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Sun Life MFS Diversified Income Fund Series D

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
(04-04-2025)
$15.73
Change
-$0.30 (-1.85%)

As at February 28, 2025

As at January 31, 2025

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Sun Life MFS Diversified Income Fund Series D

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (March 24, 2006): 6.02%

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 0.80% 1.55% 5.45% 2.72% 13.49% 9.99% 6.72% 10.28% 9.05% 7.77% 7.62% 6.97% 8.47% 5.76%
Benchmark -0.03% 2.87% 8.43% 2.69% 16.11% 14.54% 7.96% 6.28% 7.36% 7.48% 6.74% 7.02% 7.35% 6.79%
Category Average 0.06% 1.31% 5.62% 2.61% 12.30% 10.81% 5.44% 5.22% 6.13% 5.96% 5.33% 5.29% 5.92% 4.70%
Category Rank 245 / 1,773 898 / 1,773 1,281 / 1,761 862 / 1,773 787 / 1,727 1,256 / 1,674 590 / 1,598 18 / 1,424 96 / 1,347 230 / 1,292 134 / 1,162 187 / 978 67 / 904 242 / 792
Quartile Ranking 1 3 3 2 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb
Fund 2.84% -1.55% 2.07% 0.16% 3.81% 0.17% 1.80% 0.09% 1.91% -1.13% 1.91% 0.80%
Benchmark 1.80% -1.57% 1.73% 1.79% 3.28% -0.07% 2.25% 0.21% 2.87% 0.17% 2.72% -0.03%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

10.04% (November 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-15.10% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund -8.24% 16.88% 7.05% -7.55% 19.58% -4.77% 22.17% 1.05% 6.78% 12.74%
Benchmark 17.05% 2.39% 8.66% 2.68% 12.26% 11.12% 6.48% -11.62% 11.69% 17.48%
Category Average 2.99% 5.05% 7.69% -3.99% 13.52% 7.16% 9.69% -11.26% 9.53% 12.15%
Quartile Ranking 4 1 3 4 1 4 1 1 4 3
Category Rank 782/ 783 4/ 892 490/ 975 1,093/ 1,121 29/ 1,242 1,330/ 1,333 14/ 1,416 23/ 1,560 1,490/ 1,674 989/ 1,727

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 21.34
Canadian Corporate Bonds 20.63
Foreign Corporate Bonds 18.49
International Equity 16.27
Canadian Equity 9.76
Other 13.51

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Fixed Income 46.89
Real Estate 12.51
Financial Services 8.90
Consumer Goods 5.26
Energy 4.23
Other 22.21

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 75.04
Europe 10.72
Asia 8.46
Latin America 3.85
Africa and Middle East 1.85
Other 0.08

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Canada Government 09-Apr-2025 2.82
Manulife Financial Corp 1.11
Prologis Inc 1.01
Abbvie Inc 0.89
Roche Holding AG - Partcptn 0.88
KDDI Corp 0.86
Kimberly-Clark Corp 0.81
Colgate-Palmolive Co 0.79
Bank of Nova Scotia 2.95% 08-Mar-2027 0.73
DBS Group Holdings Ltd 0.73

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 8.93% 11.95% 10.57%
Beta 0.88% 0.97% 0.80%
Alpha 0.00% 0.02% 0.01%
Rsquared 0.75% 0.44% 0.32%
Sharpe 0.35% 0.59% 0.43%
Sortino 0.63% 0.74% 0.41%
Treynor 0.04% 0.07% 0.06%
Tax Efficiency 69.60% 82.14% 79.04%
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 5.53% 8.93% 11.95% 10.57%
Beta 0.91% 0.88% 0.97% 0.80%
Alpha -0.01% 0.00% 0.02% 0.01%
Rsquared 0.72% 0.75% 0.44% 0.32%
Sharpe 1.59% 0.35% 0.59% 0.43%
Sortino 4.32% 0.63% 0.74% 0.41%
Treynor 0.10% 0.04% 0.07% 0.06%
Tax Efficiency 84.41% 69.60% 82.14% 79.04%

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 Management

Portfolio Manager

SLGI Asset Management Inc.

  • Robert Almeida
Sub-Advisor

MFS Institutional Advisors, Inc.

MFS Investment Management Canada Limited

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

SLGI Asset Management Inc.

Custodian

RBC Investor Services Trust (Canada)

Registrar

International Financial Data Services (Canada) Ltd

Distributor

-

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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