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Desjardins Sustainable Emerging Markets Equity Fund A-Class Units

Emerging Markets Equity

FundGrade D Click for more information on Fundata’s FundGrade

FundGrade D

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NAVPS
(04-16-2026)
$13.38
Change
$0.15 (1.10%)

As at March 31, 2026

As at March 31, 2026

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (September 05, 2018): 2.43%

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 -10.10% 4.19% 4.16% 4.19% 26.84% 17.45% 11.00% 6.97% 0.33% 5.12% 1.91% - - -
Benchmark -8.17% -1.11% -1.01% -1.11% 16.14% 16.83% 14.13% 9.81% 5.74% 10.63% 6.89% 5.68% 7.15% 8.45%
Category Average -9.51% 3.14% 6.73% 3.14% 28.76% 19.20% 15.47% 10.19% 4.76% 11.19% 6.99% 5.20% 6.69% 7.84%
Category Rank 240 / 329 154 / 329 276 / 324 154 / 329 228 / 322 232 / 303 251 / 289 252 / 283 231 / 259 239 / 249 225 / 232 - - -
Quartile Ranking 3 2 4 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 - - -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
Fund -2.80% 4.77% 3.19% 4.09% 1.49% 9.69% 3.08% -3.73% 0.74% 8.39% 6.92% -10.10%
Benchmark -3.13% 3.89% 3.91% 3.12% 1.69% 6.98% 2.46% -1.96% -0.34% 4.52% 3.03% -8.17%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

10.32% (November 2022)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-12.58% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Fund - - - 9.13% 14.80% -20.70% -15.33% 1.69% 12.52% 21.12%
Benchmark 7.90% 26.42% -6.05% 15.55% 11.45% 0.08% -12.38% 7.03% 21.65% 18.65%
Category Average 6.53% 28.88% -11.86% 15.06% 17.52% -3.30% -17.32% 8.68% 12.46% 28.25%
Quartile Ranking - - - 4 3 4 2 4 3 4
Category Rank - - - 210/ 229 146/ 249 245/ 253 112/ 272 258/ 287 205/ 300 282/ 320

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

21.12% (2025)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-20.70% (2021)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
International Equity 94.56
Canadian Equity 2.14
Cash and Equivalents 1.99
US Equity 1.32

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Technology 40.33
Financial Services 20.20
Industrial Goods 7.23
Consumer Goods 5.55
Consumer Services 5.20
Other 21.49

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
Asia 75.03
Latin America 10.16
Africa and Middle East 6.50
North America 5.45
Europe 2.89

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufactrg Co Ltd 10.15
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 8.89
Tencent Holdings Ltd 5.01
Delta Electronics Inc 2.63
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.62
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp 2.14
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd - Comn Cl A 2.01
Cash and Cash Equivalents 1.99
Accton Technology Corp 1.94
Itausa SA - Pfd 1.83

Equity Style

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Fixed Income Style

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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

Desjardins Sustainable Emerging Markets Equity Fund A-Class Units

Median

Other - Emerging Markets Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 14.28% 14.82% -
Beta 1.17% 1.05% -
Alpha -0.05% -0.05% -
Rsquared 0.87% 0.80% -
Sharpe 0.54% -0.10% -
Sortino 0.96% -0.16% -
Treynor 0.07% -0.01% -
Tax Efficiency 99.98% 99.68% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 9 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 9 on a scale of 1 to 10 -

Risk Rating

Rating 9 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 19.34% 14.28% 14.82% -
Beta 1.31% 1.17% 1.05% -
Alpha 0.05% -0.05% -0.05% -
Rsquared 0.93% 0.87% 0.80% -
Sharpe 1.21% 0.54% -0.10% -
Sortino 1.98% 0.96% -0.16% -
Treynor 0.18% 0.07% -0.01% -
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 99.98% 99.68% -

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) $155

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 sub-manager applies a bottom-up fundamental approach combined with a top-down framework in order to search for high-quality, efficient, and sustainable companies trading at attractive valuations in emerging markets. Following the exclusion of issuers whose activities are covered in the Desjardins Sustainable Funds’ list of exclusions, ideas are sourced from extensive company meetings, broker research, industry analysis, and quantitative screens. A proprietary quantitative model ranks compani

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Desjardins Global Asset Management Inc.

Sub-Advisor

Hermes Investment Management Ltd.

  • Kunjal Gala

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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