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Canada Life Emerging Markets Concentrated Equity Fund A

Emerging Markets Equity

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NAVPS
(07-22-2025)
$15.77
Change
-$0.22 (-1.38%)

As at June 30, 2025

As at April 30, 2025

As at June 30, 2025

Period
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Canada Life Emerging Markets Concentrated Equity Fund A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (October 22, 2018): 7.68%

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 4.25% 12.56% 13.92% 13.92% 10.48% 8.86% 10.97% 2.13% 5.72% 6.26% - - - -
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 271 / 329 24 / 328 30 / 326 30 / 326 250 / 322 270 / 298 163 / 286 106 / 269 166 / 253 90 / 240 - - - -
Quartile Ranking 4 1 1 1 4 4 3 2 3 2 - - - -

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
Fund 0.65% -1.05% 0.66% -3.08% -0.04% -0.14% 3.95% -1.32% -1.34% 2.27% 5.58% 4.25%
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

12.46% (July 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-12.26% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - - - 11.05% 36.63% -4.26% -16.73% 12.96% 1.24%
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 1 3 3 1 4
Category Rank - - - - 190/ 233 14/ 253 175/ 256 163/ 274 52/ 293 307/ 307

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

36.63% (2020)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-16.73% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
International Equity 98.06
Cash and Equivalents 1.93
Derivatives 0.01

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Technology 26.18
Financial Services 21.15
Consumer Goods 15.46
Consumer Services 10.35
Telecommunications 7.74
Other 19.12

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
Asia 61.36
Latin America 30.00
Europe 6.31
North America 1.93
Africa and Middle East 0.39
Other 0.01

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufactrg Co Ltd 7.81
Dino Polska SA 6.31
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd 5.60
HDFC Bank Ltd - ADR 5.53
Bank Central Asia Tbk PT 5.12
Coway Co Ltd 5.10
SK Hynix Inc 5.00
Grupo Aeroportuario Pacifico SAB CV - ADR Sr B 4.93
Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV - ADR 4.75
Mercadolibre Inc 4.05

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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Canada Life Emerging Markets Concentrated Equity Fund A

Median

Other - Emerging Markets Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 12.72% 13.70% -
Beta 0.65% 0.81% -
Alpha 0.03% 0.00% -
Rsquared 0.43% 0.52% -
Sharpe 0.57% 0.29% -
Sortino 1.20% 0.43% -
Treynor 0.11% 0.05% -
Tax Efficiency 99.16% 98.17% -
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 9.11% 12.72% 13.70% -
Beta 0.31% 0.65% 0.81% -
Alpha 0.06% 0.03% 0.00% -
Rsquared 0.13% 0.43% 0.52% -
Sharpe 0.77% 0.57% 0.29% -
Sortino 1.74% 1.20% 0.43% -
Treynor 0.23% 0.11% 0.05% -
Tax Efficiency 98.35% 99.16% 98.17% -

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

Created with Highcharts 10.3.3Grade: EGrade: DGrade: CGrade: BGrade: A55.155.134.434.40%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

Created with Highcharts 10.3.3Grade: EGrade: DGrade: CGrade: BGrade: A67.667.646.346.30%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%

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 October 22, 2018
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Quarterly
Assets ($mil) $90

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
MAX1268

Investment Objectives

The Fund seeks to achieve long-term capital growth by investing primarily in a portfolio of equity securities of companies in emerging markets. Emerging markets include any country that is generally considered to be an emerging or developing country by MSCI. The Fund will focus its investments in those emerging market countries that the portfolio manager believes have strongly developing economies and in which the markets are becoming more sophisticated. Any proposed change to

Investment Strategy

The sub-advisor follows a core investment style, seeking quality companies at a reasonable price. The investment process is centered around rigorous fundamental research, blending top-down and bottom-up analysis backed by strong risk management, as discussed below. The top-down research process focuses on conducting sovereign (country) risk analysis to determine a country risk factor for each emerging market.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Canada Life Investment Management Ltd.

Sub-Advisor

Pier 21 Asset Management Inc.

Northcape Capital

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Canada Life Investment Management Ltd.

Custodian

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

Registrar

Mackenzie Financial Corporation

Distributor

Quadrus Investment Services Limited

IPC Investment Corporation

IPC Securities Corporation

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 25
PAC Subsequent 25
SWP Allowed No
SWP Min Balance -
SWP Min Withdrawal -

Fees

MER 2.67%
Management Fee 2.15%
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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