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Portland Life Sciences Alternative Fund Series A

Alternative Equity Focus

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FundGrade C

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FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

2024

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NAVPS
(08-12-2025)
$14.08
Change
-$0.01 (-0.07%)

As at July 31, 2025

As at July 31, 2025

Period
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Portland Life Sciences Alternative Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (April 14, 2021): 10.77%

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 12.28% 5.44% -10.94% -7.47% -21.84% 12.88% 14.59% 11.44% - - - - - -
Benchmark 1.69% 10.47% 8.26% 12.03% 21.37% 18.52% 14.98% 10.99% 14.40% 12.21% 10.85% 10.96% 10.49% 9.83%
Category Average 2.07% 9.89% 5.45% 7.89% 11.75% 14.03% 9.84% 6.76% 9.73% 7.86% - - - -
Category Rank 7 / 252 166 / 246 224 / 228 222 / 226 197 / 200 74 / 159 43 / 140 30 / 121 - - - - - -
Quartile Ranking 1 3 4 4 4 2 2 1 - - - - - -

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul
Fund 3.45% 3.34% -5.45% -4.19% -12.78% 3.90% -4.32% -12.22% 0.57% -8.80% 2.98% 12.28%
Benchmark 1.22% 3.15% 0.85% 6.37% -3.27% 3.48% -0.40% -1.51% -0.10% 5.56% 2.91% 1.69%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

14.43% (May 2024)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-12.78% (December 2024)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - - - - - - -1.20% 30.77% 26.13%
Benchmark -8.32% 21.08% 9.10% -8.89% 22.88% 5.60% 25.09% -5.84% 11.75% 21.65%
Category Average - - - - - 5.11% 17.27% -5.96% 6.54% 16.58%
Quartile Ranking - - - - - - - 1 1 2
Category Rank - - - - - - - 31/ 129 13/ 147 44/ 169

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

30.77% (2023)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-1.20% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
International Equity 51.06
US Equity 42.20
Cash and Equivalents 6.00
Foreign Government Bonds 0.72
Other 0.02

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Healthcare 91.49
Cash and Cash Equivalent 6.00
Technology 1.77
Fixed Income 0.72
Other 0.02

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 48.92
Asia 43.77
Europe 7.29
Other 0.02

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Clarity Pharmaceuticals Ltd 21.75
Telix Pharmaceuticals Ltd 14.13
Perspective Therapeutics Inc 8.38
Lantheus Holdings Inc 8.08
Beigene Ltd - ADR 7.89
RadNet Inc 5.73
SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF (BIL) 5.47
Danaher Corp 5.16
Icon PLC 4.43
Amgen Inc 3.86

Equity Style

Market capitalization is medium. 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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Portland Life Sciences Alternative Fund Series A

Median

Other - Alternative Equity Focus

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 22.63% - -
Beta 0.82% - -
Alpha 0.04% - -
Rsquared 0.20% - -
Sharpe 0.54% - -
Sortino 0.95% - -
Treynor 0.15% - -
Tax Efficiency 100.00% - -
Volatility Volatility rating is 10 on a scale of 1 to 10 - -

Risk Rating

Rating 10 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 25.93% 22.63% - -
Beta 0.86% 0.82% - -
Alpha -0.38% 0.04% - -
Rsquared 0.10% 0.20% - -
Sharpe -0.94% 0.54% - -
Sortino -1.11% 0.95% - -
Treynor -0.29% 0.15% - -
Tax Efficiency - 100.00% - -

Fund Details

Start Date April 14, 2021
Instrument Type Mutual Fund (Alternative)
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $16

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
PTL320
PTL325
PTL330

Investment Objectives

The Fund’s objective is to provide positive long-term total returns by investing primarily in a portfolio of securities focused on companies active in the healthcare sector. The Fund may also engage in borrowing for investment purposes. The Fund’s aggregate exposure shall not exceed limits on the use of gross exposure or as otherwise permitted under applicable securities legislation.

Investment Strategy

The Fund seeks to provide capital growth by primarily investing in a portfolio of equities, ADRs and may also invest in ETFs. The Fund’s investments currently focus on the area of precision oncology. The Fund also may invest in income trusts, debt securities convertible into common stock, convertible and non-convertible preferred stock, debt-like securities and fixed/floating income securities of governments, government agencies, supranational agencies, companies, trusts and limited partnerships

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Portland Investment Counsel Inc.

  • Michael Lee-Chin
  • Dragos Berbecel
Sub-Advisor

-

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Portland Investment Counsel Inc.

Custodian

CIBC Mellon Trust Company

Registrar

CIBC Mellon Global Securities Services Company

Distributor

Mandeville Private Client Inc.

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 50
PAC Subsequent 50
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 5,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 50

Fees

MER 2.54%
Management Fee 1.75%
Load Choice of Front or No Load
FE Max 6.00%
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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