 8.05% 6.28%
Category Average 5.33% 8.15% 11.11% 11.11% 13.80% 13.45% 11.34% 0.57% 6.43% 5.00% 4.36% 4.71% 6.34% 4.89%
Category Rank 307 / 330 277 / 329 310 / 327 310 / 327 311 / 323 283 / 299 256 / 287 245 / 270 246 / 254 236 / 241 - - - -
Quartile Ranking 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 - - - -

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
Fund 0.62% -1.82% 6.91% -1.41% -2.94% 1.13% 1.35% -0.06% -1.77% -2.80% 4.77% 3.19%
Benchmark 1.30% -0.40% 7.98% -0.88% -2.18% 2.94% 1.05% -0.22% 0.19% -3.13% 3.89% 3.91%

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 - - - - 214/ 234 145/ 254 250/ 257 112/ 275 265/ 294 211/ 308

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 97.21
Canadian Equity 1.83
Cash and Equivalents 0.97

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Technology 37.49
Financial Services 24.74
Industrial Goods 8.61
Consumer Services 6.84
Basic Materials 4.48
Other 17.84

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
Asia 76.24
Latin America 8.90
Africa and Middle East 7.47
Europe 4.58
North America 2.79
Other 0.02

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufactrg Co Ltd 9.63
Tencent Holdings Ltd 6.55
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 5.32
HDFC Bank Ltd 3.31
ICICI Bank Ltd 2.96
KB Financial Group Inc 2.46
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd - Comn Cl A 2.39
NARI Technology Co Ltd Cl A 2.34
Infosys Ltd 2.10
Grab Holdings Ltd Cl A 1.92

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 12.85% 13.45% -
Beta 0.92% 0.99% -
Alpha -0.03% -0.07% -
Rsquared 0.85% 0.80% -
Sharpe 0.37% -0.14% -
Sortino 0.77% -0.26% -
Treynor 0.05% -0.02% -
Tax Efficiency 99.97% - -
Volatility Volatility rating is 7 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 8 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 10.69% 12.85% 13.45% -
Beta 0.96% 0.92% 0.99% -
Alpha -0.07% -0.03% -0.07% -
Rsquared 0.92% 0.85% 0.80% -
Sharpe 0.35% 0.37% -0.14% -
Sortino 0.75% 0.77% -0.26% -
Treynor 0.04% 0.05% -0.02% -
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 99.97% - -

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) $189

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 2.32%
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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