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Forge First Conservative Alternative Fund Series A

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Alternative Multi-Stratgy

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FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

2024, 2022

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NAVPS
(09-17-2025) 		$16.61
Change
-$0.01 (-0.04%)

As at August 31, 2025

Period
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Forge First Conservative Alternative Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (April 24, 2019): 6.97%

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 -0.90% 1.75% 2.25% 1.32% 6.12% 8.13% 6.43% 4.68% 7.51% 7.41% - - - -
Benchmark 4.96% 9.85% 14.09% 17.59% 25.86% 22.26% 17.49% 11.88% 14.98% 13.03% 11.75% 11.54% 11.06% 10.82%
Category Average 1.44% 3.38% 2.16% 3.40% 3.96% 5.64% 4.44% 1.91% 3.47% 3.22% - - - -
Category Rank 113 / 114 80 / 113 41 / 111 67 / 103 37 / 97 36 / 82 33 / 57 15 / 51 6 / 40 8 / 35 - - - -
Quartile Ranking 4 3 2 3 2 2 3 2 1 1 - - - -

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
Fund 0.72% 0.72% 2.25% 0.96% -0.03% -0.88% 0.08% -2.07% 2.54% 1.58% 1.08% -0.90%
Benchmark 3.15% 0.85% 6.37% -3.27% 3.48% -0.40% -1.51% -0.10% 5.56% 2.91% 1.69% 4.96%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

5.33% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-6.84% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - - - - 16.52% 8.10% 1.04% 5.69% 11.31%
Benchmark -8.32% 21.08% 9.10% -8.89% 22.88% 5.60% 25.09% -5.84% 11.75% 21.65%
Category Average - - - - - 4.04% 6.86% -5.49% 4.47% 5.04%
Quartile Ranking - - - - - 2 3 2 2 2
Category Rank - - - - - 10/ 36 25/ 44 19/ 51 29/ 72 32/ 85

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

16.52% (2020)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

1.04% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Cash and Equivalents 54.91
Canadian Equity 18.09
Canadian Corporate Bonds 16.46
US Equity 4.74
Foreign Corporate Bonds 4.35
Other 1.45

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Cash and Cash Equivalent 54.91
Fixed Income 20.64
Consumer Goods 6.51
Industrial Services 6.16
Energy 3.69
Other 8.09

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 96.62
Asia 1.74
Europe 1.64
Latin America -0.01
Other 0.01

Top Holdings

Equity Style

Equity style data not available

Fixed Income Style

Fixed income style data not available
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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

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Forge First Conservative Alternative Fund Series A

Median

Other - Alternative Multi-Stratgy

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 4.06% 4.62% -
Beta 0.09% 0.13% -
Alpha 0.05% 0.05% -
Rsquared 0.08% 0.13% -
Sharpe 0.57% 1.04% -
Sortino 1.40% 1.99% -
Treynor 0.24% 0.36% -
Tax Efficiency 94.25% 96.78% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 1 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 1 on a scale of 1 to 10 -

Risk Rating

Rating 1 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 4.67% 4.06% 4.62% -
Beta 0.19% 0.09% 0.13% -
Alpha 0.01% 0.05% 0.05% -
Rsquared 0.18% 0.08% 0.13% -
Sharpe 0.64% 0.57% 1.04% -
Sortino 1.07% 1.40% 1.99% -
Treynor 0.16% 0.24% 0.36% -
Tax Efficiency 85.72% 94.25% 96.78% -

Fund Details

Start Date April 24, 2019
Instrument Type Mutual Fund (Alternative)
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $48

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
FOR200

Investment Objectives

The investment objective of the Fund is to generate consistent risk-adjusted net returns over the long term with low correlation to North American equity and credit markets.

Investment Strategy

To achieve its investment objective, the Fund utilizes equity and fixed-income security selection, an active shorting strategy, capital structure arbitrage, convertible arbitrage, merger arbitrage, fixed-income investing, preferred equity investing, pairs trading, arbitrage trading, thematic trading, and the use of derivatives for leverage and/or borrowing for investment purposes.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Forge First Asset Management Inc.

  • Keenan Murray
Sub-Advisor

-

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Forge First Asset Management Inc.
Custodian

BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc
Registrar

Pinnacle Fund Services Ltd.
Distributor

-

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 500
PAC Subsequent 100
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 1,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 0

Fees

MER 2.51%
Management Fee 2.00%
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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