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Evolve Active Canadian Preferred Share Fund Unhedged Class A

Preferred Sh Fixed Income

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Fundata ESG Grade B

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NAVPS
(12-03-2025)
$19.60
Change
$0.01 (0.08%)

As at October 31, 2025

As at October 31, 2025

As at October 31, 2025

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Evolve Active Canadian Preferred Share Fund Unhedged Class A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (April 23, 2019): 4.30%

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 2.60% -0.60% 8.25% 7.78% 10.88% 18.54% 9.71% 2.95% 8.03% 5.59% - - - -
Benchmark 2.24% 3.29% 15.06% 14.36% 20.01% 25.45% 13.82% 5.42% 9.73% 8.43% 5.97% 5.24% 6.39% 6.25%
Category Average 1.64% 2.90% 12.94% 11.85% 16.31% 22.07% 12.61% 4.64% 9.37% 7.86% 5.60% 4.78% 5.87% 5.95%
Category Rank 1 / 67 67 / 67 58 / 67 57 / 67 57 / 67 54 / 64 56 / 64 57 / 64 54 / 64 49 / 59 - - - -
Quartile Ranking 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 - - - -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct
Fund 1.07% 1.79% 1.70% 0.60% 0.04% -2.72% 3.82% 2.20% 2.63% -2.85% -0.27% 2.60%
Benchmark 2.29% 2.59% 2.25% 0.45% -0.12% -3.12% 5.05% 2.77% 3.19% 0.22% 0.80% 2.24%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

11.19% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-23.37% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - - - - -2.18% 18.97% -16.12% 4.83% 19.32%
Benchmark -14.95% 6.98% 13.62% -7.93% 3.48% 6.16% 19.35% -18.08% 5.90% 24.70%
Category Average -11.52% 8.78% 12.66% -8.25% 4.17% 5.25% 19.63% -16.73% 6.27% 21.47%
Quartile Ranking - - - - - 4 3 2 3 4
Category Rank - - - - - 59/ 59 48/ 64 30/ 64 41/ 64 57/ 64

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

19.32% (2024)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-16.12% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 88.01
Canadian Corporate Bonds 9.63
International Equity 1.90
Cash and Equivalents 0.46

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 40.50
Energy 29.39
Utilities 15.40
Fixed Income 9.63
Telecommunications 4.64
Other 0.44

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 98.10
Latin America 1.90

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Brookfield Corp - Pfd 5.98
Enbridge Inc - Pfd Sr 19 5.23
Toronto-Dominion Bank 5.75% PERP 3.85
Fortis Inc - Pfd Sr M 3.60
Power Corp of Canada - Pfd Sr G 3.42
Pembina Pipeline Corp - Pfd Cl A Sr 15 3.19
Enbridge Inc - Pfd Sr 7 2.98
TC Energy Corp - Pfd Sr 7 2.69
Manulife Financial Corp - Pfd Sr 11 2.65
Power Financial Corp - Pfd Sr Z 2.48

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)

Evolve Active Canadian Preferred Share Fund Unhedged Class A

Median

Other - Preferred Sh Fixed Income

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 8.23% 9.24% -
Beta 0.75% 0.83% -
Alpha -0.01% 0.00% -
Rsquared 0.88% 0.91% -
Sharpe 0.69% 0.60% -
Sortino 1.51% 0.87% -
Treynor 0.08% 0.07% -
Tax Efficiency 80.55% 76.75% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 4 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 5 on a scale of 1 to 10 -

Risk Rating

Rating 4 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 7.16% 8.23% 9.24% -
Beta 0.89% 0.75% 0.83% -
Alpha -0.06% -0.01% 0.00% -
Rsquared 0.80% 0.88% 0.91% -
Sharpe 1.09% 0.69% 0.60% -
Sortino 1.76% 1.51% 0.87% -
Treynor 0.09% 0.08% 0.07% -
Tax Efficiency 84.49% 80.55% 76.75% -

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 April 23, 2019
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Monthly
Assets ($mil) -

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
EVF101

Investment Objectives

DIVS seeks to provide holders of Units with stable income and long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in a diversified mix of preferred shares of Canadian issuers, in addition to U.S. and international issuers.

Investment Strategy

The investment strategy of each Evolve Fund is to invest in and hold a portfolio of securities selected by the Manager or the applicable Sub-Advisor in order to achieve its investment objectives. Each Evolve Fund will invest in its own actively managed portfolio comprised of various securities and instruments which may include, but are not limited to, equity and equity related securities, debt securities, futures contracts, senior secured loans and exchange traded funds.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Evolve Funds Group Inc.

Sub-Advisor

Addenda Capital Inc.

  • Mark Kaminski
  • John Stilo
  • Ian A McKinnon

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Evolve Funds Group Inc.

Custodian

CIBC Mellon Trust Company

Registrar

TSX Trust Company

Distributor

-

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 500
PAC Subsequent 0
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 500
SWP Min Withdrawal 0

Fees

MER 1.57%
Management Fee 1.40%
Load Back Fee Only
FE Max 5.00%
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) 0.75%
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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