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Desjardins Sustainable American Equity Fund A Class

U.S. Equity

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Fundata ESG Grade A

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FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

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2022, 2021, 2020

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2020

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NAVPS
(03-14-2025)
$22.99
Change
$0.35 (1.56%)

As at February 28, 2025

As at February 28, 2025

As at December 31, 2024

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Desjardins Sustainable American Equity Fund A Class

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (June 14, 2016): 13.42%

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 -3.01% -0.43% 9.04% 0.55% 14.03% 15.11% 8.92% 8.57% 12.89% 13.29% 12.93% 12.46% - -
Benchmark -1.62% 2.05% 13.55% 1.79% 25.98% 28.01% 17.48% 17.23% 18.56% 17.15% 15.74% 15.38% 16.17% 14.61%
Category Average -2.54% -0.29% 8.98% 1.42% 18.50% 21.72% 12.57% 12.21% 14.32% 12.93% 11.60% 11.56% 12.43% 10.56%
Category Rank 850 / 1,337 879 / 1,328 815 / 1,320 919 / 1,329 1,075 / 1,294 1,081 / 1,212 1,004 / 1,140 969 / 1,086 765 / 1,023 546 / 955 383 / 868 412 / 794 - -
Quartile Ranking 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 3 - -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb
Fund 2.88% -3.56% 2.00% 1.83% 2.64% -1.13% 1.83% 0.69% 6.80% -0.98% 3.67% -3.01%
Benchmark 3.07% -2.70% 4.13% 3.97% 2.12% 0.07% 2.23% 2.12% 6.59% 0.26% 3.46% -1.62%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

10.39% (July 2022)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-7.37% (January 2022)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - 11.22% 3.95% 28.55% 28.49% 20.62% -17.13% 13.39% 22.32%
Benchmark 20.77% 8.65% 13.80% 3.98% 25.18% 16.07% 28.16% -12.52% 23.32% 36.01%
Category Average 10.40% 6.16% 13.43% -2.19% 22.72% 13.97% 23.22% -14.41% 18.85% 26.98%
Quartile Ranking - - 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 4
Category Rank - - 567/ 770 208/ 856 167/ 928 143/ 1,004 781/ 1,069 647/ 1,124 970/ 1,188 967/ 1,285

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

28.55% (2019)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-17.13% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 90.40
International Equity 8.05
Cash and Equivalents 1.54
Other 0.01

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Technology 31.30
Financial Services 15.90
Consumer Services 14.40
Healthcare 11.90
Industrial Goods 6.46
Other 20.04

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 91.94
Europe 8.05
Other 0.01

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Microsoft Corp 6.50
Apple Inc 5.78
Amazon.com Inc 4.79
NVIDIA Corp 3.46
Broadcom Inc 3.16
JPMorgan Chase & Co 3.14
Alphabet Inc Cl A 2.76
Visa Inc Cl A 2.51
Home Depot Inc 2.40
Morgan Stanley 2.16

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)

Desjardins Sustainable American Equity Fund A Class

Median

Other - U.S. Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 13.87% 14.06% -
Beta 0.98% 0.97% -
Alpha -0.07% -0.04% -
Rsquared 0.92% 0.91% -
Sharpe 0.41% 0.77% -
Sortino 0.77% 1.19% -
Treynor 0.06% 0.11% -
Tax Efficiency 96.35% 94.34% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 7 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 6 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 10.16% 13.87% 14.06% -
Beta 1.07% 0.98% 0.97% -
Alpha -0.12% -0.07% -0.04% -
Rsquared 0.91% 0.92% 0.91% -
Sharpe 0.94% 0.41% 0.77% -
Sortino 2.00% 0.77% 1.19% -
Treynor 0.09% 0.06% 0.11% -
Tax Efficiency 93.69% 96.35% 94.34% -

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 June 14, 2016
Instrument Type Mutual Fund (Responsible Investment)
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $1,101

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
DJT00166

Investment Objectives

The objective of this Fund is to provide long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity and equity-related securities of American corporations.

Investment Strategy

The sub-manager invests the Fund’s assets in securities that meet its financial and extra-financial valuation criteria. The consideration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria is integrated into the financial analysis of the corporations in which it invests.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Desjardins Global Asset Management Inc.

Sub-Advisor

ClearBridge Investments, LLC.

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Desjardins Investments Inc.

Custodian

Desjardins Trust Inc.

Registrar

Desjardins Investments Inc.

Distributor

-

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 25
PAC Subsequent 25
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 1,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 100

Fees

MER 2.18%
Management Fee 1.63%
Load No Load
FE Max -
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) -
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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