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Counsel Essentials Income Portfolio Series A

Global Fixed Inc Balanced

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FundGrade D

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NAVPS
(07-22-2025)
$9.02
Change
$0.02 (0.19%)

As at June 30, 2025

As at April 30, 2025

Period
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Counsel Essentials Income Portfolio Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (September 13, 2018): 1.80%

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 0.41% -1.16% 1.07% 1.07% 7.18% 6.22% 5.40% 1.68% 2.15% 1.31% - - - -
Benchmark 1.79% 0.63% 2.54% 2.54% 10.33% 9.38% 8.07% 2.58% 2.12% 3.19% 3.50% 3.70% 3.61% 4.25%
Category Average 1.31% 1.97% 3.13% 3.13% 8.43% 7.87% 6.93% 2.26% 3.66% 3.49% 3.59% 3.42% 3.57% 3.38%
Category Rank 992 / 997 989 / 989 967 / 987 967 / 987 800 / 972 859 / 917 836 / 900 638 / 825 710 / 781 745 / 745 - - - -
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 3.18% 0.51% 1.76% -0.28% 1.86% -1.09% 1.50% 1.41% -0.65% -2.14% 0.59% 0.41%
Benchmark 3.61% -0.15% 2.06% -0.11% 1.82% 0.19% 1.92% 0.64% -0.65% -1.67% 0.54% 1.79%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

3.71% (November 2023)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-8.72% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - - - 8.47% -0.87% 2.57% -8.53% 5.34% 7.47%
Benchmark 16.91% 0.39% 3.81% 5.53% 6.30% 9.09% -0.49% -11.13% 6.74% 11.56%
Category Average 1.21% 4.39% 5.49% -2.85% 9.97% 7.08% 4.51% -11.10% 7.71% 8.38%
Quartile Ranking - - - - 4 4 4 1 4 4
Category Rank - - - - 535/ 710 767/ 767 682/ 819 140/ 865 880/ 907 802/ 959

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

8.47% (2019)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-8.53% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Government Bonds 41.04
Canadian Corporate Bonds 15.54
US Equity 13.04
Foreign Corporate Bonds 8.75
International Equity 8.67
Other 12.96

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Fixed Income 66.62
Real Estate 5.62
Financial Services 4.80
Consumer Goods 4.27
Energy 3.79
Other 14.90

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 89.38
Europe 6.19
Asia 3.42
Latin America 0.50
Africa and Middle East 0.28
Other 0.23

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Mackenzie Canadian Aggregate Bond Index ETF (QBB) 53.82
iShares Core MSCI Global Qua Div Ix ETF (XDG) 17.64
iShares S&P/TSX Composite Hi Dividend Ix ETF (XEI) 7.54
Mackenzie Canadian Short-Term Bond Index ETF (QSB) 5.97
iShares Broad USD High Yield Corp Bond ETF (USHY) 5.95
Mackenzie Developed Markets Real Est In ETF (QRET) 5.04
iShares JP Morgan EM Corp Bond ETF (CEMB) 3.97
Canadian Dollars 0.09

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

Average Duration: M. Average Credit Quality: M.
Period: 

Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

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Counsel Essentials Income Portfolio Series A

Median

Other - Global Fixed Inc Balanced

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 6.08% 5.84% -
Beta 0.90% 0.75% -
Alpha -0.02% 0.01% -
Rsquared 0.83% 0.70% -
Sharpe 0.24% -0.03% -
Sortino 0.65% -0.17% -
Treynor 0.02% 0.00% -
Tax Efficiency 80.90% 48.90% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 2 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 2 on a scale of 1 to 10 -

Risk Rating

Rating 2 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 5.10% 6.08% 5.84% -
Beta 0.92% 0.90% 0.75% -
Alpha -0.02% -0.02% 0.01% -
Rsquared 0.81% 0.83% 0.70% -
Sharpe 0.73% 0.24% -0.03% -
Sortino 1.39% 0.65% -0.17% -
Treynor 0.04% 0.02% 0.00% -
Tax Efficiency 85.81% 80.90% 48.90% -

Fund Details

Start Date September 13, 2018
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Monthly
Assets ($mil) $18

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
CGF287

Investment Objectives

The Fund seeks to provide investors with a steady stream of income with some emphasis on capital preservation and the potential for modest capital growth by investing primarily in exchange traded funds to gain exposure to Canadian and foreign equity and fixed-income securities and other asset categories.

Investment Strategy

The Fund’s asset mix will generally be kept within the following ranges: 65% - 85% fixed-income securities and 15% - 35% equity securities. The Fund is built upon long-term strategic allocations to different equity markets, fixed-income markets, and other asset classes. The Fund may be over or underweight equity or fixed income or other asset class holdings when Counsel believes it is prudent to do so based on market signals and other factors.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Canada Life Investment Management Ltd.

Sub-Advisor

Mackenzie Financial Corporation

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Canada Life Investment Management Ltd.

Custodian

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

Registrar

Mackenzie Financial Corporation

Distributor

-

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 50
PAC Subsequent 50
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 5,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 0

Fees

MER 1.84%
Management Fee 1.35%
Load Back Fee Only
FE Max 5.00%
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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