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Sun Life MFS Diversified Income Fund Series D

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Global Neutral Balanced

FundGrade B Click for more information on Fundata’s FundGrade

FundGrade B

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FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

2023

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NAVPS
(12-20-2024) 		$16.26
Change
$0.09 (0.53%)

As at November 30, 2024

As at October 31, 2024

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Sun Life MFS Diversified Income Fund Series D

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (March 24, 2006): 6.01%

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 1.91% 3.83% 8.14% 14.03% 17.58% 9.48% 8.85% 11.10% 7.64% 8.38% 6.71% 7.14% 7.47% 6.15%
Benchmark 2.87% 5.40% 10.72% 17.28% 19.68% 13.41% 5.30% 5.73% 6.56% 7.36% 6.49% 7.10% 6.83% 7.51%
Category Average 2.87% 4.26% 8.53% 13.60% 16.89% 10.20% 4.14% 5.37% 5.45% 6.18% 5.05% 5.53% 5.33% 5.08%
Category Rank 1,634 / 1,771 1,296 / 1,761 1,234 / 1,749 967 / 1,725 864 / 1,725 1,225 / 1,672 29 / 1,546 11 / 1,411 180 / 1,325 153 / 1,233 224 / 1,115 187 / 975 97 / 882 247 / 773
Quartile Ranking 4 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Fund 3.11% 0.20% 1.83% 2.84% -1.55% 2.07% 0.16% 3.81% 0.17% 1.80% 0.09% 1.91%
Benchmark 2.05% 0.78% 3.10% 1.80% -1.57% 1.73% 1.79% 3.28% -0.07% 2.25% 0.21% 2.87%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

10.04% (November 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-15.10% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Fund 9.18% -8.24% 16.88% 7.05% -7.55% 19.58% -4.77% 22.17% 1.05% 6.78%
Benchmark 12.44% 17.05% 2.39% 8.66% 2.68% 12.26% 11.12% 6.48% -11.62% 11.69%
Category Average 7.77% 2.99% 5.05% 7.69% -3.99% 13.52% 7.16% 9.69% -11.26% 9.53%
Quartile Ranking 2 4 1 3 4 1 4 1 1 4
Category Rank 282/ 649 782/ 783 4/ 892 491/ 976 1,094/ 1,122 29/ 1,244 1,331/ 1,334 14/ 1,417 23/ 1,554 1,483/ 1,672

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

22.17% (2021)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-8.24% (2015)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 22.22
Canadian Corporate Bonds 20.73
Foreign Corporate Bonds 17.74
International Equity 15.47
Canadian Equity 9.86
Other 13.98

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Fixed Income 45.82
Real Estate 12.80
Financial Services 8.14
Consumer Goods 5.27
Cash and Cash Equivalent 4.97
Other 23.00

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 76.37
Europe 10.45
Asia 7.83
Latin America 3.59
Africa and Middle East 1.49
Other 0.27

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Canada Government 03-Jan-2025 3.16
Manulife Financial Corp 1.07
Prologis Inc 0.96
Abbvie Inc 0.94
Roche Holding AG - Partcptn 0.82
Kimberly-Clark Corp 0.80
Colgate-Palmolive Co 0.77
KDDI Corp 0.77
Canada Government 05-Dec-2024 0.74
General Mills Inc 0.72

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

Average Duration: M. Average Credit Quality: M.
Period: 

Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

Sun Life MFS Diversified Income Fund Series D

Median

Other - Global Neutral Balanced

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 9.27% 12.35% 10.59%
Beta 0.78% 1.01% 0.75%
Alpha 0.05% 0.01% 0.01%
Rsquared 0.59% 0.46% 0.30%
Sharpe 0.58% 0.48% 0.47%
Sortino 0.96% 0.56% 0.46%
Treynor 0.07% 0.06% 0.07%
Tax Efficiency 78.15% 79.54% 80.87%
Volatility Volatility rating is 4 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 5 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 5.41% 9.27% 12.35% 10.59%
Beta 0.91% 0.78% 1.01% 0.75%
Alpha 0.00% 0.05% 0.01% 0.01%
Rsquared 0.70% 0.59% 0.46% 0.30%
Sharpe 2.21% 0.58% 0.48% 0.47%
Sortino 7.41% 0.96% 0.56% 0.46%
Treynor 0.13% 0.07% 0.06% 0.07%
Tax Efficiency 87.56% 78.15% 79.54% 80.87%

Fund Details

Start Date March 24, 2006
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
SUN672

Investment Objectives

The Fund aims for income generation and capital appreciation by investing primarily in dividend or income paying securities, including royalty trust securities, real-estate investment trust securities and limited partnership securities and other exchange-listed participating securities. The Fund may also invest in securities of other mutual funds.

Investment Strategy

In pursuing the Fund’s investment objective, the sub-advisor: normally invests in equity and fixed income securities that generate some form of income; may invest in dividend or income paying securities including preferred shares, securities convertible into stocks, real estate investment trust securities, royalty trust securities, limited partnership securities and other exchange-listed participating securities, or warrants on dividend and income paying securities.

Portfolio Manager(s)

Name Start Date
MFS Institutional Advisors, Inc. 04-02-2012
MFS Investment Management Canada Limited 12-16-2020
Robert Almeida 06-21-2022

Management and Organization

Fund Manager SLGI Asset Management Inc.
Advisor SLGI Asset Management Inc.
Custodian RBC Investor Services Trust (Canada)
Registrar International Financial Data Services (Canada) Ltd
Distributor -
Auditor Ernst & Young LLP

Investment Minimums

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

Fees

MER 1.63%
Management Fee 1.25%
Load No Load
FE Max -
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) -
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) 0.25%
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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