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GQG Partners International Quality Equity Fund Series A

International Equity

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FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

2024

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NAVPS
(04-04-2025)
$13.33
Change
-$0.66 (-4.74%)

As at February 28, 2025

As at December 31, 2024

As at December 31, 2024

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GQG Partners International Quality Equity Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (September 30, 2020): 8.98%

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 1.41% 4.08% -0.26% 6.37% 7.05% 17.59% 11.39% 9.66% - - - - - -
Benchmark 1.20% 7.16% 5.45% 6.99% 14.01% 13.90% 9.73% 7.35% 9.62% 8.10% 6.28% 7.55% 8.28% 6.64%
Category Average 1.20% 6.36% 5.10% 6.81% 13.63% 12.80% 8.48% 6.16% 8.33% 7.22% 5.50% 6.68% 7.27% 5.54%
Category Rank 395 / 801 695 / 799 760 / 793 499 / 799 720 / 771 18 / 735 126 / 712 82 / 686 - - - - - -
Quartile Ranking 2 4 4 3 4 1 1 1 - - - - - -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb
Fund 3.20% -0.56% 3.60% 0.43% 0.92% -0.40% -1.66% -1.21% -1.36% -2.16% 4.90% 1.41%
Benchmark 3.12% -1.23% 2.60% -0.96% 4.08% 0.37% 1.09% -2.68% 0.03% 0.16% 5.72% 1.20%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

8.32% (November 2022)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-8.24% (June 2022)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - - - - - 10.48% -5.63% 17.00% 12.78%
Benchmark 19.41% -1.70% 18.37% -6.81% 16.27% 8.01% 8.97% -10.67% 15.74% 11.18%
Category Average 13.82% -2.56% 17.84% -8.91% 17.54% 7.87% 8.64% -12.60% 13.75% 10.76%
Quartile Ranking - - - - - - 2 1 1 2
Category Rank - - - - - - 233/ 679 138/ 702 126/ 732 296/ 767

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

17.00% (2023)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-5.63% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
International Equity 78.13
US Equity 10.76
Canadian Equity 6.95
Cash and Equivalents 4.16

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 17.34
Healthcare 15.47
Technology 14.42
Energy 14.36
Consumer Goods 13.54
Other 24.87

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
Europe 54.08
North America 21.87
Asia 17.71
Latin America 5.23
Africa and Middle East 1.11

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Novo Nordisk A/S Cl B 5.88
Sap SE 5.81
Philip Morris International Inc 5.68
AstraZeneca PLC 4.55
CASH 4.16
Petroleo Brasileiro SA Petrobras - ADR 3.95
Enbridge Inc 3.48
TotalEnergies SE 3.31
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufactrg Co Ltd 2.99
Novartis AG 2.86

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)

GQG Partners International Quality Equity Fund Series A

Median

Other - International Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 11.31% - -
Beta 0.72% - -
Alpha 0.04% - -
Rsquared 0.70% - -
Sharpe 0.68% - -
Sortino 1.30% - -
Treynor 0.11% - -
Tax Efficiency 96.47% - -
Volatility Volatility rating is 5 on a scale of 1 to 10 - -

Risk Rating

Rating 5 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 7.90% 11.31% - -
Beta 0.73% 0.72% - -
Alpha -0.03% 0.04% - -
Rsquared 0.59% 0.70% - -
Sharpe 0.38% 0.68% - -
Sortino 1.05% 1.30% - -
Treynor 0.04% 0.11% - -
Tax Efficiency 99.39% 96.47% - -

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 September 30, 2020
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status -
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $794

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
BIP790

Investment Objectives

The fundamental investment objective of GQG Partners International Quality Equity Fund is to seek long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in the equity securities of non-U.S. issuers, which may include issuers from emerging markets.

Investment Strategy

The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily in the equity securities of non-U.S. issuers. A non-U.S. issuer is an issuer economically tied to a country other than the United States. The Fund intends to have investments economically tied to at least three countries, not including the United States and may invest in the securities of issuers in emerging market countries. The equity securities in which the Fund invests are primarily publicly traded common stocks.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Brandes Investment Partners & Co.

Sub-Advisor

GQG Partners LLC

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Brandes Investment Partners & Co.

Custodian

State Street Trust Company Canada

Registrar

International Financial Data Services (Canada) Ltd

Distributor

-

Investment Minimums

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

Fees

MER 2.24%
Management Fee 1.80%
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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