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Canada Life Emerging Markets Concentrated Equity Fund A

Emerging Markets Equity

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NAVPS
(02-13-2026)
$18.62
Change
$0.06 (0.33%)

As at January 31, 2026

As at November 30, 2025

As at January 31, 2026

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Canada Life Emerging Markets Concentrated Equity Fund A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (October 22, 2018): 8.64%

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 1.03% -0.99% 11.86% 1.03% 22.10% 15.40% 10.26% 5.84% 2.65% 8.02% 7.95% - - -
Benchmark 4.52% 2.11% 13.82% 4.52% 22.72% 24.20% 15.36% 9.22% 6.50% 8.62% 8.37% 6.13% 8.74% 9.58%
Category Average 7.80% 6.70% 21.92% 7.80% 35.18% 26.39% 16.32% 8.99% 5.58% 8.60% 8.11% 5.46% 8.05% 8.78%
Category Rank 329 / 333 321 / 331 305 / 328 329 / 333 289 / 324 294 / 304 259 / 291 235 / 276 217 / 253 165 / 249 133 / 230 - - -
Quartile Ranking 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 - - -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan
Fund -1.32% -1.34% 2.27% 5.58% 4.25% -0.40% 0.34% 5.10% 7.14% -1.37% -0.64% 1.03%
Benchmark -0.22% 0.19% -3.13% 3.89% 3.91% 3.12% 1.69% 6.98% 2.46% -1.96% -0.34% 4.52%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

12.46% (July 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-12.26% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Fund - - - 11.05% 36.63% -4.26% -16.73% 12.96% 1.24% 25.64%
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 1 3 3 1 4 3
Category Rank - - - 187/ 229 15/ 249 171/ 253 164/ 272 52/ 291 304/ 304 237/ 324

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 97.25
Cash and Equivalents 2.75

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Technology 24.64
Financial Services 18.83
Consumer Goods 14.44
Telecommunications 11.34
Consumer Services 10.26
Other 20.49

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
Asia 58.66
Latin America 31.16
Europe 6.21
North America 2.75
Africa and Middle East 1.22

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufactrg Co Ltd 9.14
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd 6.28
Rede D'Or Sao Luiz SA 5.10
HDFC Bank Ltd - ADR 5.04
Bank Central Asia Tbk PT 4.85
Bharti Airtel Ltd 4.73
Grupo Aeroportuario Pacifico SAB CV - ADR Sr B 4.68
Dino Polska SA 4.40
Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV - ADR 4.27
Wal Mart de Mexico SAB de CV 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)

Canada Life Emerging Markets Concentrated Equity Fund A

Median

Other - Emerging Markets Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 10.25% 12.73% -
Beta 0.57% 0.73% -
Alpha 0.02% -0.02% -
Rsquared 0.33% 0.48% -
Sharpe 0.63% 0.05% -
Sortino 1.45% 0.05% -
Treynor 0.11% 0.01% -
Tax Efficiency 99.18% 97.70% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 6 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 7 on a scale of 1 to 10 -

Risk Rating

Rating 6 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 10.60% 10.25% 12.73% -
Beta 0.58% 0.57% 0.73% -
Alpha 0.08% 0.02% -0.02% -
Rsquared 0.31% 0.33% 0.48% -
Sharpe 1.71% 0.63% 0.05% -
Sortino 5.94% 1.45% 0.05% -
Treynor 0.31% 0.11% 0.01% -
Tax Efficiency 99.47% 99.18% 97.70% -

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

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

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

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

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) $94

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

  • Ross Cameron
  • Tom Pidgeon
  • Cameron Robson
  • Patrick Russel

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 2.68%
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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