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Global Equity

FundGrade A Click for more information on Fundata’s FundGrade

FundGrade A

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Fundata ESG GradeC Click for more information on Fundata’s ESG Grade

Fundata ESG Grade C

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FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

2024

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NAVPS
(05-29-2025) 		$66.85
Change
-$0.05 (-0.07%)

As at April 30, 2025

As at April 30, 2025

As at April 30, 2025

Period
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iShares ESG Equity ETF Portfolio

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (September 02, 2020): 11.78%

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 -0.23% -6.42% 0.32% -2.98% 14.63% 17.47% 14.08% 9.90% - - - - - -
Benchmark -2.97% -7.99% 0.02% -4.37% 12.05% 15.36% 12.95% 8.94% 12.87% 10.21% 10.09% 9.79% 11.46% 10.10%
Category Average -2.36% -7.61% -0.68% -3.44% 8.76% 11.25% 9.41% 5.89% 10.36% 7.80% 7.70% 7.48% 8.67% 7.40%
Category Rank 177 / 2,116 604 / 2,104 694 / 2,093 752 / 2,102 160 / 2,032 164 / 1,908 137 / 1,773 126 / 1,618 - - - - - -
Quartile Ranking 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 - - - - - -

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr
Fund 3.10% 2.38% 3.46% 0.68% 2.84% 1.06% 5.44% -1.93% 3.68% -0.48% -5.75% -0.23%
Benchmark 3.15% 2.29% 2.79% 0.04% 2.54% 0.69% 4.44% 0.14% 3.94% -1.04% -4.18% -2.97%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

9.38% (November 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-7.65% (June 2022)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - - - - - 22.72% -15.68% 22.47% 27.44%
Benchmark 16.88% 5.18% 16.29% -1.79% 21.41% 13.15% 17.62% -12.64% 19.37% 26.84%
Category Average 8.98% 3.86% 14.23% -5.38% 19.94% 11.73% 16.21% -13.86% 15.08% 20.13%
Quartile Ranking - - - - - - 1 3 1 1
Category Rank - - - - - - 160/ 1,584 1,159/ 1,736 262/ 1,884 389/ 2,001

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

27.44% (2024)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-15.68% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 41.44
Canadian Equity 31.33
International Equity 26.57
Income Trust Units 0.67
Other -0.01

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 29.31
Technology 25.58
Basic Materials 7.79
Consumer Services 6.99
Healthcare 6.32
Other 24.01

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 73.02
Europe 18.23
Asia 7.95
Latin America 0.41
Africa and Middle East 0.37
Other 0.02

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA Index ETF (XUSR) 44.61
iShares ESG Advanced MSCI Canada Index ETF (XCSR) 31.49
iShares ESG Advanced MSCI EAFE Index ETF (XDSR) 23.90

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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iShares ESG Equity ETF Portfolio

Median

Other - Global Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 13.17% - -
Beta 1.04% - -
Alpha 0.01% - -
Rsquared 0.93% - -
Sharpe 0.77% - -
Sortino 1.41% - -
Treynor 0.10% - -
Tax Efficiency 95.24% - -
Volatility Volatility rating is 7 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 10.45% 13.17% - -
Beta 1.02% 1.04% - -
Alpha 0.02% 0.01% - -
Rsquared 0.84% 0.93% - -
Sharpe 1.01% 0.77% - -
Sortino 1.74% 1.41% - -
Treynor 0.10% 0.10% - -
Tax Efficiency 95.62% 95.24% - -

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

Created with Highcharts 10.3.3Grade: EGrade: DGrade: CGrade: BGrade: A64.6​64.658.3​58.30%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: A64.9​64.956.6​56.60%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 September 02, 2020
Instrument Type Exchange Traded Fund (Responsible Investment)
Share Class Do-It-Yourself
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Quarterly
Assets ($mil) $135

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
N/A

Investment Objectives

GEQT seeks to provide long-term capital growth by investing primarily in one or more iShares ETFs that provide exposure to equity securities. The iShares ETFs in which GEQT invests generally track indices that employ an ESG-oriented index methodology.

Investment Strategy

GEQT invests primarily in one or more iShares ETFs that provide exposure to equity securities. The iShares ETFs in which GEQT invests generally track indices that employ ESG-oriented index methodologies.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited
Sub-Advisor

BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited
Custodian

State Street Trust Company Canada
Registrar

State Street Trust Company Canada
Distributor

-

Investment Minimums

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

Fees

MER 0.25%
Management Fee 0.22%
Load No Load
FE Max -
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) -
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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